Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

谁如此残忍对猫咪下手？ 淮安捣毁一处宰猫窝点
Chinese police find slaughterhouse selling cat meat
Modern Express, October 31, 2013
The Telegraph， October 31, 2013
CH: http://news.xdkb.net/society/2013-10/31/content_218041.htm
EN: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10417032/Chinese-police-find-slaughterhouse-selling-cat-meat.html

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

港芭舞剧被删涉文革情节今重现 中联办否认干涉 (Hong Kong ballet restores censored Cultrual Revolution scene, Liaison Office denies interference)
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/hong-kong/15511/gang-ba-wu-ju-bei-shan-she-wen-ge-qing-jie-jin-zhong-xian-zhong-lian-ban-fou-ren-gan

Corruption (腐败)

吉林原副省长田学仁涉受贿1919万被判无期 (Former Jilin Vice Governor Tian Xueren sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes of 19.19 million yuan)
China News Service, November 1, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-01/095128592283.shtml

Related:
China senior official Tian Xueren gets life in prison for bribery
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1345192/china-senior-official-tian-xueren-gets-life-prison-bribery

中纪委课题组专家：网络反腐举报政府涉腐超6成 (Central discipline commission expert: 65% of corrupt cases reported through anti-corruption network involve government officials)
Legal Evening News, November 1, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-01/164028595713.shtml

Freedom of Expression and Privacy （言论自由和隐私）

广东省新闻出版广电局做出查处新快报社有关问题的决定 (Guangdong press regulator orders New Express overhaul)
Xinhua, November 1, 2013
> http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-10/4515912.html

Related:
新快报社长总编辑和副总编辑被免职 (Top two editors of New Express removed)
Beijing News, November 1, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/11/01/290435.html

Top management at beleaguered New Express newspaper replaced
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1345252/top-management-beleaguered-new-express-newspaper-replaced

Chinese journalist tries to crowdfund his career
Associated Press, November 1, 2013
http://www.nebraska.tv/story/23847931/chinese-journalist-tries-to-crowdfund-his-career

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

曹顺利被正式逮捕 肝病严重不许就医吃药 (Cao Shunli formally arrested and suffering from liver disease )
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-10312013143839.html

for more information on Cao Shunli, see:
Cao Shunli Ill in Detention, Refuses to Sign Official Arrest Document
曹顺利病情恶化，拒签逮捕通知书
Human Rights in China, October 31, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/7028
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/7029

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

Strident video by Chinese military casts U.S. as menace
中国军方制作电影抨击美国渗透
New York Times, November 1, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20131101/c01video/dual/

See the video:
较量无声 (Silent contest)
National Defense University, June, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK7WFYM6uYuxk5SJKrG8RovWmLAEUCSL_

上海自贸区承担改革决心阻力强大(Shanghai Free Trade Zone’s monetary policy meets heavy resistance from interest groups)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/business/2013/11/131101_ana_china_shanghai_ftz.shtml

Tibet (西藏)

Chinese officials urge 'vigilance' in Tibetan county following Tiananmen crash
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/vigilance-10302013142015.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

孟建柱：东伊运策划天安门恐怖袭击 (China's top security official: East Turkestan Islamic Movement planned Tiananmen crash)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131101_china_tiananmen_xinjiang.shtml

Related:
China: East Turkestan movement behind deadly crash
Associated Press, November1, 2013
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/China-East-Turkestan-movement-behind-deadly-crash-4944906.php

Seeing a turning point for China’s thinking on terrorism
天安门撞车是中国反恐战略转折点
New York Times, November 1, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131101/c01yang/dual/

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

外国文学在中国：删你没商量！(To sell books in the world’s largest market, many foreign authors submit to China’s censorship)
Deutsche Welle, October 31, 2013
http://bit.ly/1f66BQ2

藝界震怒促舞團交代刪戲 抽文革情節 學者轟政治粗暴干預 (Art community angered after Cultural Revolution scene is censored from Hong Kong ballet, scholar calls it “political interference”)
Ming Pao, October 31, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20131030/gaa1.htm

Related:
劇創人王新鵬：因六四決意離國 (Censored ballet choreographer Wang Xin Peng had left China after June Fourth massacre)
Ming Pao, October 31, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20131031/gab2.htm

Children (儿童)

New guidelines on punishing child rape win praise, and criticism
中国惩治性侵未成年人新规引争议
New York Times, October 31, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131031/c31rape/dual/

Ten-year-old boy jumps to death in Chengdu "on teacher’s order"
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1344594/ten-year-old-boy-jumps-death-chengdu-teachers-order

Environment (环境)

Air pollution drives 50% drop in visitors to Beijing
Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/31/beijing-air-pollution-drives-50-drop-in-visitors/?mod=WSJBlog

Hong Kong (香港)

解放军影片：美英总领馆成反华基地 (PLA video: U.S. and U.K. Consulates in Hong Kong have become anti-China bases)
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/hong-kong/15408/jie-fang-jun-ying-pian-mei-ying-zong-ling-guan-cheng-fan-hua-ji-di

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

律师会见郭飞雄被阻 要求律协介入 (Guo Feixiong’s lawyers denied visitation rights, request help from Beijing Lawyers’ Association)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-10302013120904.html

Information Control (信息控制)

In doctored photo, Chinese officials loom large
政府网站照片穿帮，官员“俯瞰”老太太
New York Times, October 31, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131031/c31photo/dual/

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) , 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

China demands U.S. explain spying allegations linked to Australian missions
Reuters, October 31, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-usa-security-china-australia-idUSBRE99U0LU20131031

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国城市化带来的社会成本 (The social costs of China’s urbanization)
Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2013
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20131031/chw122953.asp

毛左批习总智囊刘鹤 不满改革反习李先声 (Mao supporters attack reform plan drafter Liu He as spokesman of American interest)
Voice of America, October 31, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-leftist-20131031/1780561.html

Technology (科技)

Apple drops China reference from Taiwan map
Voice of America, October 31, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/apple-drops-china-reference-from-taiwan-map/1780553.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China says 5 jihadis are arrested in Beijing attack
中国官方将天安门撞车案定性为恐怖袭击
New York Times, October 31, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131031/c31crash/dual/

Related:

日媒分析天安门袭击的政治关联 (Japanese media analyze political implications of Tiananmen crash)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 31, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131031_japan_media_xinjiang.shtml

China state media calls for stern action after Tiananmen attack
Reuters, October 31, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-china-tiananmen-idUSBRE99S1DZ20131031

Grievances in Xinjiang
The Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304527504579167880174661694

Opinion (观点)

Chinese censorship's dangerous subtlety
The Guardian, October 31, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/31/china-censorship-weibo

Jane Cohen: China’s air stinks of larger problems
The Providence Journal, October 31, 2013
http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20131031-jane-cohen-chinas-air-stinks-of-larger-problems.ece

Environment (环境)

China’s anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2013

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