Edward Snowden Case

Kerry says Snowden affair will not upset China relations
The New York Times, July 1, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/john-kerry-china-relations.html

Hong Kong

香港七一游行结束 组织者称参加者达43万 (July 1 petition for fully democratic elections in 2017 draws 430,000 participants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_hk_rally_latest.shtml

Thousands brave typhoon rains demanding China honor Hong Kong democracy pledge
Reuters, July 1, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-hongkong-march-idUSBRE9600AP20130701

See the "Hong Kong July 1st Demonstration 2013" photo album on HRIC's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/hrichina

International Relations

Ghana’s crackdown on Chinese gold miners hits one rural area hard
The New York Times, June 29, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/world/asia/ghanas-crackdown-on-chinese-gold-miners-hits-one-rural-area-hard.html

Open Government Information

”No reply” on bid for China online surveillance data
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/bid-06282013103439.html

Related:
Snowden affair prompts lawyer to request disclosure of surveillance information
谢燕益：就斯诺登事件致公安部信息公开申请书
Human Rights in China, June 25, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6765
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6766

Political and Economic Reform

習近平：選幹部不以票取人 (Xi Jinping: selection of party officials should not be decided by votes)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130630/cac1.htm

中共党员总数突破8500万 (Total CPC members exceeds 85 million)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_ccp_members.shtml

Mixed messages: Xi Jinping signals left while turning right. Or is it the other way round?
The Economist, July 1, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21580195-xi-jinping-signals-left-while-turning-right-or-it-other-way-round-mixed-messages

Protests and Petitions

外交部前要求参与“人权报告”撰写的访民被清场 (Activists petitioning for participation in drafting of human rights report for the UN taken away by police)
Boxun, July 1, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/07/201307011247.shtml

Related:
Chinese Activists Calling for Greater Participation in China’s International Human Rights Reporting Taken Away by Police
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2013
http://hrichina.org/content/6801

Beijing, police "tolerate" pro human rights sit-in
Asia News, June 27, 2013
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing,-police-tolerate-pro-human-rights-sit-in-28317.html

XUAR

Chinese authorities confirm police fired at Uyghur protesters
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/violence-06302013201357.html

新疆武警7萬兵力冠全國 (70,000 armed police deployed in Xinjiang, largest number in a single province)
Ming Pao, July 1, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130701/caa2.htm

Opinion

Standing at the crossroads
Caixin, July 1, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-07-01/100550000.html

Consumer Product Safety

南山奶粉曝维生素K1超标逾900倍 (Domestic brand of baby milk formula found to contain 900 times the amount of vitamin K1)
Xinkuai Daily, June 28, 2013
http://economy.gmw.cn/2013-06/28/content_8105159.htm

Corruption

57亿城镇保障房专项资金被挪用 (5.7 billion yuan in affordable housing funds misused, audit reveals)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-06/28/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130628_4-02.htm

Death Penalty

Clemency sought for Filipina on China’s death row
Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/06/27/clemency-sought-for-filipina-on-chinas-death-row/

Hukou

43个城市外地人员下月起可就近办护 (43 cities to allow non-residents to apply for passports)
Sina News, June 27, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-27/214727516861.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Understanding of Chinese human rights movement crucial: activist
Central News Agency, June 27, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306270032.aspx

Information Control/Technology

方滨兴辞任校长，防火长城依然“矗立 (“Father” of Great Firewall resigns, leaves behind a hated legacy)
Deutsche Welle, June 27,2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B9%E6%BB%A8%E5%85%B4%E8%BE%9E%E4%BB%BB%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%BF%E9%98%B2%E7%81%AB%E9%95%BF%E5%9F%8E%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E7%9F%97%E7%AB%8B/a-16911315

Labor

U.S. boss released by angry Chinese factory workers
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10145220/US-boss-released-by-angry-Chinese-factory-workers.html

Media

31家非法新闻业务网站被关 (31 news websites shutdown for 'unauthorized' operation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2013
http://whb.news365.com.cn/xwdj/201306/t20130628_1274562.html

Political and Economic Reforms

华西村：中国式困境样本, (Huaxi Village is the poster child of China's economic transition woes)
Financial Times, June 28, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051145

Rule of Law

陕西省委书记：延安城管打人虽偶然却有必然背景 (Provincial party chief says excessive use of force by Yanan urban management personnel (chengguan) due to lack of leadership and oversight)
China News, June 28, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/06-28/4979767.shtml

Tibet

Seven years in Tibet: 2 million 'displaced' by Chinese relocation policy
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/10146867/Seven-years-in-Tibet-2-million-displaced-by-Chinese-relocation-policy.html

XUAR

流亡维族组织要求对“6•26”血案进行独立调查 (Uyghur groups in exile demand independent investigation into 6.26 bloody incident)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%B5%81%E4%BA%A1%E7%BB%B4%E6%97%8F%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E5%AF%B9626%E8%A1%80%E6%A1%88%E8%BF%9B%E8%A1%8C%E7%8B%AC%E7%AB%8B%E8%B0%83%E6%9F%A5/a-16911097