Corruption (腐败)

密档显示，中共权贵在海外避税天堂藏有财富 (High-level Chinese officials hide wealth in offshore accounts)
Voice of America, January 21, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/off-shore-wealth-of-chinese-elite-20140121/1834956.html

China's princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
Guardian, January 21, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/jan/21/china-british-virgin-islands-wealth-offshore-havens

See report:
Leaked records reveal offshore holdings of China’s elite
中国离岸金融解密
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, January 21, 2014
CH: www.icij.org/project/zhong-guo-chi-jin-rong-jie-mi
EN: www.icij.org/offshore/leaked-records-reveal-offshore-holdings-chinas-elite

Death penalty (死刑)

China executes man for raping, murdering sex slaves
Reuters, January 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-china-execution-idUSBREA0K0BJ20140121

Environment (环境)

Shanghai considers arming residents with anti-pollution masks
Telegraph, January 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10586296/Shanghai-considers-arming-residents-with-anti-pollution-masks.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

In China, a week full of trials over dissent
新公民运动七成员今日起陆续受审
New York Times, January 22, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140122/c22citizen/dual/

“国际特赦”组织声明：习近平“虚伪”反腐 (Amnesty International says Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is “hypocritical”)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/vt-01212014154714.html

Related:
China: Hypocritical crackdown on anti-corruption campaigners
Amnesty International, January 21, 2014
www.amnesty.org/en/news/china-hypocritical-crackdown-anti-corruption-campaigners-2014-01-21

China puts prominent activist on trial
Reuters, January 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-china-activist-idUSBREA0K1N720140121

Trials put nine Chinese activists in dock
Guardian, January 20, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/nine-chinese-activists-trials

Information Control (信息控制)

香港出版商被扣押深圳 疑遭诱捕 (Hong Kong publisher of books critical of mainland government detained in Shenzhen for over two months)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy-01212014130115.html

Related:
China detains H.K. publisher due to release dissident's book
Agence France-Presse, January 21, 2014
bit.ly/1f4Lmzf

China orders real name register for online video uploads
Reuters, January 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-china-internet-idUSBREA0K04T20140121

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

Study: Pollution from Chinese factories is harming air quality on U.S. West Coast
Washington Post, January 21, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/study-pollution-from-chinese-factories-is-harming-air-quality-on-us-west-coast/2014/01/21/225e9b1e-8281-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html?tid=hpModule_04941f10-8a79-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Human Rights Watch chides China for failing to push reform
Reuters, January 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-china-rights-idUSBREA0K0JO20140121

See report:
China: new leaders fail to embrace genuine reforms
Human Rights Watch, January 21, 2014
www.hrw.org/news/2014/01/21/china-new-leaders-fail-embrace-genuine-reforms

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

劳教废止后不会出现“真空”
A closer look inside China's about-face on labor camps
Economic Observer, January 7, 2014
CH:www.eeo.com.cn/2014/0107/254577.shtml
EN:www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/a-closer-look-inside-china-039-s-about-face-on-labor-camps/reeducation-camps-forced-labor-china-torture-chinese/c7s14744/#.Ut8k_2SwrLZ

Technology (科技)

China’s Sina, Baidu and other big websites are hit with disruptions
Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/21/chinas-sina-baidu-and-other-big-websites-are-hit-with-disruptions/?mod=chinablog

Women (妇女)

For Chinese women, unmarried motherhood remains the final taboo
Guardian, January 20, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/china-unmarried-motherhood-remains-final-taboo

Opinion (观点)

Can China innovate without dissent?
The New York Times, January 20, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/opinion/can-china-innovate-without-dissent.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

绿色和平：名牌儿童服装里含化学毒物 (Greenpeace report finds toxic content in name-brand children's clothing)
Deutsche Welle, January 19, 2014
dw.de/p/1AqlH

Read the report:
A little story about the monsters in your closet
Greenpeace, January 14, 2014
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/publications/reports/toxics/2014/little-story-monsters-closet/

China's dumpling poisoner gets life in prison
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2014
bit.ly/1f1hTGA

Corruption (腐败)

领导收下属利是违规 孩子收也不行 (Guangzhou forbids officials and their children from receiving New Year red envelopes from the public)
New Express, January 21, 2014
dianzibao.xkb.com.cn/view/909521

China's former PM denies role in family's "hidden riches"
The Telegraph, January 19, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10582444/Chinas-former-PM-denies-role-in-familys-hidden-riches.html

Death penalty (死刑)

Politics of the Death Penalty in China
China Change, January 16, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/01/16/politics-of-the-death-penalty-in-china/

Health (健康)

More infected in fresh wave of China bird flu - WHO
Reuters, January 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-birdflu-who-idUSBREA0J0LO20140120

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

How “New Citizen” trials highlight lack of rule of law on mainland China
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1409924/how-new-citizen-trials-highlight-lack-rule-law-mainland-china

Related:
新公民运动倡导者许志永周三受审
Trial begins next week for human rights activist in China
The New York Times, January 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140120/c20trial/dual/

Xu Zhiyong to face trial in Beijing amid crackdown on dissent
The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304027204579332532039543714

律师因查办郭飞雄案受压 刘远东案将于周五开庭 (Authorities pressure Guo Feixiong's lawyer, Guangzhou activist Liu Yuandong, to go on trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01202014102217.html

刘霞近日获准与朋友通电话 (Liu Xia allowed to talk to friends over phone)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Liu-01202014085038.html?encoding=simplified

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

Gary Locke by-the-numbers tour as ambassador to China is nearing an end
Washington Post, January 20, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/gary-locke-by-the-numbers-tour-as-ambassador-to-china-is-nearing-an-end/2014/01/20/b83bd4b6-76b6-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html

Japan protests China memorial to Korean assassin as ties fray
Reuters, January 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-japan-china-idUSBREA0J0G120140120

Labor (劳工)

Chinese civil servants demand higher salaries, reactions
China Smack, January 20, 2014
www.chinasmack.com/2014/stories/chinese-civil-servants-demand-higher-salaries-reactions.html

LGBTI (男女同性恋、双性恋、变性人和两性人)

Gays reveal extent of Chinese clinics' “sexual reorientation” therapies
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1409636/gays-reveal-extent-chinese-clinics-sexual-reorientation-therapies

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Food security, rural environment top China's policy agenda in 2014
Reuters, January 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/19/us-china-agriculture-idUSBREA0I04920140119

See police agenda:
中共中央、国务院印发《关于全面深化农村改革加快推进农业现代化的若干意见》(Certain Opinions Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Rural Reforms and Expeditiously Advancing Agricultural Modernization, issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the State Council)
Xinhua, January 19, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-01/19/c_119033371.htm