Corruption (腐败)

云南副省长沈培平涉嫌贪腐被调查 (Yunnan deputy governor under investigation for corruption)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 9, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140309_yunnan_corruption.shtml

Related:
China investigates Yunnan vice governor
Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2014
bit.ly/Pfo15n

反腐不能停留在“割韭菜” (CPPCC Natl Comm Mbr: Only democracy can address root causes of corruption)
China Youth Daily, March 10, 2014
zqb.cyol.com/html/2014-03/10/nw.D110000zgqnb_20140310_6-01.htm

See the full statement:
蒋洪大会发言提交：只有民主才能根治腐败 (“Only democracy can address root causes of corruption”)
Xinzhonghua1702 Blog, March 10, 2014
xueping1950.blog.163.com/blog/static/139964170201429539771/

Counterterrorism (反恐)

恐怖分子为何加引号
After deadly knife attack, China debates meaning of “terrorism”
Caixin, March 4, 2014
CH: international.caixin.com/2014-03-04/100646712.html
EN:www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/after-deadly-knife-attack-china-debates-meaning-of-039-terrorism-039-/kunming-terrorism-terrorist-terror/c1s15218/#.Uxw2geeSxkg

Death penalty (死刑)

全国人大法工委：刑法修改会减少“死刑”罪名 (NPC official hints that amendments to Criminal Law may reduce number of capital crimes)
CCTV, March 9, 2014
news.cntv.cn/2014/03/09/ARTI1394352271659976.shtml

With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes
Reuters, March 9, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/09/us-china-parliament-legal-idUSBREA2804S20140309

Disasters (灾难)

[直播]马航MH370航班失联事件最新进展 (Live updates on developments in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370)
Beijing News, March 9, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/03/09/308218.html

LIVE: Latest updates on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
The Guardian, March 9, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/09/malaysia-airlines-missing-plane-investigation-widens-live

Environment (环境)

Only three China cities meet air standards
Financial Times, March 9, 2014
t.co/bvpBDcJMCb

China to toughen environment law, hold polluters accountable
Reuters, March 9, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/09/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA2804920140309

Hukou (户口)

别让一纸户口挡住梦想（民生新起点）(Don’t let Hukou obstruct a dream, a turning point for people’s livelihood)
People's Daily, March 10, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0310/c1001-24582517.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘萍案新余法院再延期三个月 代理律师将提取保候审 (Court seeks 3-month postponement in rendering verdict in Liu Ping case, lawyers to apply for bail)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-03082014122604.html

For more information on Liu Ping, see:
刘萍在法庭上的最后陈述
Liu Ping’s Final Statement at Trial
Human Rights in China, December 6, 2013
CH:www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/liu-ping-zai-fa-ting-shang-de-zui-hou-chen-shu
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/liu-pings-final-statement-trial

各界妇女节关注女性异见人士 团体呼吁美第一夫人访华提刘霞 (HK groups hold event supporting Liu Xia, U.S. group calls on Michelle Obama to raise her case in China visit)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-03082014123405.html

Information Control (信息控制)

张德江：加强立法全程宣传 通过中国人大网公布 (Senior NPC official announces plans to enhance transparency by making legislative documents available online)
China News, March 9, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/03/09/308225.html

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

Spain eases law after China pressure
The Law Society Gazette, March 10, 2014
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/spain-eases-law-after-china-pressure/5040283.article

No love lost:The Communist Party takes a parting shot at Gary Locke
The Economist, March 8, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21598713-communist-party-takes-parting-shot-gary-locke-no-love-lost?fsrc=rss

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Xi stresses rural reform, official integrity
Xinhua, March 9, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/special/2014-03/09/c_133172981.htm

Rule of Law (法治)

China has 99.93 per cent conviction rate
Agence France-Presse, March 8, 2014
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/china-has-9993-per-cent-conviction-rate-20140310-hvh5w.html

Taiwan (台湾)

Remembering Taiwan's White Terror
The Diplomat, March 8, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/03/remembering-taiwans-white-terror/

Opinion (观点)

胡平：昆明惨案西媒为何未用“恐怖袭击” (Hu Ping: Why Western media cautious in labeling Kunming tragedy as "terrorist attack")
Radio France International, March 6, 2014
rfi.my/1kFr0Ru

Corruption (腐败)

Little Hunan finds itself in the spotlight after vote buying scandal
The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/07/little-hunan-finds-itself-in-the-spotlight-after-vote-buying-scandal/?mod=WSJBlog

Environment (环境)

社会监督与中国治霾改革 (Social oversight and reform of China's measures to tackle smog)
Financial Times, March 7, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001055133

China’s “war on pollution” may end up accelerating global warming
Quartz, March 6, 2014
qz.com/184860/chinas-war-on-pollution-may-end-up-accelerating-global-warming/

Hong Kong (香港)

台湾烛光晚会声援香港新闻自由 (Taiwan holds candlelight vigil to support press freedom in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140306_taiwan_hk_protest.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

唐荆陵应邀参加美领馆新馆舍剪彩被国保拦截 (Domestic security prevents human rights lawyer from attending opening ceremony of new U.S. consulate general in Guangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-03062014104350.html

许志永律师：二审不再沉默 (Xu Zhiyong's lawyers will drop silence tactic in second-instance trial)
Deutsche Welle, March 6, 2014
dw.de/p/1BL99

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
"Uphold the Bottom Line of the Rule of Law" --- an open letter to all delegates of the Twelfth National People’s Congress about the prosecution of New Citizens Movement advocates
Lawyers in the Xu Zhiyong and New Citizens Movement Cases, March 2, 2014
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/qing-shou-zhu-fa-zhi-de-di- xian-jiu-xin-gong-min-zhi-shi-er-jie-quan-guo-ren-da
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/uphold-bottom-line-rule-law-open- letter-all-delegates-twelfth-national-peoples

Information Control (信息控制)

“昆明事件”后 中国开始打击网络谣言 (China begins crackdown on online rumors after “the Kunming Event”)
Voice of America, March 7, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-internet-attack-20140307/1866407.html

Labor (劳工)

Chinese workers at IBM factory on strike amid company sale
IBM深圳工厂千名工人罢工
The New York Times, March 7, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140307/c07lenovo/dual/

百事可乐非法裁员 多地工人大罢工 (Workers protest illegal layoffs at PepsiCo factory)
New Tang Dynasty Television, March 7, 2014
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2014/03/07/a1075477.html

Related:
Pepsi workers across China go out on strike with trade union support
China Labour Bulletin, March 7, 2014
http://www.clb.orghk/en/content/pepsi-workers-across-china-go-out-strike-trade-union-support

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China's "land kings" under threat as tightening takes a toll
Reuters, March 6, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-china-property-idUSBREA2527820140306