Food Safety

湖南问题大米流向广东餐桌 (Tainted Rice Sold as Food in Shenzhen as Price Goes Up)
Nanfang Daily, February 27, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2013-02/27/c_124393548.htm

Related:
10,000 Tons of Tainted Rice Sent to Guangdong Since 2009
China Daily, February 27, 2013
http://www.blogger.com/://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16262192.htm

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波

全球联署呼吁中国释放刘晓波夫妇 (Nobel Laureates Urge China to Release Liu Xiaobo and Wife)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130227_petition_liuxiaobo_taiwan.shtml

Related:
Nobel laureates urge China to release Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1159861/nobel-laureates-urge-china-release-liu-xiaobo

International Human Rights

中国逾百学者促人大批准权利公约 (Over 100 Chinese Intellectuals Urge Ratification of UN Convention on Civil and Political Rights)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130226_china_reform_petition.shtml

Related:
Chinese Intellectuals Urge Ratifying Rights Treaty
The New York Times, February 26, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/asia/chinese-intellectuals-urge-ratification-of-rights-treaty.html

公民建言：呼吁全国人大尽快批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》(Text of Appeal to NPC to Ratify UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)
He Weifang, Sina Blog, February 26, 2013
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_488663200102e2wk.html

Product Safety

Many Student Notebooks Found to Have Carcinogen
Shanghai Daily, February 27, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/02/27/Many%2Bstudent%2Bnotebooks%2Bfound%2Bto%2Bhave%2Bcarcinogen/

Society

老龄蓝皮书：今年老年人口将突破两亿大关 (China’s “Blue Book”: Number of Seniors to Top 200 Million in 2013 )
Beijing Evening News, February 27, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0227/c1001-20620644.html

Tibet

四川德普寺僧人自焚送医 青海化隆自焚者及其父母被捕 (Self-Immolated Tibetan Monk in Sichuan Sent to Hospital, Another in Qinghai Arrested with Parents)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/d-02262013150748.html

Tibet Exile Leader Blames Self-immolations on China Policy
Reuters, February 27, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE91P0V220130226

XUAR

Uyghur Scholar Faces Heart Problems After Grilling
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-02262013173932.html

Corruption

北京私密会所一天只接一拨客:最低入会门槛20万元(New Form of Corruption: Private Clubs in Beijing Proliferate; Lowest Membership fee: RMB 200,000)
Beijing Evening News, February 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0226/c70731-20603004.html

Related:
官场“雅贿”：收瓷器更安全 价格模糊附庸风雅 (Antique China Favored as Safer and Elegant Bribes in Chinese Officialdom)
Beijing Evening News, February 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0226/c1001-20602970.html

Food Safety

多数网民对食品安全不放心 七成网民认为原因在于执法部门 (Survey Finds Majority Netizens Worried about Food Safety; 70% of Netizens Believe Law Enforcement is Cause)
People's Daily, February 25, 2013
http://npc.people.com.cn//n/2013/0225/c14576-20587178.html

Government

王岐山：不允許與中央唱反調 (Wang Qishan, Head of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: Discipline Inspection Organs at All Levels are not Allowed to Contradict the CPC Central Committee)
Ming Pao, February 26, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130226/cae1.htm

Related:
王岐山在中国共产党第十八届中央纪律检查委员会第二次全体会议上的工作报告 (Wang Qishan: Maintaining Political Discipline is the Most Important Task for Discipline Inspection Organs at All Levels)
Xinhua News Agency, February 25, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/25/c_114796006.htm

Law

China’s Future Success Depends on Rule of Law, Says Locke
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1159169/chinas-future-success-depends-rule-law-says-locke

Related:
美国驻华大使：中国未来的成功取决于依法治国 (US Ambassador Locke: China’s Future Success Depends on Rule of Law)
Global Times, February 25, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2013-02/3675449.html

六成网民认为执法司法腐败是依法治国最大障碍(Survey Finds 60% of Netizens Regard Corruption in Law Enforcement and Judicature as the Biggest Obstacle to Rule of Law in China)
People's Daily, February 26, 2013
http://npc.people.com.cn//n/2013/0226/c14576-20598641.html

Product Safety

26,400 Chinese School Children in Toxic Uniform Scare
The Daily Telegraph, February 26, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9895102/26400-Chinese-school-children-in-toxic-uniform-scare.html

Society

2 Countries, 2 Struggles for Justice
The New York Times, February 26, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/asia/27iht-letter27.html?partner

State Secrets

律师申请公开全国土壤污染数据信息 环保部以国家秘密为由不予公开(Ministry of Environmental Protection: Soil Pollution Data are State Secrets)
Legal Daily, February 25, 2013
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20130225/Articel06001GN.htm

Related:
Soil Pollution Is a State Secret in China
BusinessWeek, February 25, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-25/soil-pollution-is-a-state-secret-in-china

Tibet

Push to Preserve the Tibetan Language in China
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/preserve-02252013154036.htm

Two More Tibetans Self-immolate in China, Say Rights Groups
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1158658/two-more-tibetans-self-immolate-china-say-rights-groups

Education

投资35万元仅使用了一年半——贵州凯里希望小学变垃圾站调查 (Guizhou Hope Project School Becomes Garbage Dump after 1.5 Years and RMB 35 million Investment)
Xinhua News Agency, February 23, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2013-02/23/c_114776770.htm

Related:
Charitable School to Make Way For Highway
China Daily, February 25, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/25/content_16252138.htm

Environment

中国有毒化学物肆虐 全国产生247个癌症村 (NGO: Toxic Chemicals Created 247 Cancer Villages in China)
Voice of America, February 25, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-cancer-village-20130222/1608604.html

Related:
China's Mainland Home to 247 'Cancer Villages'
Shanghai Daily, February 25, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/02/25/Chinas%2Bmainland%2Bhome%2Bto%2B247%2Bcancer%2Bvillages/

Freedom of Movement

护照成为中国限制异见人士工具 (No Exit: China Uses Passports as Political Cudgel)
The New York Times, February 25, 2013

CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/article/china/2013/02/25/c25passport/ 
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/world/asia/chinese-passports-seen-as-political-statement.html

Internet

A New Cold War, in Cyberspace, Tests U.S. Ties to China (中美面临网络冷战)
The New York Times, February 24, 2013

         EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/world/asia/us-confronts-cyber-cold-war-with-china.html
         CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/article/china/2013/02/25/c25hack-assess/


中国鹰派将校和知识分子的网上论战 (PLA General Stirs Controversy with Weibo Post Calling Chinese Liberal Intellectuals “Traitors”)
Voice of America, February 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-hawkish-military-officials-intelectuals-disputes/1610000.html

Related:
Chinese General Derided on Web After Taking Up Weibo
The Telegraph, February 25, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9892721/Chinese-general-derided-on-web-after-taking-up-Weibo.html

Law

习近平在中共中央政治局第四次集体学习时强调 依法治国依法执政依法行政共同推进 法治国家法治政府法治社会一体建设 (Xi Jinping Stresses Rule of Law in Politburo Study Session )
People's Daily, February 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0225/c1024-20582899.html