Education

98.9%受访者深感当下年轻人缺少质疑精神 (Survey finds Chinese youth lack critical thinking skills)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-07/19/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130719_2-08.htm

Environment

Nuclear activism: limiting the fallout
The Economist, July 20, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582016-rare-protest-prompts-government-scrap-plans-build-uranium-processing-plant

超三分之一城市遭垃圾围城 (One-third of cities in China surrounded by garbage)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-07/4149225.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权律师刘卫国探望许志永被拘押 (Human rights lawyer detained after attempt to visit Xu Zhiyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130718_china_lawyer_ngo.shtml

Related:
Xu Zhiyong’s Lawyer Liu Weiguo in Custody, Rights Group is Shut Down
Human Rights in China, July 18, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825

Xu Zhiyong, Advocate of Disclosure of Official Assets, Criminally Detained
许志永被刑事拘留
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6824

Related Social Media:
Patrickpoon潘嘉伟@patrickpoon July 19, 2013
刘卫国：关于北京警方违法阻拦律师会见许志永的严正声明 (Liu Weiguo: Solemn declaration about Beijing police illegally blocking lawyer from visiting Xu Zhiyong)
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rleoul

International Relations

In China and U.S., mutual distrust grows, study finds
中美民众间好感下降，不信任增强
The New York Times, July 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130719/c19distrust/dual/

See full survey conducted by the Pew Research Center:
http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2013/07/Pew-Research-Global-Attitudes-Project-Balance-of-Power-Report-FINAL-July-18-2013.pdf

Open Government Information

黄浦江“死猪事件”余波 大学生与水务局的信息公开之战 (University student presses Shanghai water authorities to disclose further information about "floating dead pigs")
21st Century Media, July 19, 2013
http://www.21cbh.com/2013/7-19/wMNjUxXzcyNjEwMQ.html

Poverty

北大社调显示：中国家庭贫富差距高达234倍 (Beijing University study reveals huge income gap)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-07182013151551.html

Protests and Petitions

被上访改变的人生 (Hunan farmer recounts torture in mental hospital, awaits high court decision in lawsuit against police)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/201307/19/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130719_1-03.htm

Rule of Law

城管涉殺瓜農 記者採訪遭毆 (Fruit-seller dies after scuffle with urban security guards, reporters beaten by police)
Wen Wei Po, July 19, 2013
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2013/07/19/YO1307190009.htm

Related:
Probe over China fruit-seller “beaten by enforcers”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23340096

Vendor death shines light on China’s urban enforcers
Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/19/vender-assault-shines-ugly-light-on-chinas-urban-enforcers/?mod=WSJBlog

Opinion

叶青专栏：该公开的不仅仅是“三公” (Ye Qing: Budgetary disclosure should be expanded to tackle other irregular expenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/19/content_1898920.htm

“习俗”岂是违纪违法挡箭牌 (“Local traditions” cannot be an excuse for unlawful behavior)
Southern Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-07/19/content_7208544.htm

周少来：打造“内地版廉政公署” (Zhou Shaolai: Mainland needs its own Independent Commission Against Corruption)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_china/2013-07/4148487.html

何清涟：天堂与地狱：中国政商结合的路径指向 (Government-business collaboration: a high-wire act in China)
Voice of America, July 18, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/heqinglian-china-20130718/1704860.html/

Censorship and Surveillance

电影局：“取消一般题材电影剧本审查”非新规 (New State Council regulations lift full script censorship for films of "ordinary content," post-production censorship remains)
Xinhua News Agency, July 17, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-07/17/c_116579534.htm

Related:
Cut! China snips back some film censorship rules
Reuters, July 17, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/entertainment-us-china-censorship-idUSBRE96G0GC20130717

See full text of State Council regulations issued on July 11, 2013:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-07/17/c_125022660.htm

Civil Society

“传知行”遭取缔 公民运动受压制 (Civil society organization, "Transition Institute," shut down by authorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130718_ngo_closed_civil_society.shtml

Corruption

王文志并非举报华润董事长宋林第一人 (Xinhua reporter not the first to expose corruption allegations against China Resources Power chairman)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130717_weibo_lijianjun.shtml

Environment

环保责任终身追究 (CPC Discipline Inspection Commission to consider strengthening government accountability for environmental protection)
21st Century Media, July 18, 20
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/18/content_71318.htm

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

披露李某某隐私，七成人认为合理 (Survey: 70% of respondents support exposing personal details of under-aged suspect accused in high-profile rape case)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, July 18, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-07/18/content_2722883.htm

Technology

手机稳坐第一上网终端 七成新增网民手机上网 (Internet penetration rate rises to 44.1%, 78.5% of 591 million Internet users connected through mobile phones)
People's Daily, July 18, 2013
http://it.people.com.cn/n/2013/0718/c1009-22232840.html

China smartphone owners swell number of internet users
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23343058

See full report:
第32次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》(32nd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), July 17, 2013
http://www.cnnic.cn/gywm/xwzx/rdxw/rdxx/201307/t20130717_40663.htm

Opinion

英媒：中国应停止打压不同意见者 (UK media: China must stop suppressing dissidents)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/07/130718_press_chinese_crackdown.shtml

社评：媒体与记者的态度不应是分离的 (Reluctance of media outlets to expose scandals encourages reporters to use Weibo as platform)
Global Times, July 18, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-07/4143550.html

What China’s wrongful convictions mean for legal reform
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/17/wrongful-convictions-and-chinas-legal-reform-push/

Can China change its economic course?
Washington Post, July 18, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-china-at-a-crossroads/2013/07/17/211799e0-ef01-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html

Corruption

《经济参考报》记者王文志实名举报华润董事长宋林涉嫌巨额贪腐 (Xinhua reporter exposes Chairman of China Resources' alleged massive corruption)
Social Outlook, July 17, 2013
http://www.guancha.cn/politics/2013_07_17_158771.shtml

Related:
China Resources Power falls after report of deal overpayment
Bloomberg, July 17, 2013
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MQ2C646JIJVY01-4UI24ONCMNF2BM2TI360UOAGF7

Death Penalty

Tough questions after Chinese court mishandles execution
Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/16/tough-questions-after-chinese-court-mishandles-execution/?mod=WSJBlog

Environment

Experts (mostly) back new study on China’s killer coal
The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/17/experts-mostly-back-new-study-on-chinas-killer-coal/?mod=WSJBlog

Hong Kong

張曉明：普選要確保國家安全和中央權利 (Beijing's point man in HK says China committed to universal suffrage for the city but process must safeguard national security and sovereignty)
Apple Daily, July 16, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20130716/51562819

Related:
Beijing liaison chief hints at screening of CE candidates
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1283960/beijings-top-official-hong-kong-hints-screening-process-ce-candidates