Corruption (腐败)

China web users' scathing critique of giant Tiananmen vase
Agence France-Presse, September 29, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130929/china-web-users-scathing-critique-giant-tiananmen-vase

Chinese ex-banker sentenced to prison for amassing 45 houses under several IDs
Associated Press, September 29, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-ex-banker-sentenced-to-prison-for-amassing-45-houses-under-several-ids/2013/09/29/8721aa5e-28cd-11e3-8ab3-b5aacc9e1165_story.html

Children (儿童)

Committee on Rights of the Child examines reports of China on the Convention and on children in armed conflict
United Nations Office at Geneva, September 27, 2013
http://bit.ly/18DSRdp

Related:
UN committee concludes rigorous review of China’s implementation of the Convention on Rights of the Child
联合国儿童权利委员会结束对中国履行《公约》情况审议
Human Rights in China, September 27, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6943
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6944

Chinese police rescue 92 abducted children
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24313452

Death penalty (死刑)

Her husband’s execution, then a bag of ashes
夏俊峰妻子描述与丈夫生离死别的最后时刻
New York Times, September 28, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130928/c28widow/dual/

Education (教育)

被箝制的中国大学 (China’s universities muzzled)
New York Times, September 30, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/education/20130930/cc30gaoyuxin/

Information Control (信息控制 )

国家互联网信息办查处一批违规移动新闻客户端 (National Internet Information Office investigates mobile news service providers)
Xinhua, September 30, 2013
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2013-09/30/content_2498793.htm

International Relations (国际关系)

Chinese foreign minister urges global governance reform with UN at core
UN News Centre, September 27, 2013
http://http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46092&Cr=general+debate&Cr1=&utm#.Ukkb-2RgaI0

China welcomes UN Syria chemical arms resolution
Agence France-Presse, September 29, 2013
http://bit.ly/18iPMOU

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

六四异见人士顾义民“煽颠”案常熟开庭 (June Fourth dissident Gu Yimin on trial for “inciting subversion of state power”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130929_china_dissident_tiananmen.shtml

Chinese court tries man who planned Tiananmen protest
Agence France-Presse, September 29, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/29/chinese-court-tries-man-who-planned-tiananmen-protest/

For more information on Gu Yimin, see:
Jiangsu citizen Gu Yimin to be tried for “inciting subversion of state power”
Human Rights in China, September 27, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6940
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6941

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Experimental Free-Trade Zone Opened in Shanghai
上海自贸区开放，中国尝试金融改革
New York Times, September 30, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130930/c30yuan/dual/

Society (社会)

《毛主席语录》再现江湖 (Quotations from Mao reappear in bookstores)
Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2013
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20130930/BRF101115.asp?source=UpFeature

Taiwan (台湾)

Wiretapping, China policy fuel Taiwan protesters’ discontent
Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/30/wiretapping-china-policy-fuel-taiwan-protesters-discontent/

Opinion (观点)

Law must come down on buyers of trafficked children
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1320881/law-must-come-down-buyers-trafficked-children

Reform with Chinese characteristics
New York Times, September 29, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/opinion/sunday/reform-with-chinese-characteristics.html

英媒：习无意政改 只想破苏共统治纪录 (English media: Xi intends no reform, only to surpass record of Soviet communist rule)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/09/130929_press_xi_mao_style.shtml

Children (儿童)

人权组织向联合国提交报告 批评中国执行联合国《儿童权利公约》不力 (Human rights group in report to UN, criticizes China’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as “ineffective”)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-09252013145208.html

Related:
China faces tough questions on its protection of children’s rights from UN committee
中国政府面对联合国儿童权利委员会的诘问
Human Rights in China, September 26, 2013
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6934
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6935

Corruption (腐败)

Looks good on paper: A flawed system for judging research is leading to academic fraud
The Economist, September 28, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21586845-flawed-system-judging-research-leading-academic-fraud-looks-good-paper

Death penalty (死刑)

China court rejects killer's claim to additional murder
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24294935

Education (教育)

习近平承诺把教育摆在优先发展的战略位置 (Xi Jinping pledges to make education a priority in strategic development)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/sd-09262013142657.html

Related:
Xi reaffirms education top priority
China Daily, September 26, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-09/26/content_16996539.htm

Environment (环境)

China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll
R&D Magazine, September 26, 2013
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/09/china%E2%80%99s-synthetic-natural-gas-plants-will-have-heavy-environmental-toll

Media (媒体)

World Affairs conference on new media wraps up
Kearnyhub, September 26, 2013
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/world-affairs-conference-on-new-media-wraps-up/article_086d264e-26c9-11e3-8507-0019bb2963f4.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国发布上海自由贸易试验区政策文件 (State Council issues policy document on Shanghai free trade zone)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/business/2013/09/130927_china_shanghai_ftz.shtmll

Related:
China unveils details on first free trade zone in Shanghai
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130927/china-unveils-details-first-free-trade-zone-shanghai

官媒：中国不会在网上设“政治租界 (Official media: Shanghai free trade zone will not be a politically free zone)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130927_china_shanghai_internet.shtml

Population (人口)

Chinese provinces collect billions in family planning fines, lawyer says
去年中国19省征社会抚养费166亿
The New York Times, September 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130927/c27population/dual/

Society (社会)

专家称中国2050年城镇化率将超80% (Experts say urbanization in China will reach 80% by 2050)
Economic Observer, September 26, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0926/250258.shtml