Corruption (腐败)

China military to tighten building controls in anti-graft drive
Reuters, February 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-china-military-corruption-idUSBREA1J05L20140220

Education (教育)

调查称：中国农村大学毕业生的失业率远高于城市 (Study finds higher unemployment rate among university graduates of rural origin)
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/nu-02192014105552.html

Health (健康)

China can prevent 13 million smoking deaths by 2050: study
Agence France-Presse, February 19, 2014
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/21563477/china-can-prevent-13-million-smoking-deaths-by-2050-study/

Hukou (户口)

我国今年分类推进户籍制度改革 (Gov't to advance hukou reforms by categories)
Beijing Daily, February 20, 2014
news.dayoo.com/finance/201402/20/54401_110655663.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Wife of China's jailed Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo hospitalised
Telegraph, February 20, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10650516/Wife-of-Chinas-jailed-Nobel-Laureate-Liu-Xiaobo-hospitalised.html

Related:
刘晓波妻子刘霞因心脏不适住进医院 (Liu Xia admitted to Beijing hospital with heart problems)
Voice of America, February 20, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-xia-hospitalized-20140220/1855325.html

Information Control (信息控制)

哈佛《尼曼报告》: 中外名记评中国媒体审查 (Harvard report surveys China's myraid forms of media censorship)
Voice of America, February 19, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/nieman-reports-focuses-20140218/1854237.html

See report:
The State of Journalism in China
Harvard University, February 2014
www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/103071/Download-The-State-of-Journalism-in-China.aspx

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Analysts say Beijing has little to gain from pressuring Pyongyang
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/english/news/china/north-korea-02192014115913.html

LGBTI

湖南答复"拒绝同性恋成立组织":有悖传统文化 (LGBTI group sues Hunan gov't for rejecting registration application)
China News, February 20, 2014
news.163.com/14/0220/02/9LGAA8KA00011229.html

Migrants (农民工)

China's rich beat a path to foreign shores
Deutsche Welle, February 19, 2014
www.dw.de/chinas-rich-beat-a-path-to-foreign-shores/a-17440269

Social Security (社会安全)

两会热词“社会保障”连续五年列榜首 网民呼吁“马上并轨”(Survey shows "social security" hot topic of Two Congress for past five years, netizens call for immediate merging of rural-versus-urban systems)
People’s Daily, February 20, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0220/c1001-24417570.html

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

China's NDRC confirms probe of Qualcomm, InterDigital
Reuters, February 18, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/china-ndrc-idUSB9N0GU01M20140219

Corruption (腐败)

Chinese vice governor in corruption investigation
Associated Press, February 18, 2014
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140218&id=17359179

A clampdown on prostitution and gambling spreads in China
中国更多省份加入打击性交易活动
The New York Times, February 18, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140218/c18vice/dual/

Environment (环境)

Toxic smog threatens millions of Chinese lives
Telegraph, February 18, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10646593/Toxic-smog-threatens-millions-of-Chinese-lives.html

中国政府将耗资两万亿治理水污染 (Chinese gov't to spend RMB two trillion and issue action plan to fight water pollution)
Deutsche Welle, February 18, 2014
dw.de/p/1BAz6

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese rights lawyer vows to keep up pressure on party
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-02182014110708.html

Information Control (信息控制)

《纸牌屋》打破中国监管屏障 ("House of Cards" avoids China's censors)
Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2014
cn.wsj.com/gb/20140219/bch094726.asp

Related:
“House of Cards” does its homework on China
Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/02/17/chinas-unusually-realistic-role-in-house-of-cards/

“House of Cards” finds avid audience in China
Washington Post, February 18, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/house-of-cards-finds-avid-audience-in-china/2014/02/18/158c5eee-9884-11e3-8461-8a24c7bf0653_story.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Red Handed: China is also complicit in North Korea's crimes against humanity
Foreign Policy, February 18, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/18/North_Korea_crimes_humanity_UN_China

朝鲜谴责联合国人权报告 (N. Korea condemns UN human rights report as 'lies fabricated by US, South Korea and other enemies')
Global Times, February 19, 2014
world.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2014-02/4842603.html

Related:
China’s role in fight against human rights abuses in North Korea
Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/02/19/chinas-role-in-fight-against-human-rights-abuses-in-north-korea/

China likely to veto UN push to prosecute North Korea's Kim Jong-un
Sydney Morning Herald, February 19, 2014
www.smh.com.au/world/china-likely-to-veto-un-push-to-prosecute-north-koreas-kim-jongun-20140218-hvcw4.html#ixzz2tjquSQIF

International Relations (国际关系)

珍•古道尔批评中国掠夺非洲如昔日列强 (Environmentalist Jane Goodall slams China's exploitation of Africa's natural resources)
Deutsche Welle, February 18, 2014
dw.de/p/1BAwp

Taiwan (台湾)

习近平：中国大陆尊重台湾的社会制度 (Xi Jinping: Mainland China respects Taiwan's social system and way of life)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/02/140218_xi_lian_meeting.shtml

Related:
“One China” principle is key to further talks with Taipei, Xi tells KMT's Lien
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1430713/one-china-principle-key-further-talks-taipei-xi-tells-kmts-lien

Tibet (西藏)

China says it will win West over to its view on Tibet, Xinjiang
Reuters, February 19, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-china-tibet-idUSBREA1I09520140219

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

两维族学生家属接警通知书 伊力哈木律师日内作新安排 (Lawyer still unable to meet Ilham Tohti, family not informed of his whereabouts and conditions)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-02182014110047.html