Business and Economics (商业和经济)

Half of Chinese provinces deserve junk ratings, S&P warns
标普：中国近半地方政府应评“垃圾级”
Financial Times, November 20, 2014
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/255d73e6-7077-11e4-9129-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3JcX0B1wO
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059245

Corruption (腐败)

中国加入国际反腐败学院 巡查将扩大到驻外机构
China joined the International Anti-Corruption Academy inspections will be extended to institutions abroad
Global Times, November 20, 2014
CH: http://house.chinanews.com/gn/2014/11-20/6794801.shtml
EN: http://www.hostingenews.com/news-9025397.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong says Occupy protests should not end yet despite mass opposition
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1644403/joshua-wong-says-occupy-protests-should-not-end-yet-despite-mass

戴耀廷黄之锋入选“全球百大思想家”(Occupy Central leaders Benny Tai and Joshua Wong listed in FP 2014 Top 100 Global Thinkers)
Voice of America, November 20, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/global-thinkers-20141120/2527354.html

Britain's last governor in Hong Kong to address U.S. China commission
Reuters, November 20, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/19/us-usa-hongkong-patten-idUSKCN0J327F20141119

Half of Occupy protesters ready to pack it in if asked by organisers
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1644902/half-occupy-protesters-ready-pack-it-if-asked-organisers

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Prominent China rights lawyer could face harsher charges: attorney
Reuters, November 20, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/prominent-china-rights-lawyer-could-face-harsher-charges-110047675.html

Chinese journalist facing life sentence for leaking to magazine
The Guardian, November 20, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/nov/20/chinese-journalist-facing-life-sentence-for-leaking-to-magazine

人权观察促北京放弃对媒体人高瑜刑控 (Human Rights Watch urges Beijing to drop charges against Gao Yu)
Voice of America, November 20, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/calls-for-dropping-the-charges-against-gao-yu-20141120/2527317.html

世界互联网大会乌镇召开 维权人士举牌遭抓捕 (Rights defenders taken away after holding placards outside World Internet Conference)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-11192014101000.html

Women (妇女)

Demanding toilet justice for the women of China
中国女性争取如厕平等
The New York Times, November 20, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141120/c20toilet/dual/

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

世界互联网大会将在中国召开 人权组织批评 (Human rights organizations criticize China’s hosting of World Internet Conference)
Radio Free China, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-11182014102442.html

世界互联网大会开幕 习近平谈网络秩序 (Xi Jinping gives keynote speech at World Internet Conference on Internet order)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/11/141119_china_internet_opening

中国乌镇互联网大会全面解禁境外网站 (China unblocks websites for attendees at World Internet Conference)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/11/141119_2014_world_internet_conference

Corruption (腐败)

周永康干预四川“政治生态和经济秩序”(Zhou Yongkang disrupted Sichuan’s “political ecology and economic order")
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/11/141118_sichuan_zhouyongkang

Education (教育)

官媒批高校教师：说中国坏话 (Chinese official media slam university lecturers for badmouthing China)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-11182014102556.html

黑龙江8000教师集体罢课抗议政府克扣补贴 (8,000 Heilongjiang teachers go on strike to protest subsidies being withheld by gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-11182014101142.html

Related: Schools close in Heilongjiang as over 8,000 teachers go on strike
Shanghaiist, November 18, 2014
http://shanghaiist.com/2014/11/19/8000-heilongjiang-teachers-go-on-strike.php

Hong Kong (香港)

香港抗议者在立法会外与警察冲突 (Hong Kong protesters clash with police outside Legislative Council)
Voice of America, November 19, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hongkong-protest-20141119/2525762.html

Related: Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders condemn parliament clashes
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 19, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30117856

Six arrested after masked crowds smash Legco glass doors, clash with police
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1643535/violent-clashes-between-protesters-police-masked-crowds-attempt-legco

International Human Rights (国际人权)

中方：反对将人权问题政治化和借人权问题向别国施压 (China on UN resolution on North Korea: oppose politicization human rights issues and using them to pressure other countries)
China News, November 19, 2014
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/11-19/6794256.shtml

Related: UN votes against North Korea on human rights
CNN, November 18, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/asia/un-north-korea-vote/index.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国将取消核准99%境外投资项目 (China to rescind approval of 99% of foreign investment projects)
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/42715/zhong-guo-jiang-qu-xiao-he-zhun-99jing-wai-tou-zi-xiang-mu

Society (社会)

我国流动人口2.45亿 (China has a migrant population of 245 million)
People’s Daily, November 19, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/1119/c1001-26049933.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Urumqi High Court to rule on jailed Uyghur scholar's appeal behind closed doors
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/appeal-11192014103341.html

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

The Great Firewall’s latest victims demonstrate its stubborn flaw
Quartz, November 18, 2014
http://qz.com/297956/

中国被指再封数千网站 (China allegedly blocks thousands more websites)
Voice of America, November 18, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-blocks-thousands-more-websites-20141118/2524233.html

首届世界互联网大会明乌镇开幕 聚焦网络安全反恐 (China to host first World Internet Conference tomorrow in Wuzhen, focusing on cyber security and counterterrorism)
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/42592/shou-jie-shi-jie-hu-lian-wang-da-hui-ming-wu-zhen-kai-mu-ju-jiao-wang-luo-quan-fan-kong

Related
China blocks websites in “censorship campaign” ahead of major internet conference
The Guardian, November 18, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/china-blocks-access-websites-before-hosting-world-internet-conference

Corruption (腐败)

解放军反腐压力增加，海军副政委跳楼身亡 (As anti-corruption efforts intensify, deputy political commissar of the navy leaps to his death)
Voice of America, November 18, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/pla-navy-official-suicide-20141117/2523234.html

Education (教育)

211、985高校拿走全国七成政府科研经费 (University projects “211” and “985” sap 70% of government research fund)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 18, 2014
http://epaper.nandu.com/epaper/A/html/2014-11/18/content_3345727.htm?div=-1

Hong Kong (香港)

解放军被曝在香港设电子情报监听站 (PLA’s intelligence monitoring station in Hong Kong exposed)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/nu-11172014100400.html

学联再有成员被禁止入境内地 占领者设民意墙向中央发声 (More HKFS members denied entry to mainland, protesters create public opinion wall directed at the Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-11172014095420.html

Hong Kong protesters should consider ending blockades, says Occupy Central leader
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1642900/hong-kong-protesters-should-consider-ending-blockades-says-occupy

香港警方开始清场 (Hong Kong police start to clear barricades)
Deutsche Welle, November 18, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1Doyq

Related
Hong Kong clears part of protest site - with help of protesters
Reuters, November 18, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-hongkong-china-idUSKCN0J204G20141118

Information Control (信息控制)

China to try journalist for “leaking secrets” in secret trial
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-11182014104934.html

Rule of Law (法治)

中纪委：少数“红头文件”突破了法律规定 (CPC’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: some “red-head documents”—orders from highest gov’t levels—break the law)
The Beijing News, November 18, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/11/18/342029.html

Tibet (西藏)

西藏一尼姑庵拒绝谴责达赖喇嘛 26名尼姑被驱逐
26 Expelled after Tibetan nunnery refuses to denounce Dalai Lama
Voice of America, November 18, 2014
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-nuns-20141117/2523977.html
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/twenty-six-expelled-after-tibetan-nunnery-refuses-to-denounce-dalai-lama/2523557.html