Corruption (腐败)

China executes mining tycoon Liu Han, who had links to ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang
涉周案黑道大亨劉漢等5人被執行死刑
South China Morning, February 9, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1708082/chinese-mining-tycoon-liu-han-linked-zhou-yongkang-executed
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/tc/china/47761/she-zhou-hei-dao-da-heng-liu-han-deng-5ren-bei-zhi-xing-si-xing

China uncovers power abuses, nepotism at Sinopec
中石化集团存利益输送和领导亲属关联交易谋利问题--中纪委
Reuters, February 7, 2015
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/china-corruption-sinopec-idUSL4N0VH03L20150207
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/08/sinopec-cn-idCNKBS0LC0ZU20150208

Related:
中紀委密集公布巡視央企腐敗情況受關注 (CCDI’s frequent announcements of anti-corruption inspections of state-owned enterprises draw attention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/02/150207_china_anticorruption

Tearful communist mayor pleads for forgiveness as corruption purge rages on
The Telegraph, February 6, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11394946/Tearful-Communist-mayor-pleads-for-forgiveness-as-corruption-purge-rages-on.html

Top Chinese company bosses try to atone after bribery allegations
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/06/top-chinese-company-bosses-try-to-atone-after-bribery-allegations/

Hong Kong (香港)

Why China seized $12,900 in toilet paper from Hong Kong
The Christian Science Monitor, February 7, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0207/Why-China-seized-12-900-in-toilet-paper-from-Hong-Kong

Protesters confront mainland shoppers in Hong Kong
The New York Times, February 8, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/protesters-confront-mainland-shoppers-in-hong-kong/

Hongkongers still divided over Beijing's reform plan for 2017: poll
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1707556/hongkongers-still-divided-over-beijings-reform-plan-2017-poll-finds

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Guizhou rights activists targeted by police after support for Beijing poet
贵阳民主维权人士莫建刚被指声援王藏而遭抄家、带走
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-02062015132328.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/1-02052015112451.html

June Fourth (六四)

"I didn't once hear the sound of laughter"
Radia Free Asia, February 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/women/tiananmen-mothers-02062015134519.html

State Compensation (国家赔偿)

中国冤案平反第一人领取205万国家赔偿 (Family of man wrongly executed receives RMB 2,050,000 in state compensation in China’s first “political rehabilitation” case)
DW News, February 3, 2015
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2015-02-03/59633636.html

Tibet (西藏)

China says against foreign countries receiving Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/06/us-china-usa-idUSKBN0LA0KH20150206

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Occupy insiders give their verdict on the protests
The South China Morning Post, February 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1701641/occupy-insiders-give-their-verdict-protests

国企反腐 这次能否掀起大风暴 (Could anti-corruption campaign targeting SEOs set off an anti-corruption storm?)
Beijing Youth Daily, February 7, 2015
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2015-02/07/content_114701.htm?div=-1

Corruption (腐败)

Party mouthpiece accuses artists of colluding in graft
South China Morning Post, February 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1703825/party-mouthpiece-accuses-artists-colluding-graft

季建业案侦查细节曝光 开始滴水不漏后来主动悔过 (Ji Jianye case unveiled: from strict reticence to active repentance)
The Beijing News, February 6, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/02/06/353003.html

新华社一记者受贿5万 获刑5年 (Xinhua News reporter sentenced to 5 years for taking RMB 50,000 in bribes)
The Beijing News, February 5, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/02/05/352869.html

Environment (环境)

The cost of clean air
The Economist, February 5, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21642214-measures-combat-air-pollution-are-biting-hard-industrial-areas-already-hit-economic?fsrc=rss

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Defense lawyers walk out of Suzhou evictee trial in protest
范木根抗拆杀人开审　千人声援遭警镇压
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-evictee-trial-02052015152551.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/trial-02042015091758.html

International Relations (国际关系）

U.S. tech companies press case against restrictive Chinese rules
The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-trade-groups-seek-reversal-of-restrictive-chinese-rules-1423137151

China is making moves in a disputed area of the South China Sea
Business Insider, February 5, 2015
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-manila-says-china-starts-dredging-at-another-reef-in-disputed-waters-2015-2

Internet (互联网)

Guangzhou netizen detained for posting "insulting" photo of China's President
广州网友梁勤辉因言获罪遭刑拘 网络文章被指诋毁国家领导人
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detention-02052015121022.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02052015105413.html

China less and less enamored of social media, study finds
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/05/china-growing-less-enamored-of-social-media-study-finds/

Related:
Chinese enthusiasm for social media drops sharply
Kantar, February 3, 2015
http://us.kantar.com/tech/social/2015/kantar-china-social-media-impact-report-2015/

Labor (劳工)

China labor strife rises before the Lunar New Year
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/06/china-labor-strife-rises-before-the-lunar-new-year/?mod=WSJBlog

Tibet (西藏)

China media criticise Dalai Lama-Obama meeting
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31159993

Related:
奥巴马：达赖喇嘛是位“好友” (Obama: Dalai Lama is a “good friend”)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150205-奥巴马：达赖喇嘛是位“好友”

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

China rebukes Norway for expelling scholar
中国使馆就挪威令中国学者限期离境提出交涉
Reuters, February 4, 2015
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/us-china-norway-idUSKBN0L805A20150204
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/china-norway-idCNKBS0L806B20150204

Corruption (腐败)

中国农业银行原副行长杨琨被判无期 (Agricultural Bank VP Yang Kun jailed for life)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150204-中国农业银行原副行长杨琨被判无期/

Environment (环境)

Air pollution is bigger killer in China than smoking, says new Greenpeace study
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1701625/air-pollution-bigger-killer-mainland-china-smoking-says-new-greenpeace

Tougher environmental law pressures China steel mills
Reuters, February 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/china-steel-environment-idUSL4N0VE3R820150204

Related:
中华人民共和国环境保护法 (Environmental Protection Law of PRC)
The Central People’s Government of PRC, April 25, 2014
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2014-04/25/content_2666434.htm

Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (Unofficial Translation)
The EU – China Environmental Governance Programme, April 24, 2014
https://www.chinadialogue.net/Environmental-Protection-Law-2014-eversion.pdf

我国通过史上最严新环保法 新法于明年1月1日施行 (In 2015, China to implement strictest environmental protection law to date)
The National People’s Congress of PRC, April 25, 2014
http://www.npc.gov.cn/huiyi/lfzt/hjbhfxzaca/2014-04/25/content_1861232.htm

中国最严格环保法修订后“出笼”　首次明确“保护优先”(China’s stringent environmental protection law (amended) focuses on conservation)
法制时报 Fazhi Shibao, April 25, 2014
http://fzsb.hinews.cn/php/20140425/137847.php

Hong Kong (香港)

Top China official in Hong Kong warns against confronting Beijing
Reuters, February 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-hongkong-china-zhangxiaoming-idUSKBN0L909Y20150205

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China detained more than 900 human rights activists last year
Quarts, February 4, 2015
http://qz.com/338556/

Related:
Deprivation of liberty and torture/other mistreatment of human rights defenders in China
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 3, 2015
http://chrdnet.com/2015/02/deprivation-of-liberty-and-tortureother-mistreatment-of-human-rights-defenders-in-china-partial-data-updated-6302013/

International Relations (国际关系)

菲律宾与越南就建立战略伙伴关系共同抗衡中国 (Philippines, Vietnam discuss alliance to counter China)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150203-菲律宾与越南就建立战略伙伴关系共同抗衡中国/