Corruption (腐败)

一季度57厅官涉嫌贪腐落马 (57 bureau-level officials been sacked for graft in the first quarter of 2014)
Beijing News, May 15, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/05/15/316932.html

Should China fear youth's sense of injustice?
The Telegraph, May 14, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/10830230/China-should-fear-youths-sense-of-injustice.html

Former China head of GlaxoSmithKline charged with bribery
中国指控葛兰素英籍高管指使行贿
The New York Times, May 15, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20140515/c15glaxo/dual/

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Islamist group claims China station bombing: SITE
Reuters, May 14, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/14/us-china-xinjiang-idUSBREA4D07H20140514

Hukou (户口)

北大硕士是怎样变成黑户的？ (How did a Peking University grad student fall into the black hole of the hukou system?)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05142014153240.html

农村户籍放不下背后是城市服务得不到 (Inadequate social services in cities for migrants make rural residents reluctant to give up rural hukou)
Changjiang Net, May 14, 2014
news.cjn.cn/cjsp/rd/201405/t2472262.htm

“禁设户籍门槛”应为规则标配 (New State Council notice exempts larger cities from prohibition of hukou-based discrimination towards university graduates' employment)
China Radio International, May 14, 2014
gb.cri.cn/42071/2014/05/14/882s4540929.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

律师见刘荻屡被拒刘父担忧 两传媒人被捕涉浦志强案？ (Lawyer barred from meeting detained activist Liu Di, detention of two journalists may stem from interviewing Pu Zhiqiang)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05142014105933.html

Police raid activist dinner party in China
Associated Press, May 14, 2014
muscatinejournal.com/news/world/asia/police-raid-activist-dinner-party-in-china/article_24780095-af40-5ec1-a5e9-26b19575fb51.html

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, and disappearances before June 4, 2014
Human Rights in China, May 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-and-disappearances-june-4-2014

Information Control (信息控制)

Detained Chinese journalists forced to make televised confessions
Bloomberg Businessweek, May 14, 2014
www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-14/detained-chinese-journalists-forced-to-make-televised-confessions

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

Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
Reuters, May 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/15/us-vietnam-china-riots-casualties-idUSBREA4E03Y20140515?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Related:
中国外交部发言人指责越南政府对反华势力和反华活动采取纵容和包庇态度 (China MFA accuses Hanoi of catering to anti-Chinese protests)
Radio France Internationale, May 15, 2014
http://rfi.my/1g8JEjO

越反华暴动延3分1省 未经证实死20华人 (Violence in Vietnam spreads to a third of provinces; 20 unconfirmed Chinese deaths)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/vietnam-anti-chinese-05152014103608.html?encoding=simplified&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

June Fourth (六四)

大家谈中国：那个春夏之交我的1989 (My 1989: Chinese citizens remember the fateful months between spring and summer)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2014/05/140514_coc_my1989.shtml

For more information about June Fourth, see:
June Fourth at 25: resisting enforced amnesia, building a just future
纪念六四25周年：抵制强迫失忆，建设公正的未来
Human Rights in China, April 10, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-25-resisting-enforced-amnesia-building-just-future
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/ji-nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-di-zhi-qiang-po-shi-yi-jian

Migrants (农民工)

China's young migrant workers earn more, send less home
Bloomberg Businessweek, May 13, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-13/chinas-young-migrant-workers-earn-more-send-less-home

Related:
Real wages for China’s migrant workers stagnate as cost of living escalates
China Labour Bulletin, May 14, 2014
www.clb.org.hk/en/content/real-wages-china’s-migrant-workers-stagnate-cost-living-escalates

Religion (宗教)

Beijing urged to respect religious freedom amid “anti-church” crackdown
The Telegraph, May 14, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10829581/Beijing-urged-to-respect-religious-freedom-amid-anti-church-crackdown.html

See statement:
"Purdue Consensus on Religious Freedom" with signatories
Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Purdue University, May 14, 2014
www.purdue.edu/crcs/itemMeetings/purdueSymposium/purdueSymposium2014/consensus.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Chinese officials head to countryside to try to win over locals
The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/05/15/chinese-officials-head-to-countryside-to-try-to-win-over-locals/?mod=chinablog

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Why China could be huge for Facebook, even though it’s banned
Quartz, May 13, 2014
http://qz.com/208811/why-china-could-be-huge-for-facebook-even-though-its-banned/

Corruption (腐败)

Former head of GlaxoSmithKline in China is accused of bribery
The New York Times, May 13, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/business/international/glaxosmithkline-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

China puts brass on trial in fight against military corruption
National Public Radio, May 14, 2014
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/05/14/310695052/china-puts-brass-on-trial-in-fight-against-military-corruption?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

Education (教育)

School pressure to blame for Chinese youth suicides, official study finds
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1512032/school-pressure-blame-chinese-youth-suicides-official-study-finds

Environment (环境)

China’s South-North Water Diversion Project threatens fish farmers’ livelihoods
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1512254/chinas-south-north-water-diversion-project-threatens-fish-farmers

Hukou (户口)

省会以下城市招聘禁设户籍门槛 (State Council issues directive prohibiting hukou-based discrimination in employment in provincial capitals and other smaller cities)
China Youth Daily, May 14, 2014
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2014-05/14/content_58164.htm?div=-1

Related:
国务院办公厅关于做好2014年全国普通高等学校毕业生就业创业工作的通知 (State Council General Office's Notice Concerning the Improvement of Work on Employment and Job-Creation for Graduates of Ordinary Universities in 2014)
State Council General Office, May 13, 2014
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2014-05/13/content_8802.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

A thorn in the government’s side – China’s human rights advocates
China Law and Policy, May 11, 2014
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2014/05/11/4730/

Information Control (信息控制)

博讯声明回应撰稿人向南夫被刑拘 国际笔会公开信要求释放高瑜 (Boxun responds to arrest of its contributor, PEN International calls for release of Gao Yu)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy1-05132014112431.html

Related:
Chinese police detain contributor to U.S.-based website
北京警方刑拘博讯网撰稿人向南夫
The New York Times, May 14, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140514/c14police/dual/

北京抓捕博讯记者向南夫，官媒竭力造谣抹黑 (Chinese gov't launches smear campaign after arresting Boxun journalist Xiang Nanfu)
Boxun, May 13,2014
boxun.com/news/gb/china/2014/05/201405131037.shtml#.U3LMDK2Sxkg

China: veteran journalist Gao Yu (f) charged with “leaking state secrets abroad”; fears for safety
PEN International, May 9, 2014
www.pen-international.org/newsitems/china-veteran-journalist-gao-yu-f-charged-with-leaking-state-secrets-abroad-fears-for-safety-3/

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

Vietnamese workers protest at Chinese factories
Associated Press, May 13, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/business/vietnamese-workers-protest-at-chinese-factories/2014/05/13/37da6208-da7d-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html

June Fourth (六四)

“六四”前夕网络舆论管控加强 共识网受到攻 (Information control online intensifies ahead of June Fourth anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy2-05132014114130.html

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, and disappearances before June 4, 2014
Human Rights in China, May 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-and-disappearances-june-4-2014

纪思道：六四展示的血腥和勇气 (Violence and courage on June Fourth: an interview with Nicholas D. Kristof)
Voice of America, May 13, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/june-4th-kristof-20140513/1913973.html

The invisible, but not forgotten anniversary of Tiananmen Square
Time, May 12, 2014
time.com/95642/tiananmen-square-china-anniversary/

For more information about June Fourth, see:
June Fourth at 25: resisting enforced amnesia, building a just future
纪念六四25周年：抵制强迫失忆，建设公正的未来
Human Rights in China, April 10, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-25-resisting-enforced-amnesia-building-just-future
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/ji-nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-di-zhi-qiang-po-shi-yi-jian

Torture (酷刑)

国际特赦：亚太国家酷刑普遍 中朝最甚 (Amnesty Int'l: torture prevalent in Asia-Pacific, especially in China and North Korea)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05132014154252.html

See report:
Global crisis on torture exposed by new worldwide campaign
Amnesty International, May 13, 2014
www.amnesty.org/en/news/amnesty-international-global-crisis-torture-exposed-new-worldwide-campaign-2014-05-13