Civil Society (民间社会)

NGOs feel the pinch as China mulls law on foreign funds
Global Times, March 19, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/912721.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Top court said Zhou Yongkang's influence cleared
China Daily, March 19, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/19/content_19853505.htm

China sheds light on its quest to track down fleeing officials
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741458/china-sheds-light-fox-hunt-its-quest-track-down-fleeing-officials

Hong Kong (香港)

Guangdong to limit cross-border visits to curb Hong Kong parallel goods trade
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1741850/guangdong-plans-restrictions-cross-border-visits-curb-hong-kong

Natural Resources (自然资源)

China to stop commercial logging of natural forests
Global Times, March 19, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/912839.shtml

National Defense (国防)

PLA fears of "Vietnamese invasion" halt Chinese city government's road construction project
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741840/pla-fears-vietnamese-invasion-halt-chinese-city-governments-road

PLA tries to woo educated youngsters to join the military
Sina News, March 19, 2015
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2015/0318/792978.html

Population (人口)

美国投资移民申请者中超过80%为中国大陆居民-第一太平戴维斯 (Savills says over 80% investor immigrants to U.S. are mainland Chinese)
Reuters, March 18, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/cn-us-idCNKBS0ME12H20150318

Society (社会)

Chinese man solves decades-old mystery of family’s missing cash…the government took it
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1741800/chinese-man-solves-mystery-familys-missing-cash-government-took-it

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾太阳花运动周年 示威者重返立院 (Taiwan protesters go back to LegCo on Sunflower Movement one-year anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/03/150318_taiwan_sunflower-movement_anni

Tibet (西藏)

西藏那曲索县七僧在三月“敏感日”被捕 (Seven Tibetan monks arrested on March “sensitive day”)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03182015144407.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Chinese police shoot seven Uyghurs dead following fatal Xinjiang knife attack
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/attack-03182015121024.html

Corruption (腐败)

China invites bids to audit offshore assets
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-invites-bids-to-audit-offshore-assets-1426655274

Education (教育)

中国教育部让全国高校填写有关使用西方原版教材情况的调查问卷 (Education Ministry probes use of textbooks published in the West at universities)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/sd-03172015105054.html

Environment (环境)

Harvard urges joint research with Tsinghua on climate change
The Standard, March 17, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=58611&icid=1&d_str=

Hong Kong (香港)

【機場三跑】林超英斥機管局誤導或倒千億元落海 (Airport third runway: Lam Chiu Ying criticizes Airport Authority for misdirection and squander of $18 billion in third runway constrcution)
Apple Daily, March 18, 2015
http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=53542735&category_guid=6996647&category=instant&issue=20150318

Related:
議員斥三跑融資方案　逃避立會監察 (Legislative councilors fault financing proposal for third runway and its bypassing LegCo check)
The Stand News, March 17, 2015
https://thestandnews.com/politics/議員斥三跑融資方案-逃避立會監察/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

”The Barefoot Lawyer”: Q&A with blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/18/the-barefoot-lawyer-qa-with-blind-chinese-activist-chen-guangcheng/

Detention of rights activists in China soared in 2014, report says
The New York Times, March 17, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/detention-of-rights-activists-in-china-soared-in-2014-report-says/

Related:
“Silencing the messenger: 2014 annual report on the situation of human rights defenders in China”
http://chrdnet.com/2015/03/silencing-the-messenger-2014-annual-report-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-china/

Rule of Law (法治)

Questions loom over China’s legal reform drive
Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/17/questions-loom-over-chinas-legal-reform-drive/?mod=WSJBlog

Society (社会)

学生冒雨做操领导打伞看 官方致歉 (Guangxi officials apologize for watching students perform welcoming exercise in rain while themselves holding umbrellas)
People’s Daily, March 18, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0318/c1001-26709444.html

Taiwan (台湾)

Legacy of Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement continues to impact cross-strait ties
Channel News, March 18, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/legacy-of-taiwan-s/1723312.html

Taiwan protesters mark Sunflower anniversary
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150318/news_20150318_56_1085385.htm

Tibet (西藏)

联合国讨论西藏侵犯人权问题 (UN to discuss infringement of human rights in Tibet)
Voice of America, March 18, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-human-rights-20150318/2684866.html

Women (妇女)

China detains women's rights activists
CNN, March 16, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/03/16/ns-intv-fincher-china-arrests-activists.cnn

NGO report reveals why women choose to work in the sex trade
Global Times, March 18, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/912479.shtml

中国如全面开放二胎政策 亦无法杜绝强制堕胎等现象 (Forced abortion to persist even if China adopts two-child policy)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/vt-03172015100702.html