Economic Development

Looking for China’s Missing Inequality Plan
China Realtime Report, January 08, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/08/looking-for-chinas-missing-inequality-plan/

Education

广东拟禁止患性病艾滋病者当老师引争议 (Guangdong: Controversy as Draft Standards Prohibit HIV/AIDS Patients from Becoming Teachers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 07, 2013
http://learning.sohu.com/20130107/n362661547.shtml

Hong Kong

限查公司註冊廢傳媒武功　阻記者核實身份　損公眾利益 (New Regulations Limit Journalists’ Ability to Check Company Registry Identity Information)
Apple Daily, January 08, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130108/18126934

Human Rights Defenders

朱承志改監視居住 料阻見律師 (Activist Zhu Chengzhi Transferred to Residential Surveillance for 6 Months, May Be Prevented Meeting with Lawyer)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130105/-9-2864092/1.html

For the notice on Zhu’s residential surveillance, see:
指定居所监视居住通知书 (Notice of Residential Surveillance at a Designated Residence)
Shaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau, January 04, 2013
http://twitter.com/liu_xiaoyuan/status/288447734665588736

Law

劳教制度的经济账：一个局79个编制 (Financial Cost of Reeducation-Through-Labor System a Growing Question)
21st Century Business Herald, January 08, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/08/14595.html

Related:
針對「反革命」變打壓訪民 (RTL: A Tool Used against "Counterrevolutionaries" Turned into a Method of Suppressing Petitioners)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130108/-9-2866387/1.html

Media

Beijing Says Party’s Control of Press ‘Unshakable’ after Southern Weekend Strike
SCMP Blog, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122825/beijing-says-partys-control-press-unshakable-after-southern-weekend

Related:
China Celebrities Back Censorship Protest
Agence France-Presse, January 08, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK5N3g6581KXQjrzHuEA2R1Msmig

Odd Stirrings Online amid Official Silence as Authorities Plan Southern Weekend's Future
Locustland, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1122837/odd-stirrings-online-amid-official-silence-authorities-plan-southern

德国记者毕节采访器材“遭破坏”  (Guizhou: Der Spiegel Reporter’s Equipment “Destroyed” whilst Covering Story on Children Who Suffocated in Trash Bin)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130108_china_germany_media_censor.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Thugs Strip Petitioners of Winter Clothes
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754405.shtml

Society

Beijing Times, January 08, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2013-01/08/c_124201752.htm

Related:
網民對強拆最不滿 社會信任不及格 (CASS Report: Forced Demolitions Cause Most Ire amongst Netizens)
Want Daily, January 08, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010800199.html

Children

`Blind Eye' to Death Home
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129807&con_type=1

Environment

China Facing 'Extremely Grave' Environmental Crisis
The Telegraph, January 06, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9783784/China-facing-extremely-grave-environmental-crisis.html

Hong Kong

HKU Dean Rages over Beijing Abode Call
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129838&con_type=1

Law

Defense Lawyers Face Uphill Battle
China Daily, January 07, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/07/content_16089498.htm

孟建柱：今年将停止使用劳教制度 (Central Pol and Law Commission Secretary Meng: We Will Stop Using Reeducation-Through-Labor This Year)
Dushi Shibao, January 07, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/07/20909473_0.shtml

Media

Southern Weekend's Moment of Reckoning
Locustland, January 07, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1121880/southern-weekends-moment-reckoning

Related:
中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视新年献词
Ministry of Truth: Southern Weekly Tempest
China Digital Times, January 06, 2013
CH: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视/
EN: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/ministry-of-truth-southern-weekly-tempest/

《南周》微博淪陷 記者：抗爭到底 (Southern Weekly's Sina Weibo Account Falls into Enemy's Hands; Journalists: We'll Fight till the End)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130107/-9-2865520/1.html

陸港台學者連署 籲罷免庹震 (Scholars from Mainland, HK, and Taiwan Issue Appeal Calling for Removal of Guangdong Propaganda Chief Tuo Zhen)
Central News Agency, January 06, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/realtime/110109/112013010600725.html

For the full text of the letter and English translation, see:
Inside the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 07, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/07/30402/

Tibet

青海循化两僧为自焚者祈福被捕 同仁县一藏人被判刑 (Qinghai: 2 Monks Arrested for Praying for Self-immolated; 1 Tibetan Sentenced due to Photos on Phone)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qh-01042013144746.html

Gender

Rule against Gender Discrimination Takes Effect
China Daily, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/03/content_16078280.htm

Labor

What Worker Shortage? The Real Story of China’s Migrants
China Realtime Report, January 04, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/04/what-worker-shortage-the-real-story-of-chinas-migrants/

Law

Bo Xilai Case Is the biggest Test for China's Legal Progress Since Gang of Four Trial
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1119183/bo-xilai-case-biggest-test-chinas-legal-progress-gang-four

Policeman Wang Dengchao Jailed for Graft 'after Calling for Democracy'
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119383/policeman-wang-dengchao-jailed-graft-after-calling-democracy

Related:
深圳警员王登朝因民主活动入狱案再添新证据 (New Evidence in Case of Shenzhen Officer Sent to Jail for Activities Promoting Democracy)
Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, December 21, 2012
http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=16175

Media

《南周》聲明轟新聞審查 (Southern Weekly Appeal Blasts News Censorship)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130104/-9-2863209/1.html

Related:
Open Letter Ups the Ante in the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 04, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/04/30311/

中国否认对纽约时报记者拒发签证 (MFA Denies New York Times Reporter's Visa App Rejected)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130103_nytimes_visa.shtml

Politics

这样的政治改革，不值得期待 (Not Worth Waiting for Political Reform Like This)
Radio France Internationale, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130103-这样的政治改革，不值得期待

Protests and Petitions

東莞千川籍民工示威 爆警民衝突 (Dongguan: Demonstration by 1K Migrant Workers from Sichuan Becomes Clash with Police)
Australia Daily, January 04, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20130103/15544117335.html