Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

薄熙来长子：父亲身体还好 望增探视机会 (Bo Xilai’s eldest son: My Father’s health is OK, I’m hoping for increased visitation opportunities)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45542/bo-xi-lai-chang-zi-fu-qin-shen-ti-huan-hao-wang-zeng-tan-shi-ji-hui

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

江泽民与家人现身海南网络报道遭删除 (Media reports on Jiang Zemin and family’s appearance in Hainan removed)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150104_jiang_zemin_travel

Related:
Jiang Zemin and family take a mountain hike in fresh public appearance
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673595/jiang-zemin-family-steps-out-public

China targets Shanghai stampede critics
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5fd1b920-93ee-11e4-82c7-00144feabdc0.html

Related:
中国试图对民众不满踩踏事故言论噤声 (China tries to silence citizens’ criticism of Shanghai stampede)
Voice of America, January 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-stampede-20150105/2585847.html

Maoists in China, Given New Life, Attack Dissent
The New York Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/chinas-maoists-are-revived-as-thought-police.html

Corruption (腐败)

Top Chinese diplomat being investigated for corruption
中国外交部部长助理张昆生遭免职调查
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30654253?OCID=twitterasia
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150102_china_foreign_minister_assistant

习近平：2015年继续高举反腐利剑 深化改革和依法治国 (Xi Jinping: In 2015, we will continue to hold high the sharp sword against corruption, deepen reform and rule by law)
Reuters, December 31, 2014
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K90LQ20141231

Death penalty (死刑)

中国从1月1日起全面停止死囚器官移植 (China’s ban on organ transplant from death row prisoners effective January 1)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150103_china_organ_donation

Domestic security (国内安全)

China State Media Question Crowd-Safety Procedure After Shanghai Stampede
Forbes, January 2, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2015/01/02/china-state-media-question-crowd-safety-procedure-after-shanghai-stampede/

沪踩踏事件首批死者名单公布 官媒：管理部门难辞其咎 (Official list of casualties from Shanghai stampede released, state media: management department should be held accountable)
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45531/hu-cai-ta-shi-jian-shou-pi-si-zhe-ming-dan-gong-bu-guan-mei-guan-li-bu-men-nan-ci-qi-jiu

上海踩踏事件突显中国城市管理弊病 (Shanghai stampede highlights severe flaws in China’s city management)
Financial Times, January 4, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059936

Hong Kong (香港)

40 return to Admiralty Occupy site in show of support for arrested girl
The South China Morning Post, January 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1672766/40-return-admiralty-occupy-site-show-support-arrested-girl

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China warns veteran democracy activists in renewed crackdown
浙江民主党新年遭新一轮打压 邹巍毛庆祥以“颠覆国家”遭传唤
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/zhejiang-dissident-crackdown-01012015114651.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01012015104530.html

Labor (劳工)

广东300工人讨欠薪遭特警殴打60人被捕 内蒙千国企员工抗议待遇不公持续罢工 (300 Guangdong workers protest owed wage, many beaten and 60 taken away by riot police, thousands of Inner Mongolian state workers continue strikes to protest unfair treatment)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-12292014101343.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

劳工界千人联署抗议针对公益维权人士暴力事件 (Labor sector collects a thousand signatures protesting violence against public welfare rights activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12292014101218.html

Women (妇女)

First women to benefit from new Chinese laws on domestic violence
The Guardian, December 31, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/first-women-beneift-chinese-laws-domestic-violence

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Facebook and Beijing
The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-and-beijing-1420155729

Xi’s crackdown on corruption has hit the obvious targets
Financial Times, January 1, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32b90fd8-8129-11e4-b956-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg

Related:
美国教授孔杰荣：习近平“反腐”背后隐藏危机 (U.S. professor Jerome A. Cohen: crisis lies in Xi Jinping’s “anti-corruption” campaign)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/jz-01022015111525.html

为什么反宪政没有未来？(Why does anti-constitutionalism have no future?)
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059920

令计划落马 反映人脉关系不再是贪官保护伞 (Ling Jihua’s dismissal: personal connections and “guanxi” no longer guarantee protection)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/45506/ling-ji-hua-luo-ma-fan-ying-ren-mai-guan-xi-bu-zai-shi-tan-guan-bao-hu-san

马岳：雨伞运动后，政党与议会功能会慢慢减退 (Ma Ngok: After the “Umbrella Revolution” political parties and parliamentary functions will slowly decline)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141223-马岳：香港占领运动意义

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Chinese businessman who bought and ate three tigers is jailed for 13 years
Agence France-Presse, December 31, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1670705/china-businessman-jailed-13-years-buying-tigers-eating-them-and-drinking

Corruption (腐败)

In Limbo, a city in China faces life after graft
山西吕梁，中国式腐败标本
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141231/c31chinacorrupt/dual/

Disasters (灾难)

17 killed in huge factory explosions in China
广东顺德一工厂爆炸 已致17死20伤
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1671653/17-killed-guangdong-factory-blast
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/45492/yan-dong-shun-de-yi-gong-han-bao-zha-yi-zhi-17si-20shang

中国严处昆山8月爆炸事故责任人 市委书记免职市长撤职
China sacks officials for factory blast, 17 dead in latest incident
Reuters, December 31, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKBS0K908W20141231?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-china-blast-punishment-idUSKBN0K903520141231

Environment (环境)

China hands out record fine to six polluters: Xinhua
Reuters, December 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-china-pollution-fine-idUSKBN0K902X20141231

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Deploys Thousands of Police Amid Fears of New Protests
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/occupation-12302014140555.html

Special Report: The mainland's colonization of the Hong Kong economy
Reuters, December 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-hongkong-china-economy-specialreport-idUSKBN0K901320141231

Hong Kong protest teenager sent to children's home
Channel News Asia, December 30, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-protest/1558786.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Prison sentence for maker of documentary on Chinese Constitutional rule
中国宪政纪录片制片人被判刑
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141231/c31documentary/dual/

Internet (互联网)

The Great Firewall of China is nearly complete
CNN, December 30, 2014
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/30/technology/china-internet-firewall-google/

Nudity, graphic imagery pose China questions for Facebook
The Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/30/nudity-graphic-imagery-pose-china-questions-for-facebook/

Gmail中国内地服务得以部分恢复
Access restored to Google’s email service in China
Financial Times, December 31, 2014
CH:http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059914
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/42d6be36-8ffe-11e4-a0e5-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3NUdKkdoX

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China's princelings versus tuanpai
The Straits Times, December 31, 2014
http://www.stasiareport.com/the-big-story/asia-report/china/story/chinas-princelings-versus-tuanpai-20141231

Chinese repression of dissent intensifies under ruthless Xi Jinping
The Guardian, December 30, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/china-repression-dissent-xi-jinping

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The elusive Chinese dream
镜花水月中国梦
The New York Times, December 31, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20141231/c31wasserstrom/dual/