Bilateral Ties

Delhi Police Bar Tibetan Movement for Touring Chinese VIP

Rediff News, September 3, 2012

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-police-bar-tibetan-movement-for-touring-chinese-vip/20120903.htm

Hong Kong

抗爭升級 聯盟籌罷課 (Anti-National Education Protest Escalates as Students Plan Strike)

Ming Pao, September 4, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2761906/1.html

Related:

Photos: Hong Kong's 'Brainwashing' Protests

China Realtime Report, September 4, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/04/photos-hong-kongs-brainwashing-protests/

Media

Editor at Communist Party Mouthpiece Blasts Leaders

South China Morning Post, September 4, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1028980/editor-communist-party-mouthpiece-blasts-leaders

Related:

邓聿文：胡温的政治遗产 (The Political Legacy of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao)

Deng Yuwen

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1MSTlsrb0oumbMv4xfwaNwPQkcOsPpcGoZxGXajKvjBI

Protests and Petitions

五千人逼爆信访局 众人北京外围暂避 (~5K Petitioners Gather at State Bureau of Letters and Calls)

Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-09032012100253.html

Public Health

China Probes 'Gutter Oil' Claims

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19462349

State Security

China's Airports Increase Security

The Economic Observer, September 4, 2012

http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0904/233023.shtml

Tibet

中国藏区再有多名藏人被捕 西藏昌都寺院管控加紧 (Sichuan: Several Tibetans Detained and Monitoring Intensifies over Chamdo Monastery)

Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-09032012151631.html

Civil Society

深圳封杀劳工维权NGO 与粤社改新政唱反调 (Shenzhen Labor NGO Kept Blocked from Registering, under Heavy Pressure)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2761107/1.html

Related:
反对暴力﹗要求法治﹗ 社会要发展，劳工公益机构要生存﹗ (Oppose Violence! Demand Rule of Law! Labor Civic Groups Must Exist for Society to Grow!)
Little Grass Workers' Home, August 31, 2012
http://xxc200308.blog.163.com/blog/static/201929065201273142935793/

Government Crackdown on Labor Groups Worsens in South China
Global Post, September 2, 2012
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120831/south-china-labor-crackdown

Hong Kong

快乐反洗脑 (A Merry Protest against Brainwashing National Education)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2760498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China Frees Yahoo! Dissident after 10 Years
Agence France-Presse, August 31, 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14720779/china-frees-yahoo-dissident-after-10-years/

Related:
网络异议人士王小宁刑满获释
Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning Released from Jail; He Depu Portrays Prison Life with Wang
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6278
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6277

Labor

深圳拟重罚不文明行为 多数外来工并不知情 (Majority of Migrant Workers Unaware of Draft Shenzhen Regs Imposing Severe Punishment on Uncivilized Behavior)
Workers' Daily, September 3, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/18f/036030.html

Population

Husband Fired over 'Excess' Birth
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fired-08302012160129.html

Protests and Petitions

Villager Sets Off Explosives in Govt Compound
Xinhua News Agency, September 3, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/03/content_15728922.htm

天津警方将一暴力拆迁受害者从医院急诊观察室带走 (Tianjin: Police Detain and Remove Injured Victim of Violent Anti-demolition Protest from Hospital Emergency Monitoring Room)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-09022012145742.html

Society

Low Political Participation among Chinese
Xinhua News Agency, September 1, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/01/content_15726714.htm

Hong Kong

香港观察：国民教育难脱政治任务嫌疑 (Suspicion of Political Motivation Difficult to Shed for National Education Program)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120828_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Cracks Down on Ai Wei Wei Protege Zhao Zhao
Der Spiegel, August 28, 2012
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/in-china-artists-like-zhao-zhao-face-political-oppression-a-851403.html

Freedom on Friday for Dissident Wang
The Standard, August 29, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=24094

Related:
Yahoo! Cited in Decision Sentencing Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning to 10 Years
Human Rights in China, April 27, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/content/1208

陈光诚可能应邀访问台湾 (Chen Guangcheng May Visit Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120828_chen_taiwan.shtml

Media

Five Editors Suspended for Reporting Liu Cover-up
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5feaa99d8ad69310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

四市试点劳教制度改革 (Nanjing, Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, and Jinan to Pilot Reform of Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
The Beijing News, August 29, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/08/29/219561.html

Protests and Petitions

‘Bull’ Proves Hero and Pariah for Beijing
Financial Times, August 28, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8e1af1ce-f040-11e1-93fa-00144feabdc0.html

反对收地6村民被黑人物砍伤 (Sichuan: 6 Villagers Protesting Land Requisition Knifed by Thugs)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolition-08282012100026.html

Society

公安部谈“随手拍”：被拍者基本没有被拐儿童 (Ministry of Public Security: Child Beggars Whose Pictures Were Taken Were Generally Not Trafficked)
Shandong Business Daily, August 29, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/ba7/f57dca.html

XUAR

Striker’s Health at Risk
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/risk-08282012185841.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ Protesters Refuse to Leave
China RealTime Report, August 28, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/08/28/hong-kong-occupy-protesters-refuse-to-leave/

Labor

深圳千人工潮持续五天 (Shenzhen 1K Worker Strike Continues into Day Five)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sz-08272012105053.html

Law

Senior Official Urges Deepened Judicial System Reform
Xinhua News Agency, August 27, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/27/c_131811012.htm

精神卫生法草案二审“强制住院治疗”删除 (Stipulations on Forcible Institutionalization Removed from Draft Mental Health Law)
The Beijing News, August 28, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-8-28/yNNjYzXzUwNzUyNA.html

劳教废立之间 (Reform or Abolishment for Reeducation-Through-Labor?)
Caijing Magazine, August 26, 2012
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-26/112081975.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese AIDS Patients Protesting Lack of Aid Pull Down Local Government Gate, Beaten by Police
The Associated Press, August 27, 2012
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Chinese+AIDS+patients+protesting+lack+pull+down+local+government/7149467/story.html

中共18大和访民的距离有多远？ (How Great Is the Distance between Petitioners and the 18th Party Congress?)
Radio France Internationale, August 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120827-中共18大和访民的距离有多远？

拆哪!张家界再酿抗强拆惨剧 (Another Tragic Anti-demolition Protest in Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16195722,00.html

Tibet

Teens Set Themselves on Fire, Take Tibet Burnings over 50: Group
Reuters, August 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE87R03120120828

Bilateral Ties

Reporters Ask Merkel to Address Chinese Intimidation of Media
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 25, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/25/163533/reporters-ask-merkel-to-address.html

Education

Collapse of New Bridge Underscores Worries about China Infrastructure
The New York Times, August 24, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/asia/collapse-of-new-bridge-underscores-chinas-infrastructure-concerns.html

Hong Kong

Lone Voice Sounds as Camp Awaits Clearout
The Standard, August 27, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=125780&sid=37472097&con_type=1&d_str=20120827&fc=10

Related:
Occupy Central 占领中环
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyCentral

他们眼中的占领中环 (Occupy Central as Seen by the Occupiers)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2754508/1.html

有占领中环行动成员计划转移阵地到新立法会大楼 (Some Occupy Central Activists Plan to Move to New Legislative Council Building)
HK Commercial Broadcasting, August 27, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=553174&csid=261_341

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚家乡成立治安队监控村民 (Shandong: Surveillance Team Set Up in Chen Guangcheng's Hometown)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_village-08242012093713.html

Police

Policemen Sentenced for Forced Confession
China Daily, August 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/24/content_15703972.htm

Politics

Politics the Priority for China as Economy Slows
Reuters, August 26, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/26/us-china-economy-idUSBRE87P0DG20120826

日媒：薄熙来将被开除党籍 (Japanese Media: Bo Xilai to Be Expelled from Party)
Ming Pao, August 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2755158/1.html

Related:
薄熙来氏、党籍剥奪へ　胡主席派、保守派押し切る (Hu Faction and Conservatives Have Their Way: Bo Xilai's Party Membership to Be Revoked)
Asahi Shimbun, August 26, 2012
http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0826/TKY201208250606.html

Protests and Petitions

四川遂宁强拆引发数百警民冲突 棍棒殴打拆迁户多人受伤住院 (Suining, Sichuan: Evictees Sent to Hospital from Beatings during Clash with Police over Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-08262012164251.html

Bilateral Ties

China Forces Ethnic Kachin Refugees Back to a Conflict Zone in Myanmar’s North
The New York Times, August 23, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/china-forcing-repatriation-of-ethnic-refugees-from-myanmar.html

Hong Kong

10萬反國教科簽名掛門常開 (Banner of 10K Signatures Opposing National Education Marched to Gov't Office, to Be Placed Outside Chief Executive Office in Protest)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2752953/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Forensic Expert Sheds Doubt on Li Suicide Claim
The Standard, August 24, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=125758&sid=37448742&con_type=1&d_str=20120824&fc=7

Related:
Report and Opinion in the Case of Li Wangyang (Deceased)
Stephen Cordner and Sameera Gunawardena, 2012
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103662058/Report-and-Opinion-in-the-Case-of-Li-Wangyang

Law

最高法拟规定法院可直接惩戒律师 律师称越权 (Lawyers: SPC's Stipulation Allowing Courts to Directly Discipline of Lawyers Exceeds Their Authority)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 24, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/a/98/a981f2b708044d6f/Blog/b24/70468e.html

Related:
关于《最高人民法院关于执行〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉若干问题的解释（征求意见稿）》的简要说明 (Brief Explanation of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Certain Issues Related to Executing the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China [Draft for Soliciting Input])
Supreme People's Court, July 2012
http://wq.zfwlxt.com/newLawyersite/BlogShow.aspx?itemid=7e866c7d-886d-45d4-b7c9-a0b200b77415&user=116836

Labor

China to Check Black Lung Disease at Mines
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/24/content_15702634.htm

Media

《人民日报》副刊主编自杀 众人深究徐怀谦死因 (Public Speculate Cause of People's Daily Editor's Suicide, Point to Official Pressure on Media)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-08232012095549.html

Migrant Workers

Are Migrant Workers Rushing Back Home Again?
The Economic Observer, August 23, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0823/232377.shtml

Tibet

Lhasa 'Like a Vast Prison'
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prison-08232012122203.html

Related:
The New Face of Lhasa
从拉萨的新面貌说起
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 1
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6137
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6163

Hong Kong

Civic, Not National, Lessons Urged
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7492c9cb65e49310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Democracy Activist's Partner Appeals to UN over Harassment
The Guardian, August 22, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/22/china-asia-pacific

To read Wang Xifeng's letter to the UN, see:
就中国当局不仅不依法为秦永敏和我办理结婚证而且企图把本人绑架回原籍一事致联合国人权委员会的公开信
Wang Xifeng, August 13, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6261

For a translation Wang Xifeng's letter to the UN, see:
Wife of Wuhan Activist Details Harassment and Unlawful Detention and Appeals to International Community
Human Rights in China, August 22, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6274

Dissenters Locked in Mental Wards, Group Says
Agence France-Presse, August 23, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=125696&sid=37438839&con_type=1&d_str=20120823&fc=4

Media

China Watches Burma's Censorship Reforms
Voice of America, August 22, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-watches-burma-censorship-reforms/1492742.html

Religion

安徽信徒补习文化遭驱散及打伤 大学基督徒志愿者被政治审核 (Anhui: Police Raid Extracurricular Christian School Run by House Church)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-08222012090858.html

家庭教会起诉抗议“文革”式罪名 (Sichuan House Church Files Charge against Authorities Protesting "Cultural Revolution-esque" Charge)
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16183446,00.html

XUAR

北京律师探望阿里木江遭狱方拒绝 (Prison Refuses Lawyer Visit with Alimujiang Yimiti)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-08222012090859.html

Corruption

China Prepares New Plan to Fight Graft That Threatens Its Image
Bloomberg News, August 22, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-22/china-prepares-new-plan-to-fight-graft-that-threatens-its-image

Labor

Hepatitis B Carrier Wins Discrimination Case
China Daily, August 22, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15694439.htm

Rural Issues

我国基尼系数逼近警戒线 (Income up for Famers in 2011, But Rural China Wealth Gap Toes the Gini Coefficient Warning Level)
The Beijing News, August 22, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/0822/10/89GMLBC900011SM9.html

Population

北京等6市将为外地户籍人员办出入境证件 (Six Cities to Issue Passports to Migrant Workers and Other Non-Residents Starting September)
Economic Observer, August 22, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/0822/232314.shtml

Protests and Petitions

“永州上访妈妈被劳教事件”再调查 (A New Investigation into Case of Mother Sent to Reeducation for Petitioning for Justice in Daughter's Rape Case)
China Woman, August 22, 2012
http://acwf.people.com.cn/n/2012/0822/c99060-18805886.html

Public Health

Children Suffer Lead Poisoning from Power Plant
Sina, August 22, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0822/498804.html

Tibet

四川阿坝卡西寺一僧人获刑七年 阿坝红原知名歌手被拘捕 (Ngawa, Sichuan: Monk Sentenced to 7 Years, Singer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ab-08212012112941.html

Civil Society

NGOs Get Boost from Shenzhen Register Reforms
China Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15690995.htm

Related:
探路民间社会组织“去行政化” (Shenzhen NGOs Going Official)
Southern Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/2012/nfrb_821/289657.html

Environment

Shanghai 'Most Vulnerable to Flood Risk'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19318973

Media

Foreign Journalists 'Intimidated' in China: Press Groups
Agence France-Presse, August 21, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/308673/foreign-journalists-intimidated-in-china-press-groups

Police

湖南邵阳聘千人替城管执法 罚款可提成80% (Shaoyang, Hunan: 1K People Hired to Enforce the Law in Place of Urban Management)
Xiaoxiang Morning Post, August 21, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a20/a18c7d.html

Poverty

Province in Ambitious Project to End Poverty
Shanghai Daily, August 21, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120821/u1a6799804.html

Related:
Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in China Jointly Express Extreme Concern over Abuse of Journalists
August 21, 2012
http://fcchk.org/article/foreign-correspondents-clubs-china-jointly-express-extreme-concern-over-abuse-journalists

Protests and Petitions

摩托罗拉中国被裁员工将集体维权
Motorola Employees Protest against Layoffs
Caixin, August 19, 2012
CH: http://companies.caixin.com/2012-08-19/100425744.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-08-20/100426272.html

Society

北京去年暂住人口减少60万 历史现首降 (Beijing Non-permanent Residents Down by 600K in 2011)
21st Century Business Herald, August 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2750492/1.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages
Voice of America, August 20, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/taiwan_struggles_to_save_indigenious_languages/1491428.html

Hong Kong

Evening Paper Relaunch 'to Back Beijing Loyalists'
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0edba81032f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law

人大常委会将首次审议环境保护法修正案草案等 (NPC Standing Committee to Deliberate on Draft Environmental Protection Law and Others at Upcoming Meeting)
Legal Daily, August 20, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-08/20/content_3780645.htm

Media

北京四大報 高層大風吹 (Wind of Changes Blows Down from High upon the Fourth Major Beijing Papers)
United Daily News, August 19, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/7305019.shtml

Related:
Publisher Demoted over Editorial Tone
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e64b8ff73f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

擬播艾未未片 京影展遭打壓 封場斷電 十八大前嚴控文藝活動 (Pressure on Cultural Activities before 18th Party Congress as Power Cut at Beijing Independent Film Fest, Stopping Screening of Ai Weiwei Documentary and Others)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2749216/1.html

Related:
Power Cut Halts
Global Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727851.shtml

浙江湖州一镇政府官员阻挠采访 记者被推进水塘 (Zhejiang Town Official Pushes Journalist into Reservoir while Impeding Reporting)
The Beijing News, August 19, 2012
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_08/19/16913566_0.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Government Quietly Supports Anti-Japanese Demonstrations
Want China Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120820000046

为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定？
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120819-为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定？  

State Security

警察也上访，变成 “维稳对象” (Even Police Become Target of Stability Maintenance Policy When They Petition)
Deutsche Welle, August 17, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16175186,00.html

Bilateral Ties

Pursuing Soft Power, China Puts Stamp on Africa's News
The New York Times, August 16, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/africa/chinas-news-media-make-inroads-in-africa.html

Hong Kong

香港观察：以公民教育取代国民教育 (HK Review: Replace National Education with Civic Education)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120814_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Mainland Activist Sent to Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d498b86ebf29310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Power Plant Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-08162012105241.html

胡春华高压，高玉莲被“释放”无自由 (Inner Mongolian Activist Gao Yulian "Released" Yet Remains under Watch)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16169834,00.html

Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers 'Mail Children' Back
China Daily, August 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/16/content_15681582.htm

Protests and Petitions

云南大理13名农民工子女替父母讨薪 最小仅5岁 (Yunnan: 13 Migrant Workers' Children as Young as 5yrs Protest for Parents' Back Wages)
Yunnan Online, August 16, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-16/112015169.html

西藏昌都专区芒康县1000藏民示威反对开矿 与警方发生冲突造成一人死亡 (Chamdo, Tibet: One Dies as 1K Tibetans Clash with Police during Mine Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-08162012160934.html

Bilateral Ties

Coordination Needed to Succeed in Diaoyu
Global Times, August 16, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727238.shtml

Hong Kong

梁：23条不应今届推 (CY Leung: Security Law Legislation Shouldn't Be Promoted This Session)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2745946/1.html

Law

深圳拟立法授权城管处罚不文明行为 (Shenzhen Draft Regs Authorize Urban Management Officers to Penalize Uncivilized Behavior)
China Youth Daily, August 15, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0815/11/88UO764E0001124J.html

Police

10名律师致信司法部与公安部建议调整劳教制度 (Lawyers Send Proposing Change in Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Beijing Times, August 15, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/15/c_112726033.htm

Related:
专家称劳教制度在部分地区成打击报复工具 (CASS Expert: Reeducation System Used in Some Places as a Tool of of Suppression and Retaliation)
The Beijing News, August 16, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0816/02/890EADFR00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions

Migrants Protest Unpaid Wages in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/wages-08152012150149.html

各地访民在京频频“被失踪” (Constant Reports of Petitioners across China "Going Missing" in Lead-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-08152012102545.html

Tibet

Tibetan Shot Dead in Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mine-08162012000425.html

Economic Development

Urban-rural Income Gap Gets Bigger: Report
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/14/c_131785215.htm

Related:
《中国城市发展报告（2012）》正式发布 (2012 Annual Report on Urban Development Released)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, August 14, 2012
http://www.ssap.com.cn/zw/220/18991.htm

Human Rights Defenders

调查人权状况访民被刑拘 侨民上访公安局内遭殴打 (Hunan: Petitioner Peng Lanlan Criminally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rq-08142012093126.html

Internet

安徽界首公安局爆炸纯属编造 造谣者已被拘留 (Anhui Man Detained for Spreading Rumors Online that 7 Police Died in Explosion)
Hefei Evening News, August 14, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20120814/001838.htm

Police

浙江武义：涉案者派出所内自缢 相关责任民警被停职 (Zhejiang: Officers Suspended after Suspect Found Hanged in Police Station Bathroom)
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/14/c_112722784.htm

Politics

China Planning More Women, Youth at Leadership-shift Conference
Bloomberg News, August 14, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-14/china-planning-more-women-youth-at-leadership-shift-conference.html

副中組部長﹕常委多少人 我也不知道 (CPC Organization Department Vice Head: Even I Don't Know How Many Members Will Be in the Politburo Standing Committee)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2745084/1.html

State Security

From China to Albania, via Guantanamo
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18631363

Tibet

Protest against Police Brutality
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/brutality-08142012152819.html

Food Safety

Pesticide in Wine 'No Risk to Health'
SINA, August 14, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0813/496216.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong to Evict Last Occupy Sit-in in Asia
Al Jazeera, August 13, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/201281361645531700.html

香港成内地残障儿童"收容所" (Hong Kong a "Hospice" for Handicapped Mainland Children)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16162802,00.html

香港仔巴汉申特区护照被拒 (HK-born Pakistani Refused Naturalization, Passport)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2744005/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

律师称湖南永州上访母亲不认可劳教撤销理由 (Lawyer: Mother Who Petitioned on Daughter’s Rape Case Does Not Approve of the Reason Given for Cancelling Her Order to Reeducation)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/dbb/40133c.html

Law

中国劳教制度：搬动桌子的代价 (The Cost of Changing the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120814-中国劳教制度：搬动桌子的代价

Media

China’s Boldest Media: Losing the Battle?
China Media Project, August 14, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/08/14/25926/

Related:
南方事变 (Change in the South)
iSun Affairs, August 9, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=10133

Politics

王立军案成都秘密开审 (Wang Lijun Secretly Tried in Chengdu)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2744071/1.html

Population

Family Planning Policy Violators Revealed
Global Times, August 14, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/726808.shtml

Related:
Shandong “Qingdao Evening News” Disclosed Information on Individual with “Illegal Birth”
ChinaAid, August 12, 2012
http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/08/shandong-qingdao-evening-news-disclosed.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Man Says 'Forced to Show Remorse' in China
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-man-says-forced-show-remorse-china-232635382.html

Tibet

Two Tibetans Burn in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolate-08132012134204.html

Human Rights Defenders

十八大前“黑五类律师”忧打压 (Worries of Suppression after Op-ed Published in People's Daily Naming Five Types of Activists, Including Lawyers, as US Infiltrators Meaning to Force "Change" in China)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/十八大前-黑五類律師-憂打壓-楊學林-為中國人維權-反被指代表西方-212039170.html

The op-ed:
中国真正的挑战是未来5-10年 (China's Real Challenge Is the Next 5-10 Years)
People's Daily, July 31, 2012
http://ccnews.people.com.cn/n/2012/0731/c141677-18636091.html

Media

鲍彤破禁 在炎黄春秋谈胡耀邦 (Article by Former High Aide under House Arrest Bao Tong Breaks through Ban and Is Published as Letter to the Editor in New Edition of Mainland Journal Yanhuang Chungqiu)
China News Agency, August 13, 2012
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20120813/7596957.html

合肥便衣阻采访 港记者遭围殴 (Anhui: Plainclothes Officer Prevent Media Coverage, HK Cameraman Beaten while Taking Photos of People Being Detained)
Ming Pao, August 11, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/合肥便衣阻採訪-港記者遭圍毆-212141861.html

Public Health

Chronic Diseases See Rapid Growth in China
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/11/content_15665839.htm

Society

中国调整保障性住房规模 (China Adjusts Scale of Public Housing Plan)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-08112012004658.html

Related:
Problems with Public Housing Push
The Economic Observer, August 10, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0810/231626.shtml

Taiwan

台法轮功信徒内地被拘获释 (Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Released, Returned to Taiwan after 55 Days in Detention)
Ming Pao, August 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2742556/1.html

XUAR

Xinjiang Sends 51,000 Students to Inland Schools
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/10/content_15664176.htm

Environment

Zhejiang Reservoir Bursts, 10 Killed
Shanghai Daily, August 10, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=508885