Business and Economics (商业和经济)

中国亿万富豪数世界第二 152人身家超10亿美元 (China is home to second most number of billionaires in the world)
China News, March 4, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-04/090629617380.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Detentions of Chinese activists tripled last year: report
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detentions-03032014182151.html

Related:
A nightmarish year under Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream”: 2013 annual report on the situation of human rights defenders in China
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 3, 2014
http://chrdnet.com/2014/03/a-nightmarish-year-under-xi-jinpings-chinese-dream-2013-annual-report-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-china/

Information Control (信息控制)

Cisco cleared in rights case, as tech sector watches
Agence France-Presse, February 28, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/cisco-cleared-rights-case-tech-sector-watches-014341930.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

人权观察致信习近平促改革 (Human Rights Watch urges Xi Jinping to implement reforms to protect human rights)
Voice of America, March 3, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/hrw-urges-xi-to-advocate-29140303/1863483.html

Related:
Letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping Re: The annual plenary session of China’s National People’s Congress
Human Rights Watch, March 3, 2014
www.hrw.org/node/123552

June Fourth (六四)

方政呼吁“两会”代表对“天安门母亲”的公开信做出回应 (June Fourth crackdown survivor urges Two Congresses delegates to respond to Tiananmen Mothers open letter)
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-03032014085550.html

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers urge Chinese legislators to follow their conscience and resolve June Fourth issue
Human Rights in China, February 28, 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/tiananmen-mothers-urge-chinese-legislators-follow-their-conscience-and-resolve-june

Labor (劳工)

广东台资鞋厂数千人连日罢工 抗议薪资过低 (Workers at Taiwan-owned shoe factory in Guangdong go on strike demanding higher wages)
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-03032014113347.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China's top legislative body aims to push reform
Voice of America, March 4, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-top-legislative-body-aims-to-push-reform/1863636.html

Related:
Taking aim at Chinese jobs
The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304360704579418660460145226

China may opt for 'two children' policy in future, says senior official
The Guardian, March 4, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/china-may-opt-two-children-policy

俞正声政协开幕提涉藏涉疆等问题 民间期待反腐及财产公示立法 (Public expectation of anti-corruption legislation rises as top political advisory body convenes annual session)
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/ql1-03032014103427.html

Society (社会)

China knife massacre: police say they have captured remaining suspects
The Guardian, March 3, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/china-knife-attack-police-capture-suspects-kunming

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Attack strains already tense relations between China’s Han and Uighers
昆明惨案考验维汉民族关系
The New York Times, March 4, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140304/c04kunming/dual/

Opinion (观点)

辜胜阻：有户籍没有公共服务不能叫市民化 (Meaningful urbanization requires not only hukou reform but adequate provision of public services)
Guangmingwang, March 3, 2014
www.gmw.cn/sixiang/2014-03/03/content_10559500.htm

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

High-interest web banks on the rise in China
The New York Times, March 2, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/business/international/web-banks-offering-high-interest-rates-rise-in-china.html

Home prices in China may hurt families
The New York Times, March 1, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/business/international/families-left-vulnerable-in-chinas-housing-market-study-finds.html

Children (儿童)

去年每3天曝光一起性侵儿童案 (125 cases of sexual abuse of girls reported in 2013, CPPCC deputies propose abolition of "prostituting with minor girls" provision in Criminal Law)
Beijing News, March 3, 2014
epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-03/03/content_497652.htm?div=-1

Corruption (贪污)

Now Zhou Yongkang’s brother is detained following hint that net is closing on former security tsar
Agence France-Presse, March 3, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1439299/now-zhou-yongkangs-brother-detained-following-hint-net-closing-former

Environment (环境)

南华早报：内地父母为空气污染发愁 (South China Morning Post reports: mainland parents worried about air pollution)
China News Agency, March 3, 2014
http://www.chinanews.com/hb/2014/03-03/5904049.shtml

Ethnic Groups (少数民族团体)

China seeks to boost development in minority areas
Reuters, March 3, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/03/us-china-parliament-minorities-idUSBREA220IS20140303

Hong Kong (香港)

李嘉誠撐新聞自由﹕聞劉遇襲傷心 (HK billionaire Li Ka-Shing voices support for press freedom, expresses sadness at attack on former editor)
Ming Pao, March 1, 2014
news.mingpao.com/20140301/gaa2.htm

Hukou (户口)

专家点评：户籍制度改革的进程可以更快 (Experts say household registration reform can progress faster)
China News, February 28, 2014
esf.tj.soufun.com/newsecond/news/12201629.htm

我国第一部统筹各项社会救助制度的行政法规《社会救助暂行办法》5月1日起施行 (New regulations to standardize implementation of various social assistance programs, long-time residents with rural hukou eligible for temporary coverage)
Xinhua, February 27, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2014-02/27/c_119538885.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国新公民活动人士致信全国人大代表要求维护法治 (New Citizens Movement activists urge NPC to uphold rule of law)
Voice of America, March 2, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/letter-from-new-citizen-activists-demanding-rule-of-law/1862590.html

Related:
请守住法治的底线――就新公民案致十二届全国人大全体代表的公开信 (Please defend the bottom line of rule of law--an open letter to the deputies of the 12th National People's Congress concerning the New Citizens Movement trials)
New Century Net, March 3, 2014
2newcenturynet.blogspot.hk/2014/03/blog-post_7144.html

China's human rights situation “worst in decades”
The Telegraph, March 2, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10670520/Chinas-human-rights-situation-worst-in-decades.html

Detained China dissident Cao Shunli near death-close friend
Reuters, February 28, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/01/us-china-rights-cao-idUSBREA2002X20140301

Related:
Doctor says Cao Shunli on life support, family made to sign medical parole
Human Rights in China, February 28, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/doctor-says-cao-shunli-life-support-family-made-sign-medical-parole

International Relations (国际关系)

China media hurls racist slur at departing US envoy
Agence France-Presse, March 1, 2014
news.yahoo.com/china-media-hurls-racist-slur-departing-us-envoy-083825008.html

Michelle Obama to visit China this month
USA Today, March 3, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/03/03/obama-michelle-china-trip-march-19-26/5972633/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China's state planning body grows more assertive as revamp looms
Reuters, March 2, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/02/us-china-parliament-ndrc-idUSBREA210SX20140302