Food Safety

食品安全 纳入考核绩效 (Food Safety to Be Included in Performance Review)
Ming Pao, July 4, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2709576/1.html

Hong Kong

Error of Judgment Blamed for Reporter's Detention
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=92e22881cdc48310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong Smog Exceeds Recommended Levels Says WHO
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18691081

《开放》主编金钟谈香港人的不满情绪 (Head Editor of Open Magazine on HKers' Discontent)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ml-07032012143902.html

Protests and Petitions

China Frees 21 Detained over Pollution Protests
Reuters, July 4, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/us-china-pollution-protest-idUSBRE86205C20120704

申请“七一游行”被拒 反被拘留扣查 (Guangdong: Chen Fengqiang Detained for Applying to Demonstrate)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-07032012103644.html

中国官媒批评什邡当局处理手法 (Official Media Criticizes Handling of Shifeng Protests)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 4, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/07/120704_china_shifang.shtml

Politics

胡总亲信郭金龙接掌北京 (Hu Aide Guo Jinlong Named Beijing Party Secretary)
Ming Pao, July 4, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2709244/1.html

Tibet

Three Monks ‘Instigated’ Self-Immolation
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/instigating-07032012123612.html

Environment

毒液流东江 上游禁取水 (Halt Called to Drawing Water from Pearl River Tributary due to Pollution)
Ming Pao, July 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2708217/1.html

Hong Kong

Press Freedom 'Will Decline' on C.Y.'s Watch
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c4b145371b748310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

梁甫上任 游行人数第三高 民阵：40万 警方：6.3万 (July 1 Protests at Third Highest - Organizers Estimate 400K - as CY Leung Signed in as Chief Executive)
Ming Pao, July 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2707358/1.html

For photos of the demonstration, see:
2012 七一大遊行 (Hong Kong's 2012 Establishment Day March)
HRIC, July 1, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151127246146414.491458.94042326413

胡锦涛访港 一苹果日报记者被短暂拘禁 (Apple Daily Reporter Detained after Asking Hu Jintao Question on 1989 Tiananmen Incident)
Central News Radio, June 30, 2012
http://news.msn.com.tw/news2718014.aspx

Media

China Blocks Access to Bloomberg and Businessweek Sites
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18648050

地方官菸灭记者 陆中央挺媒体 (Beijing Voices Support for Media as Shaanxi Journalist Suspended after Report on Officials' Use of Luxury Cigarettes)
Wang Daily, July 3, 2012
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/17180504/112012070300557.html

Related:
No Power for Media, No Power for Citizens
China Media Project, July 3, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/07/03/24929/

North Korea

China Hires Tens of Thousands of North Korea Guest Workers
Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2012
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/01/world/la-fg-china-workers-20120701

Police

New Rule Protects Prisoners' Rights
Xinhua News Agency, June 30, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/30/content_15539141.htm

Related:
监狱和劳动教养机关人民警察违法违纪行为处分规定 (Regulations on Disciplinary Actions for Violations of the Law and Disciplinary Rules by Police in Prisons and Reeducation-Through-Labor Organs
Ministry of Justice et al, May 21, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2012-05/30/content_2149103.htm

“维稳沙皇”周永康呼吁结束酷刑 ("Security Tsar" Zhou Yongkang Calls for End to Torture)
Deutsche Welle, July 2, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16065252,00.html

Related:
深入开展政法干警核心价值观教育实践活动 为政法事业发展进步提供更加有力思想保证
Qiushi, July 1, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-07/01/c_112328212.htm

Protests and Petitions

川震灾区万人示威逼停铜厂 (Sichuan: Copper Plant Suspended after 10K Protest)
Ming Pao, July 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2708213/1.html

Related:
Protests over Copper Plant in Shifang, Sichuan Turn Violent
Shanghaiist, July 3, 2012
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/07/03/protests_over_copper_plant_in_shifa.php

Education

民校教师或与公办学校教师同酬 纠正对民办学校歧视政策 (Private School Teachers May Be Paid Same as Public School Teachers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 29, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/b1/bb1662b7c5f22a0f/Blog/42a/a9b789.html

Government

Guarding the Guardians
The Economist, June 30, 2012
http://www.economist.com/node/21557760

Hong Kong

Rally Petition Zones 'a Police PR Stunt'
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=069a34e9b9338310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral

China Urges Implementation of Anti-terror Strategy
Xinhua News Agency, June 29, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/29/content_15533908.htm

Politics

重庆公安两高层免职 (Chongqing: Two High-ranking Police Officials Dismissed)
Ming Pao, June 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2705311/1.html

骂薄熙来的网友求翻案将开审 (Hearing Today for Overturn of Order to Reeducation-through-Labor for Man Who Criticized Bo Xilai Online)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/jyxw-06282012102229.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Police Restore Order after Migrants Riot in Shaxi
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18622350

中山警方:散布“沙溪聚集事件”谣言者被刑拘 (Zhongshan Police Detain Chongqing Man for Spreading Rumors about Shaxi Unrest Online)
Xinhua News Agency, June 28, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/yuqing/2012-06/28/c_123344057.htm

河北乐亭百警暴力征地 村民上访却被劳教 (Hebei Villagers Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor for Petitioning about Land Requisition)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-06282012110522.html

XUAR

Woman Seeks Justice in Wrongful Shooting
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-06282012180941.html

Environment

'Foolish Old Men' Transform Barren Hillsides
China Daily, June 28, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/28/content_15528719.htm

Hong Kong

《南华早报》前记者指总编“自我审查” (Former South China Morning Post Reporter Charges Self-censorship by Editor-in-Chief)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16053742,00.html

Related:
Self-censorship in SCMP
被解約記者自述：我為什麼被踢出《南華早報》？
iSun Affairs, June 28, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=8020

习近平同时见曾梁两特首 胡锦涛访港安保遭批评 (Security during Hu Visit under Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-06272012130244.html

Internet

港大推出软件监控微博内容审查 (HKU Releases Software to Monitor Content Review on Microblogs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120628_china_hku_weibo.shtml

Related:
WeiboScope
Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong
http://research.jmsc.hku.hk/social/obs.py/sinaweibo/

Labor

苹果中国加工厂被指违反劳工法 (China Apple Plant Charged with Violating Labor Law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120628_apple_china.shtml

Politics

Clues to Official Plight of Bo, Wang
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=26040e3ef5e28310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

政法委讚粵烏坎經驗 (Politics and Law Committee Praises Handling of Wukan Unrest)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2703843/1.html

Rural Issues

Drinking Water Issues Seen Solved by 2015
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/27/content_15527222.htm

Hong Kong

Let Hu Hear Us, Say Protesters
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e2bc4ae87d828310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

‘Pressure for Change Is at the Grassroots’: An Interview with Chen Guangcheng
The New York Review of Books, June 26, 2012
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jun/26/chen-guangcheng-interview/

Hukou

发改委官员：户籍制度不能简单取消了之 (NDRC: Difficult to Simply Do Away with Housing Registration System)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 27, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/186/47a47f.html

Population

China Abortion Couple 'Hounded'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdedn1gQ7bWse4eqRCgrMm08N1kg

中国失去独生子女父母要求更多赔偿 (Parents Who Lost Their Only Child Appeal for Compensation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 27, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120626_china_one_child_compensation.shtml

Protests and Petitions

中山民工騷亂 萬人圍政府 (Guangdong: 10K Migrant Workers Surround Gov't Office)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2702839/1.html

Related:
广东中山因两名少年冲突引发外来人员聚集事件 (Conflict Between 2 Youths Sets off Mass Incident Involving Migrants)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 26, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/4c8/0534a2.html

XUAR

Two Uyghurs Detained over Leaflets
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/leaflets-06262012124859.html

新疆骚乱周年前夕当局加强清查 (Increased Checks before Anniversary of July Unrest)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120626_xinjiang_anniversary.shtml

Bilateral Ties

China 'Failing Burmese Refugees'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18589937

N. Korea Executes Four Returned Refugees: Activist
Agence France-Presse, June 26, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-executes-four-returned-refugees-activist-193526302.html

Civil Society

Guangdong to use NGOs in Reform Move
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a9da1195de18310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

公益组织不能做成“万金油” (Public Interest Orgs Cannot Be One Size Fits All)
Southern Daily, June 26, 2012
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2012-06/26/content_7096933.htm

Environment

中国海洋环境状况总体较好 溢油等突发事件风险加剧 (Report: Water Ecology Generally Good, Save Near Coast with Rise in Pollution Risk)
People's Daily, June 26, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/energy/2012-06/26/c_123329234.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: 15 Years since the Return to Chinese Rule
China Worker, June 26, 2012
http://chinaworker.info/en/content/news/1822/

87％傳媒人﹕曾治下新聞自由倒退 (87% of Journalists: Decline in Press Freedom since Tsang Became Chief Executive)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2700802/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

多名异见人士未解除软禁 香港七一为李旺阳伸冤 (Many Dissidents Remain under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/duo-06252012115208.html

Law

辽宁规定上访遭劳教申诉不立案 (Jinzhou Court Worker: Liaoning Not to Accept Appeals against Reeducation-Through-Labor for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xq-06252012162414.html

Media

Regulator Announces Crackdown on Media Bribery
Caixin, June 25, 2012
http://english.caixin.com/2012-06-25/100403810.html

Related information:
关于开展“打击新闻敲诈、治理有偿新闻”专项行动的通知 (Notice on Launch of "Combatting News Extortion and Controlling Compensated Stories" Campaign)
State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, June 20, 2012
http://www.sarft.gov.cn/articles/2012/06/20/20120620153834000905.html

Society

Demolition Leaves Family Scattered, Defenceless
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9429555739428310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

'Constitutional Duty' to Enact Article 23 Law
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=214b3a5347f08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Filipino Maid Takes Fight for Permanent Residency to Hong Kong's Top Court
The Associated Press, June 22, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/22/filipino-maid-hong-kong-court

Hong Kong Newspaper Charged with Downplaying Dissident’s Death
Reuters, June 21, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/business/global/hong-kong-newspaper-charged-with-downplaying-dissidents-death.html

Related:
Furor over Hong Kong Editor's Decision Continues
Asia Sentinel, June 21, 2012
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4619&Itemid=204

Human Rights Defenders

廖亦武：我其实是一个记忆工作者 (Liao Yiwu: I'm a Memory Worker)
Deutsche Welle, June 21, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15219059,00.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙古发生牧民街头抗议 (Herders Demonstrate in Bayan Nur)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cyl-06212012105002.html

Labor

复旦大学报告称涨薪解决不了中国“用工荒” (Fudan Report: Pay Rises Cannot Solve Labor Shortage)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nu-06212012092557.html

Land Policy

镇干部：已入户协商签订协议 村民：未召开村民大会 临沭一土地增减挂钩项目拆迁遭质疑 (Dispute over Demolition Plan in Shandong)
Legal Daily, June 22, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-06/22/content_3655983.htm

Public Health

Disease Victims in Cry for Help
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13663a5347f08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Bilateral Ties

Chen Affair Showed Level of US-China Trust: Clinton
Agence France-Presse, June 21, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/chen-affair-showed-level-us-china-trust-clinton-033404737.html

Hong Kong

李旺阳事件将港人对北京不信任推向新高 (Handling of Li Wangyang "Suicide" Heightens HK Distrust of Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-06202012112821.html

Related:
Forensics Experts' Help Sought in Li Wangyang Case
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3af01bde9ca08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Threatened with Bigamy, Pornography Charges
Reuters, June 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/21/us-china-dissident-idUSBRE85K0BV20120621

余杰撰寫《劉曉波傳》 (Dissident Yu Jie Writes Biography of Liu Xiaobo)
Yazhou Zhoukan, July 1, 2012
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?channel=ag&path=2362382222/26ag1c.cfm

June Fourth

喬石新書 六四期間空白 (Veteran Senior Cadre Qiao Shi's New Book Mum on 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2697629/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Petitioner 'Poisoned' for Land Complaints
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f8311bde9ca08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

两名藏人青海玉树州自焚一死一伤 (Qinghai: 1 Dead, 1 Injured in Self-immolation Protest)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120621_china_tibetan_protest.shtml

XUAR

Police Witness to Riots Dies
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/policeman-06182012155524.html

Government

Grassroots Lawmaker Elections Completed
Xinhua News Agency, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513409.htm

Hong Kong

HK a 'Hard Place' for Asylum Seekers
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=adc8f9c07c508310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei's Lawyer Missing as Artist Is Warned away from Tax Hearing
Reuters, June 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jun/20/ai-weiwei-lawyer-missing-court

聲援李旺陽 王荔蕻被禁離京 (Activist Wang Lihong Forbidden from Leaving Beijing after Voicing Support for Li Wangyang)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696639/1.html

Labor

人社部：现行退休年龄不会立刻调整 (No Change Yet to Retirement Age)
People's Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.cs.com.cn/xwzx/hg/201206/t20120620_3377703.html

Migrant Workers

New Residency Rule Shows Bias, Migrants Say
China Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513514.htm

Police

勞教所「更安全」 體重不跌反升 (Reeducation-Through-Labour "More Safe" than Outside for Fang Hong)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews3b.cfm?File=20120620/nalca/caa3_er.txt

Protests and Petitions

廣州上百黑人堵路示威 (Guangzhou: 100+ Africans Block Road in Protest of Sudden Death of African in Police Custody)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696388/1.html

XUAR

维族人售宗教刊物判十年 世维会批评当局镇压 (Hotan: Uyghur Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Religious Materials)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/w-06192012101735.html

Tibet

Corruption Protesters Jailed
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jailed-06182012155124.html

Public Health

Public Hospital Reform Begins in Counties
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/15/content_15506065.htm

Police

便衣城管被指殴打残疾小贩 (Plainclothes Urban Management Officer Accused of Beating Disabled Street Seller)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 19, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9a/69a5b5995110b36a/Blog/b97/b7bac8.html

Labor

广州日资厂3000人罢工 (3000 on Strike at Guangzhou Factory)
Singpao, June 19, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/laxw/layw/201206/t20120619_364115.html

Human Rights Defenders

李旺阳家人好友续失踪 香港联署近十万欲交胡锦涛 (Li Wangyang's Family and Friends Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-06182012095422.html

Hong Kong

回归十五年前夕的三个名字 (Mixed Feelings over Three Big Names on Even of 15th Anniversary of HK Handover)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/06/120619_hkreview_threenames_byzousonghua.shtml

Bilateral Ties

Chinese Media Push into US
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18437404

Uyghurs Face Deportation from Sweden
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/deportation-06182012133441.html

Hong Kong

李旺阳之死改变香港政治生态 (Death of Activist Li Wangyang Changes Political Way of Life in HK)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 18, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120618-李旺阳之死改变香港政治生态

Law

北京律师被法警带离庭审现场殴打 (Beijing Lawyer Removed from Courtroom, Beaten by Bailiffs)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-06172012114409.html

Politics

China Acknowledges Scandal's Damage to Party Image
Reuters, June 18, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/18/us-china-politics-chongqing-idUSBRE85H05S20120618

Related:
张德江在重庆市第四次党代会上的讲话 (Zhang Dejiang's Full Speech before the Chongqing Party Meeting)
June 18, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/733/455a4e.html

‘In the Current System, I’d Be Corrupt Too’: An Interview with Bao Tong
NYR Blog, June 14, 2012
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jun/14/china-corruption-bao-tong-interview/

Population

One-child Rule Could Be Eased as Population Ages
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ebaacbc111f7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

上千安徽民众围堵余姚高速公路 抗议交警处理酒驾车祸不公 (Anhui: 1K+ Block Road to Protest Police Handling of Traffic Accident)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-06152012151829.html

Tibet

青海藏人武警军营前自焚身亡 (Tibetan Self-immolates in Qinghai Province outside Armed Police Barracks)
Deutsche Welle, June 15, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16029734,00.html

Economic Development

全国人大常委会即将审议收入分配改革方案 (NPC to Consider Income Distribution Reform Program)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 15, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/06/806beafe154032a5/Blog/e79/1d9260.html

Government

China Suspends Officials in Forced Abortion Case
The Associated Press, June 15, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-suspends-officials-forced-abortion-case-013927972.html

Human Rights

北京日报：中国人的权利只能靠自己争取  中国不怕谈人权 (Beijing Daily: China Isn't Afraid to Talk about Human Rights)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 15, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/cb1/de7c87.html

Human Rights Defenders

湖南組刑偵專家查李旺陽案 (Hunan to Investigate Li Wangyang's Death)
Sing Tao Daily, June 15, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2691913/1.html

June Fourth

June 4 Play Reveals Role Played by Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebdca09203be7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics

Recent Cases Shed Light on China’s Feared Interrogation System
The New York Times, June 15, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/world/asia/accused-chinese-party-members-face-harsh-discipline.html

Tibet

Sichuan to Send More Officials to Tibetan Areas
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/15/content_15505161.htm

XUAR

Party Member among Missing
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/member-06142012174311.html

新疆街管会发通告 家有人不开门可破门 (Neighborhood Committee Sends Notice: If You're Home and Don't Open the Door, We May Break it Down)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Xinjiangfatonggao-06152012045032.html

Bilateral Ties

中国拒发签证给挪威前首相 (China Refuses to Issue Visa to Former Norwegian Prime Minister)
Deutsche Welle, June 13, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16016691,00.html

Hong Kong

High Court Overturns Legco Election Ban
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c2a880b749e7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Hong Kong Activists Demand Probe into Dissident’s Death
Voice of America, June 13, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/protest-dissident-death-hong-kong-tiananmen-square/1210823.html

Related:
香港举行悼念李旺阳"头七"集会 (Hong Kong Holds Vigil for Li Wangyang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 13, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120613_liwangyang_assembly.shtml

警传唤胡佳阻探陈光诚家人 陈克贵案件未有进展 (Police Summon Hu Jia, Force to Not Visit Chen Guangcheng's Family)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-06132012091208.html

June Fourth

Tragedy of Tiananmen Still Unfolds
The New York Times, June 13, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/world/asia/14iht-letter14.html

Labor

Foxconn Says Plant Worker Jumps from Apartment
Reuters, June 14, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/us-foxconn-idUSBRE85D0GT20120614

Tibet

四川甘孜州新龙一僧人被虐致死 西藏自治区以外藏人被逐离拉萨 (Sichuan: Tibetan Monk Dies from Torture)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-06132012091210.html

Civil Society

Environmental NGOs Grow across China But Still Struggle for Support
Global Times, June 12, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/714330.shtml

Hong Kong

Activists Hit Back at Security Minister
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a38ebf119d0e7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

李旺阳困棺材仓企也不能 港今悼念头七 狱中酷刑曝光 (Torture in Prison for Li Wangyang Comes to Light as HK Mourns Li's Passing)
Ming Pao, June 13, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120613/gaa1.htm

June Fourth

艺术家华涌悼六四遭刑拘 (Beijing Artist Hua Yong Criminally Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen Anniversary)
Ming Pao, June 13, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2689740/1.html

Law

人大常委会将首次审议劳动合同法修正案草案 (NPC Standing Committee to Consider Labor Contract Law Amendment)
Legal Daily, June 13, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-06/13/content_3639066.htm

Tibet

China Boycotts Religious Event over Tibet Presence
Agence France-Presse, June 13, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-boycotts-religious-event-over-tibet-presence-033746981.html

青海天峻县九名僧人被捕 其中两人获刑 (Qinghai: 9 Monks Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-06122012091705.html

Hong Kong

Protesters Broke Agreement with Police, Says Lee
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f2f104b775fd7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related:
中聯辦遊行 倡封德輔道西 (March to Liaison Office Blocked Traffic on Major Road)
Ming Pao, June 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2688698/1.html

Human Rights

人权行动计划发布 严禁刑讯逼供 (New HR Action Plan: Torture Banned)
The Beijing News, June 12, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/06/12/204158.html

Related:
国家人权行动计划（2012—2015年）
National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015)
State Council Information Office, June 11, 2012
CH: http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/tt/201206/t1171248.htm
EN: http://english.gov.cn/2012-06/11/content_2158183.htm

持续全面推进中国人权事业发展——国务院新闻办公室主任王晨就发布《国家人权行动计划（２０１２－２０１５年）》答记者问 (Wang Chen Responds to Question on 2012-15 HR Plan)
Xinhua News Agency, June 12, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/zwhd/2012-06/12/content_2158645.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Concern over Activist's Health
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/concern-06112012123311.html

Related:
遭軟禁4月 馮正虎：不出國不自殺 (Feng Zhenghu, Under House Arrest for 4 Months: I Won’t Leave China and Won’t Commit Suicide)
World Journal, June 11, 2012
http://www.worldjournal.com/view/aChinanews/18940566/article-遭軟禁4月-馮正虎：不出國不自殺

李旺阳死因可疑 香港官员公开质疑 (HK Food and Health Secretary Openly Raises Doubts over Li Wangyang's Death)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Ganggaoguanzhiyi-06122012024547.html

Related:
C.Y. Pledge as Pressure over Li Wangyang Mounts
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f7f1c917f2cd7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land

Farmers Outraged over Violent Land Grab
China Daily, June 12, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/12/content_15495800.htm

Related:
陕西义门镇因镇干部带人铲倒村民小麦引发冲突 (Shaanxi Land Requisition Leads to Clash)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2012-06/11/c_112184308.htm

Law

两名网上造谣者昨被警方拘留 (Wuhan: 2 Detained for Spreading Rumors Online about Air Quality)
Wuhan Evening News, June 12, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0612/03/83P3KI3400014AED.html

Civil Society

Complaints Force LGBT Center Out
Global Times, June 8, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/713745/Complaints-force-LGBT-center-out.aspx

我国慈善捐助信息系统预计年内上线 (Draft Charity Law Sent to State Council, Online Charitable Contribution System Expected by End of 2012)
The Beijing News, June 10, 2012
http://gongyi.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20120610/1101776.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chen Guangcheng’s Mother, Brother Talk after China Pulls Security from Dongshigu
McClatchy Newspapers, June 9, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/06/09/151801/chen-guangchengs-mother-brother.html

Hundreds March in Hong Kong over Dissident's Death
Agence France-Presse, June 10, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i7-riUhsoRLH1wYULZzJP5fYH5ww

Related:
Activists Rush to Declare They Won't Commit Suicide in Wake of Li Wangyang's Mysterious Death
Shanghaiist, June 10, 2012
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/06/10/activists_rush_to_declare_they_wont.php

Labor

延迟退休缓解养老金压力引争议 (Proposal to Delay Retirement to Ease Pension Pressure Sparks Debate)
The Beijing News, June 9, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/06/09/203689.html