Economic Development

Web Campaign Shows Chinese Riches Don't Trickle Down to Shabby Villages
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1107345/web-campaign-shows-chinese-riches-dont-trickle-down-shabby-villages

Hong Kong

More Sex Workers Report Abuse by Police, Survey Finds
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107100/more-sex-workers-report-being-abused-police

Related:
香港性工作者反抗“食霸王餐”情形增加 (HK Sex Workers Protest Increase of Refusals to Pay for Services)
China News Service, December 18, 2012
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2012/12/18/5311s3962738.htm

Human Rights Defenders

陈克贵疑受压不上诉 (Chen Kegui Suspended of Being Pressured to Not Appeal Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_nephew-12172012110334.html

Law

Opposition to Labor Camps Widens in China
The New York Times, December 14, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world/asia/opposition-to-labor-camps-widens-in-china.html

3名重庆市民获撤销劳教决定 (Chongqing: Three Reeducation-Through-Labor Decisions Rescinded)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_camp-12172012104711.html

Media

名导谢飞「公开信」痛批影审 (Noted Director Xie Fei Issues Open Letter Criticizing Film Censorship)
Sing Pao, December 18, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/sh/lyt/201212/t20121218_408498.html

Prisons

China Permits Prisoners in Beijing Jails to Order Food Online
Press Trust of India, December 13, 2012
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/china-permits-prisoners-in-beijing-jails-to-order-food-online/310220-2.html

Protests and Petitions

Shifted by Officials
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750633.shtml

Tibet

七成援藏项目运转困难 学者吁援助应尊重民族文化
Aid Programs in Tibet Lack Efficiency, Says Scholar
Caixin, December 18, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-16/100473094.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-18/100473750.html

Bilateral Ties

Beijing to Sponsor African Journalists to Cover China
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750546.shtml

China Pledges Steady Development of Confucius Institutes
Xinhua News Agency, December 16, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/1216/538421.html

Economic Development

媒體稱收入分配改革方案再度延期 (Media: Income Distribution Reform Scheme Again Delayed)
Sina, December 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121217/-9-2850187/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Luo Diandian Campaigns for Death with Dignity
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1106499/luo-diandian-campaigns-death-dignity

陈平福获撤销“颠覆”控罪 (Procuratorate Withdraws Subversion Indictment against Chen Pingfu)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_lanzhou-12142012100221.html

Related:
Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6291

Internet

Social Media Remains Tool of Communist Party: Author
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1106969/social-media-remains-tool-communist-party-author

Law

揭秘北京“黑监狱”
Court Cases Raise Hopes Gov't Will Clean Up Black Jails
Caixin, December 14, 2012
CH: http://magazine.caixin.com/2012-12-07/100469867.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-14/100472895.html

Protests and Petitions

Police Detain Mother over Subway Safety Petition
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750549.shtml

Related:
为儿征签马跃妈妈在北京地铁被警察带走 (Ma Yue Mama Detained by Police in Beijing Subway)
China Gaze, December 15, 2012
http://www.secretchina.com/news/12/12/15/478690.html

大学生地铁坠亡调查:受害人可能遭到高压电击 (Investigation into Student’s Death after Falling into Subway Path: May Have Been Electrocuted)
Life Week, December 23, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2011-12-23/184723684574.shtml

Public Health

河南将艾滋病患者生活定量补助标准提高9倍 (Fixed Living Subsidy for HIV/AIDS Patients in Henan to Increase 9-fold)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1217/11/8IU3R7J300014JB5.html

Religion

5省市近日共拘留52名“世界末日”宣扬者 (52 Detained in Recent Days for Propagating the Apocalypse)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1217/11/8IU36V4J00011229.html

Tibet

Tibetans Drown in Escape Attempt
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/drown-12142012144620.html

Hong Kong

Action Call over Kids of Migrants Living in Poverty
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129299&con_type=1

Jackie Chan Suggests Hong Kong Curb Rights
The Associated Press, December 13, 2012
http://world.time.com/2012/12/13/jackie-chan-suggests-hong-kong-curb-rights/

促終院提釋法息居港權爭議 學者指做法開壞先例 袁國強否認帶來法治風暴 (Controversy over HK Right of Abode Appeal to Beijing: Scholars Say It Creates a Bad Precedent, Secretary for Justice Yuen Denies It Will Produce a Crisis over Rule of Law)
am730, December 14, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=134693&d=1921

Related:
'Ask Beijing' Call Dismays Lawyers
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129302&con_type=3

Human Rights Defenders

US Lawmakers, Chinese Friends Seek Liu Xiaobo Release
Agence France-Presse, December 14, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/325926/us-lawmakers-chinese-friends-seek-liu-xiaobo-release

警察也喊冤 媒体不敢报 (No Media Reports on "First Press Conference of Aggrieved Police Officers from Across China" Held This Week in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xl-12132012150018.html

Related:
全国蒙冤警察在京召开了第一次新闻发布会 (Aggrieved Police Officers from across China Hold Their First Press Conference in Beijing)
December 11, 2012
http://youtu.be/AarTXzzprfw

Labor

律师称明年部分节假日安排被指涉嫌违反劳动法 (Lawyer: Part of 2013's Holiday Schedule May Be in Violation of Labor Law)
Legal Daily, December 14, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-12/14/content_4053189.htm