Human Rights Defenders

Blind Activist Tells US to Stand Firm on Rights
The Standard, January 31, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130638&con_type=1

Internet

Hackers in China Attacked the Times for Last 4 Months
The New York Times, January 30, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html

Law

广东人大代表提议引进新加坡鞭刑 (Guangdong People’s Congressional Rep Proposals Singapore-style Corporal Punishment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_china_singapore_flogging.shtml

Protests and Petitions

江苏启东14名涉嫌聚众冲击国家机关嫌犯认罪 (14 Plead Guilty for Violence during Protests against Waste Project in Qidong, Jiangsu)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://news.qq.com/a/20130131/000046.htm

Related:
Qidong: Citizens Say No to Industrial Waste
启东：民众对工业废水说不
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 2
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6419
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6420

上海首例被劳教访民诉官开庭百人到场声援 (100 Gather to Show Support as First Case of a Petitioner Suing the RTL Committee after Being Ordered to Reeducation Goes to Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/lj-01302013121909.html

Public Health

Beijing Smog Scarier than Sars, Says Medical Expert
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1140102/beijing-smog-scarier-sars-says-medical-expert

Related:
钟南山：大气污染没人跑得掉 比非典可怕得多 (Head of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases: Air Pollution Far Scarier than SARS)
CCTV, January 31, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/31/c_124302553.htm

Tibet

China Sentences 2 Tibetans over Self-immolation
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/759358.shtml

Environment

Hydro Dams Could Jeopardise 'Grand Canyon of the East', Say Green Groups
The Guardian, January 29, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/29/hydro-dams-china-ecosystem

中国粮食重金属污染严重 每年直接损失200亿 (Annual Loss of 20bil RMB in Food due to Heavy Metal Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ls-01292013161950.html

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚在华盛顿获得人权奖 (Chen Guangcheng Awarded Lantos Human Rights Award in DC)
Voice of America, January 29, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-chen-guangcheng-20130129/1593191.html

Labor

六百民工讨薪3个月无果 被告知不要麻烦政府 (600 Migrant Workers Ask for Back Pay for 3mos to No Avail, Told to Not Bother the Govt)
Legal Daily, January 30, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-01/30/content_4164363.htm

Media

“无国界记者”：中国仍压制新闻自由 (Reporters without Borders: China Still Stifling Press Freedom)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_rsf_report_2013.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Zhu Baosheng among More than 10 Protesters Who Face Criminal Charges
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138862/zhu-baosheng-among-more-10-protesters-who-face-criminal-charges

Tibet

No Change Seen under New Governor
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/governor-01292013180528.html

Death Penalty

Chinese Officials Urged Not to Execute Domestic Violence Victim
The Guardian, January 28, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/chinese-officials-domestic-violence

Related, and with unofficial EN trans:
从一起杀夫案检讨死刑
Reconsidering the Death Penalty on the Basis of Li Yan's Case
Oriental Morning Post, January 29, 2013
CH: http://www.dfdaily.com/html/63/2013/1/29/938910.shtml
EN: http://www.siweiluozi.net/2013/01/translation-li-yan-and-reconsidering.html

Hong Kong

港府修法限新聞自由 惹反彈 (HK Journalists Publish Full-page Protest against Amended Ordinance Limiting Access to Information)
China Times, January 29, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050506/112013012900198.html

Human Rights Defenders

Hada's Mental Health Slipping
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hada-01282013183822.html

Related:
Mongolian Dissident Hada in Illegal Detention Is Mentally Ill; Son Details Abuses by Authorities
Human Rights in China, January 25, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6516

Law

广东省司法厅：广东今年或适时停止劳教 (Guangdong Judicial Dept: Province May Halt Reeducation-Through-System This Year or in Due Course)
Southern Daily, January 29, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/29/19102.html

Media

探訪手記﹕稱「歡迎採訪」 記者卻被拒 (Reporters Told They'd Be Welcome to Cover the Guangdong Congress Meetings, then Refused Coverage)
Ming Pao, January 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130128/-9-2882352/1.html

Rural Issues

城镇化十年规划待出 聚焦农民“五权”保障 (10yr Plan for Urbanization to Be Release at Upcoming 2 Sessions, Focus on Guaranteeing "Five Rights" of Farmers)
The Economic Observer, January 28, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0128/239409.shtml

Tibet

Feature: Monk Goads People to Commit Suicide
Xinhua News Agency, January 28, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0128/554724.html

Death Penalty

四川家暴杀夫案死刑待核准 学者律师上书吁免死 (Scholars, Lawyers Issue Appeal Call for Leniency in Death Penalty Hearing for Victim of Domestic Abuse)
Voice of America, January 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/domestic-violence-china-20130126/1591540.html