Environment

水源遭污 邯郸冬泳协会索赔2000万 (Swimming Association Sues Company Who Polluted River)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 10, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-01/10/content_1790408.htm

Hong Kong

Pro-democracy Hong Kong Lawmakers Fail in Impeachment Try against Beijing-backed Leader
The Associated Press, January 09, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pro-democracy-hong-kong-lawmakers-fail-in-impeachment-try-against-beijing-backed-leader/2013/01/09/0fa37acc-5acc-11e2-b8b2-0d18a64c8dfa_story.html

Law

Beijing to Require ID for Cellphone Numbers
China Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_16100329.htm

Related:
北京拟出手机实名制管理规定 六成用户已经实名 (Beijing Drafts Regs on Real-name Identification System for Mobile Phone Subscribers)
Beijing Times, December 31, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/31/c_124168591.htm

Fears over Labor Camp Reforms
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rtl-01082013152629.html

Related:
司法部：内地将增加戒毒康复收治规模 (Ministry of Justice: China to Increase Drug Rehab Capacity)
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/09/21015745_0.shtml

Media

China Paper: Regulation Must 'Keep Pace with the Times'
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2013
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15794974/china-paper-regulation-must-keep-pace-with-the-times/

Related:
Activists Are Held for Supporting Southern Weekly
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1124186/activists-are-held-supporting-southern-weekly

山西规定报道省委书记稿件不超1500字 (Shanxi Limits Length of Reports on Provincial Party Leadership)
Shanxi Daily, January 09, 2013
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2013/01/09/3365s3985016.htm

一个记者的“恐怖救助”之旅！ (Reporter Goes Undercover to Learn Why Changsha Homeless Not Using Shelters, Beaten by Shelter Staff)
Sanxiang City Express, January 09, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/09/15029.html

Related:
Probe after Reporter Beaten Up at Shelter
Shanghai Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_27641185.htm

央视记者湖南平江暗访遭围殴 当地政府作检讨 (Hunan: CCTV Reporter Beaten on the Job, Authorities to Give Self-critical Account of Situ)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2013
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20130110/1544012.html

Hukou

呼應城鎮化 戶籍改革將啟動 (Household Registration Reform to Commence)
Want Daily, January 09, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010900701.html

Human Rights Defenders

毛恒凤被判劳教三月余仍在看守所 (Mao Hengfeng Remains in Detention Center 3 Months after Being Ordered to Reeducation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/2-01072013102356.html

Related:
上海公安非法关押被劳教的维权人士
Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Held in Illegal Criminal Detention
Human Rights in China, January 07, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6484
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6483

Internet

Bloggers Using the Internet to Spread Truth in China
The New York Times, January 09, 2013
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/movies/high-tech-low-life-about-two-chinese-citizen-reporters.html

Law

No Love Lost for 'Re-education through Labour' System
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122455/no-love-lost-re-education-through-labour-system

Media

Tentative Deal Reported in Chinese Censorship Dispute
The New York Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/world/asia/faceoff-in-chinese-city-over-censorship-of-newspaper.html

The Beijing News' Night of Sorrow
Morning Clicks, SCMP Blog, January 09, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1123555/beijing-news-night-sorrow

聲援《南周》重提六四訴求 (Solitary for Southern Weekly Revisits Demands of June Fourth)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867320/1.html

Related:
廣州同行：只敢心裏默默支持 (Guangzhou Journalists: We Only Dare to Silently Support SW in Our Hearts)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867317/1.html

Politics

中紀委通報查案情況:薄熙來劉志軍案已移送司法 (CPC Central Discipline Commission Report: Bo Xilai and Liu Zhijun Cases Sent to Judiciary)
China News Service, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867632/1.html

Religion

China to Register all Clergy
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754510.shtml

Tibet

Official Stresses Patriotism among Monks
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754509.shtml

Related:
俞正声赴藏区 ，矛头再指达赖喇嘛 (Politburo Member Yu Zhengsheng Attacks Dalai Lama and Supporters during Tibet Visit)
Deutsche Welle, January 08, 2013
http://www.dw.de/俞正声赴藏区-矛头再指达赖喇嘛/a-16506560

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