Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

审查和监控被中宣部追杀多次改名的记者庞皎明辞职记 (Caixin reporter forced to “resign” after changing his name many times to avoid surveillance)
Radio France Internationale, December 27, 2013
http://rfi.my/JwBaDp

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China tightens infant formula rules in food safety drive
Reuters, December 25, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/25/china-dairy-idUSL3N0K40R920131225

Corruption (腐败)

社科院反腐蓝皮书公布中国2013年反腐十件大事 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Blue Book publicizes 10 major anti-corruption events of 2013)
China.com, December 27, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-12/4703374.html

China unveils anti-graft plans, focus on protests, reforms
Reuters, December 25, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/25/us-china-corruption-idUSBRE9BO04620131225

30高校年度三公经费近7000万 浙大最高逾千万 (30 universities spent nearly RMB 70 million [approx. $ 12 million] a year on perks for school officials, over 10 million for Zhejiang University alone)
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/18647/30gao-xiao-nian-du-san-gong-jing-fei-jin-7000mo-zhe-da-zui-gao-yu-qian-mo

Education （教育）

China to unveil college enrollment reform in 1H 2014
Global Times, December 27, 2013
www.globaltimes.cn/content/834453.shtml#.UrzfT9IW3Sk

Environment （环境）

China far from meeting environmental targets
Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2013
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/12/26/china-far-from-meeting-environmental-targets/

发改委报告称中国60%城市空气质量不达标 (Official Chinese report states that 60% of cities suffer from air pollution)
China News Service, December 27, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-12/4696626.html

ICT （信息和通信技术）

工信部向11家民营企业发放虚拟运营商牌照 (China’s official telecommunications watchdog licenses 11 private companies to operate mobile virtual networks)
Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2013
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20131226/bch180017.asp?source=rss

International Relations

With Suu Kyi and China, it’s complicated
Irrawaddy, December 24, 2013
www.irrawaddy.org/contributor/suu-kyi-china-complicated.html

June Fourth （六四）

Widow of China’s purged leader dies at age 95
Associated Press, December 26, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/widow-of-chinas-purged-leader-dies-at-age-95/2013/12/26/8163f252-6dfb-11e3-a5d0-6f31cd74f760_story.html

Related:
赵紫阳夫人梁伯琪去世 享年95岁 (Liang Boqi, Zhao Ziyang’s wife, dies at age 95)
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2013
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/18596/zhao-zi-yang-fu-ren-liang-bo-qi-qu-shi-xiang-nian-95sui

Land, Property, Housing （ 土地、财产、房屋）

Homeowner’s ‘Cannons’ Warn Demolition Teams: No Closer
河南市民自制黑色大炮抵抗拆迁
New York Times, December 27, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131227/c27homeowners/dual/

See the pictures
河南荥阳现防拆闹剧:老汉制“大炮”摆房前屋后 (Elderly Henan man mounts homemade cannons around his house to resist demolition)
China News Service, December 27, 2013
http://news.21cn.com/caiji/roll1/a/2013/1223/20/25683002.shtml

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

We should not worship Mao as a god, says China’s president
The Telegraph, December 26, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10538324/We-should-not-worship-Mao-as-a-god-says-Chinas-president.html

Chairman Mao's old home to reopen inside luxury mall
The Telegraph, December 26, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10538153/Chairman-Maos-old-home-to-reopen-inside-luxury-mall.html

China cancels plans for Mao's 120th but in one village, his spirit lives on
The Guardian, December 26, 2013
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/26/nanjiecun-commune-capitalism

For Mao’s birthday, a changing China cashes in and celebrates — carefully
Associated Press, December 25, 2013
seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022531545_maoanniversaryxml.html

Society (社会)

贫富分化成2013最热社会问题 两极收入差20多倍 (Official stats show highest paid in 2013 earned 20 times that of lowest)
China News Service, December 27, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1226/17/9H1MK9T500014JB5.html

Related Tencent weibo post:
李尧鑫, December 27, 2013
何至百倍，已有几千倍的差距了，不能以平均来计算。 || 老于: 我认为数据极不准确！收入最高的百分之十少算年收入超百万最低的年收入仅一万余差距达一百倍之多，天地之别！除非```````````！
http://t.qq.com/p/t/228549041628101

Opinion （ 观点）

特写：一个中国记者的靖国神社印象 (A Chinese reporter’s impression of Yasukuni Shrine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/12/131227_japan_yasukuni_byliuhaining.shtml

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Edward Snowden Christmas message: End mass surveillance
斯诺登发表圣诞致词呼吁结束大规模监控
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 25, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25516081
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/12/131225_snowden_xmas_speech.shtml

Children (儿童)

China's city of lost children brings in shelters for abandoned babies
The Telegraph, December 23, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10536358/Chinas-city-of-lost-children-brings-in-shelters-for-abandoned-babies.html

Civil Society (民间社会)

社会蓝皮书：社会组织2014年后将现大幅增长态势 (Blue Paper: social organizations will increase substantially from 2014)
China News Service, December 26, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/12/26/299246.html

Corruption (腐败)

李东生被免:十八大后第二位被查中央委员和正部级官员(表) (China removes vice minister of public security Li Dongsheng)
People’s Daily, December 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1226/c1001-23950229.html

Environment （环境）

China city caps car-buying to curb pollution
Agence France-Presse, December 22, 2013
bit.ly/1fzOoKL

Health （健康）

China investigates after vaccine suspected in seven deaths
Reuters, December 23, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/23/us-china-vaccine-idUSBRE9BM0AO20131223

Human Rights Defenders （ 人权卫士）

专访笑蜀：郭飞雄情况危险，急需外界关注 (Xiao Shu: Guo Feixiong’s case needs public attention)
Voice of America, December 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/exclusive-interview-xiaoshu-on-guo-feixiong-20131224/1817032.html

Liu Ping’s Christmas in jail
异见人士刘萍在铁窗里度过圣诞节
The New York Times, December 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131226/c26liuping/dual/

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

When China seeks investments, diplomatic rows are no barrier
Reuters, December 22, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/22/china-investment-idUSL3N0JQ0KN20131222

Obama stresses economic issues in China envoy pick
Associated Press, December 21, 2013
www.bradenton.com/2013/12/21/4900145/obama-names-china-envoy-economic.html