Environment

北京等74城市空气质量已可查 部分官网无法打开 (New Air Quality Standards for Beijing and 73 Other Cities Commence, Some Official Monitoring Pages Inaccessible)
The Beijing News, January 02, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0102/02/8K6A044F00014AED.html

Hong Kong

香港“倒梁”游行，抗议北京之手 (Hong Kongers March Calling for Chief Executive to Resign and Protesting Beijing's Involvement in HK)
Deutsche Welle, January 01, 2013
http://www.dw.de/香港倒梁游行抗议北京之手/a-16490803

愛港力量遊行本台採訪期間受襲 (Reporter with NOW TV Attacked while Covering Pro-establishment March)
NOW TV, December 30, 2012
http://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=55298

Related:
Hong Kong Pro-Government March Gets Caught for Hiring Protesters
BadCanto, January 02, 2013
http://badcanto.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/hong-kong-pro-government-march-gets-caught-for-hiring-protesters/

Human Rights Defenders

Police Break Up New Year Dinner
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dinner-01012013174422.html

Activists Visit Liu Xia
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-01012013110843.html

For the activist’s video from the visit, see:
2012年12月28日胡佳、徐友渔等网友架走保安，成功探访刘霞
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJumioueaAo

胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去 (Hu Jia: This Illegal Detention of Liu Xia Cannot Be Allowed to Continue)
Radio France Internationale, January 01, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130101-胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去

For a map and photos of Liu Xia's residential compound, see:
「行動施壓 還劉霞自由」 (Operation: Restore Liu Xia's Freedom)
Ming Pao, January 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130102/-9-2861766/1.html

Media

China Forces New York Times Reporter Chris Buckley to Leave Country
The Guardian, December 31, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/31/china-new-york-times-journalist

Society

The Disappeared
Foreign Policy, January 02, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/02/the_disappeared

Environment

“PX项目”群体过敏症 (Mass Hypersensitivity toward PX Projects)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1224/10/8JFUNIGT00011SM9.html

Education

Easing of College Exam Barriers Fails to Satisfy Migrant Parents
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1116179/easing-college-exam-barriers-fails-satisfy-migrant-parents

Related:
14省份出台异地高考方案 京沪粤门槛高 (Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong at Forefront as 14 Provinces and Cities Introduce Uni Exam Schemes for Migrants)
China News Service, December 31, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1231/00/8K0U55GD00014AEE.html

Government

“公知上书”遭禁，新政难启？ (Access to Intellectuals' "Proposal for a Consensus on Reform" Blocked – Poor Start for the New Gov't?)
Deutsche Welle, December 29, 2012
http://www.dw.de/公知上书遭禁新政难启/a-16487367

Related:
改革共识倡议书 (Proposal for a Consensus on Reform)
December 25, 2012
http://www.mingpaonews.com/download/ga20121227_1465.pdf

Internet

Real-name Rule for Internet Adopted
Shenzhen Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-12/31/content_7558910.htm

Related:
关于加强网络信息保护的决定
Decision to Strengthen the Protection of Online Information
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, December 28, 2012
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/28/c_114195221.htm
EN: http://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/national-peoples-congress-standing-committee-decision-concerning-strengthening-network-information-protection/

网络谣言泛滥 岂能袖手旁观 (How Can One Stand By while Inundated with Online Rumors?)
China Youth Daily, December 30, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/30/13125.html

Hukou

中国户籍制度改革的困局 (China's Household Registration Reform Dilemma)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121230-中国户籍制度改革的困局

Land Policy

征地补偿制度修法延期到明年 (Revised Compensation System for Land Requisitions Delayed to 2013)
Southern Weekly, December 31, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-12-31/xNNTc5XzU5NTExNA.html

Population

福建计生办被指私设黑监狱关押老幼 纪委正调查 (Fujian Family Planning Office Turned into Black Jail for Young and Old under Investigation)
Legal Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/report_supervise/content/2012-12/31/content_4101028.htm

Related:
Eight Punished for Holding Captives in E China
China Daily, December 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/31/content_16069900.htm

Society

China: Parents Can Sue Children for Neglect
The Associated Press, December 28, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-parents-can-sue-children-for-neglect-8432781.html

Related:
中华人民共和国老年人权益保障法 (Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly [Amended])
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, December 28, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2012-12/29/content_2301597.htm

Environment

China’s Boom Bangs Up Coral Reefs
Agence France-Presse, December 28, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/12/28/2003551195

Internet

网络非法删帖背后的生意经 (Business Logic behind Illegal Deletion of Online Posts)
China Youth Daily, December 24, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/1224/09/8JFU42BA00011SM9.html

Labor

深圳港资电子厂易手四千工人堵路维权 (Shenzhen: 4K Factory Workers Protest to Defend Their Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/shenzhen_labor-12272012100126.html

北京最低工資加11.1% (Beijing Minimum Wage to Increase 11.1%)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/北京最低工資加11-1-055324967.html

Land Policy

Land Reform: Home of Communist Revolution Flattens Hills to Expand
Want China Times, December 28, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121228000043&cid=1102&MainCatID=0

四川省发生两起强拆事件 (Two Forced Demolitions in Sichuan) Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-12272012143100.html

Migrant Workers

李克强九江调研：农民工变市民要解决住房问题 (Li Keqiang: Housing Issues Must Be Resolved for Migrant Workers to Become Urban Residents)
Caijing, December 28, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1228/07/8JQ0C2EP0001124J.html

Tibet

China Seizes TVs, Satellite Equipment in Tibetan Area
Reuters, December 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/27/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE8BQ02O20121227

Government

內地71學者聯署倡改革 (71 Mainland Intellectuals Issue Joint Appeal for Reform)
Ming Pao, December 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121227/-2-2857562/1.html

Related:
改革共识倡议书 (Proposal for a Consensus on Reform)
December 25, 2012
http://zhangqianfan.blog.caixin.com/archives/50779
http://www.mingpaonews.com/download/ga20121227_1465.pdf

Chinese Scholars Demand Communist Leaders Relax Their Grip
Bloomberg News, December 27, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-26/china-scholars-demand-ruling-party-relax-its-grip-on-government.html

Human Rights Defenders

Activist Sent Back to Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/labor-12242012182135.html

川震灾民李依乾被判刑五年 质疑控方证据将提上诉 (Quake Activist Li Yiqian Sentenced to 5 Years for "Disrupting Public Order" by Asking Where Funds to Rebuild following the 2008 Sichuan Quake Went)
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cz-12252012104257.html

拒認錯 旺陽戰友朱承志送檢察院 (Case of Zhu Chengzhi, Friend and Supporter of Activist Li Wangyang, Sent to Procuratorate, Now Awaiting Indictment)
Ming Pao, December 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121226/-2-2856850/1.html

Related:
朱承志——社会的良知！
Zhu Chengzhi as the Conscience of Society
Fan Yanqiong, June 20, 2012
CH: http://canyu.org/n52154c6.aspx
EN: http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/zhu-chengzhi-as-the-conscience-of-society/

Internet

全国人大常委会立法推网络实名制
Policymakers Float Tighter Internet Regulations
Caixin, December 25, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-24/100476192.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-25/100476735.html

Law

Courtroom Participants Forbidden to Broadcast Trials
Xinhua News Agency, December 25, 2012
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/12/25/2724s740126.htm

Related:
关于适用《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》的解释 (Judicial Interpretation on the Applicability of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China)
Supreme People's Court, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2012/12/id/807033.shtml

Police

公安部規定明年嚴禁刑訊逼供 避免冤錯案件 (Ministry of Public Security Regulations Prohibit Extortion of Confessions by Torture Beginning 2013)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121227/-9-2857819/1.html

Related:
公安机关办理刑事案件程序规定 (Regulations on the Procedures for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs)
Ministry of Public Security, December 13, 2012
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1282/n3493/n3823/n442421/3486957.html

Religion

Come to China During Christmas to Enjoy Religious Freedom!
Global Voices Online, December 27, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/12/27/come-to-china-during-christmas-to-enjoy-religious-freedom/

Related:
Clampdown on Memorials, Christians
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/clampdown-12262012130754.html

Environment

What Happened in China in 2012?
2012中国环境大事记
ChinaDialogue, December 20, 2012
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5530-What-happened-in-China-in-2-12-/en
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5530-What-happened-in-China-in-2-12-/ch

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Activist Arrested 6 Months after Hu Protest
Agence France-Presse, December 23, 2012
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1244221/1/.html

Human Rights Defenders

12異見人士獲美言論自由獎 (12 Dissidents and Activists amongst Awardees of American Free Speech Prize)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121222/-162-2854280/1.html

Internet

Great Firewall 'Upgrade' Hits China Internet Users
Agence France-Presse, December 21, 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/tech/15695445/great-firewall-upgrade-hits-china-internet-users/

Related:
Chinese Ambassador to UK Doesn't Understand What You Mean by Censorship
Shanghaiist, December 23, 2012
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/12/23/ambassador-liu-xiaoming-censorship.php

Law

涉黑美籍华人胡炜升今审判 (Chinese-American Vincent Wu to Be Tried Today on Various Criminal Charges)
Sing Pao, December 24, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/nd/201212/t20121224_409676.html

Related:
Chinese-American Faces Trial in China
The New York Times, December 22, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/world/asia/chinese-american-faces-trial-in-china-over-business-dispute.html

Protests and Petitions

京上訪村售習近平「通信錄」 訪民自製 6元一本 (Beijing Petitioning Village Sells Home-made "Address Book" for Leadership)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121222/-9-2854285/1.html

Religion

龚圣亮牧师狱中病危 家人呼吁释放 (Family Calls for Release of House Church Pastor Ill in Prison)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 23, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/12/121223_china_gongshengliang.shtml

Rural Issues

China Pledges Rural Reforms to Boost Incomes, Consumption
Bloomberg News, December 24, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-23/china-pledges-rural-reforms-to-boost-incomes-consumption.html

Taiwan

Ministry of Justice Lifts the Veil on Executions
Taipei Times, December 23, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/12/23/2003550811

Related:
廢死聯盟：死刑非萬靈丹 (Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty: the Death Penalty Is Not a Panacea)
United Daily News, December 21, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NATS1/7582691.shtml

Tibet

Torture Rampant at Chushur
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torture-12212012151636.html

Children

China’s Stolen Kids
Global Times, December 21, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/751473.shtml

Ethnic Minorities

Factoids: Endangered Tongues in the People’s Republic
Ethnic ChinaLit, December 20, 2012
http://www.bruce-humes.com/?p=7574

Related:
四成少数民族语言面临濒危 保护需多方努力 (40% Minority Languages Facing Immediate Danger)
Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2012/12-19/4421347.shtml

Hong Kong

香港法治正处于危急存亡之秋 (Rule of Law in Hong Kong in Critical Peril)
Radio France Internationale, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121220-香港法治正处于危急存亡之秋

Internet

新闻出版总署就网络出版服务管理办法征求意见 (GAPP Seeking Input on Management Rules for Online Publishing Services)
Legal Daily Online, December 19, 2012
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2012-12-20/18257907780.shtml

Related:
新闻出版总署立规强化网络出版监管
Draft Would Bar Firms with Foreign Links from Net Publishing
Caixin, December 20, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-20/100474834.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-20/100474987.html

新闻出版总署关于《网络出版服务管理办法》（修订征求意见稿）等规章公开征求意见的通知 (Notice of the General Administration of Press and Publication on Public Solicitation of Opinions on Measures for the Administration of Internet Publishing Services (Revised Draft) and Other Rules)
GAPP, December 18, 2012
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/cazjgg/201212/20121200379100.shtml

Migrant Workers

农民工家长为子女就学维权 (Migrant Worker Parents Fight for Their Children's Right to Education)
Radio France Internaitonale, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121220-农民工家长为子女就学维权

Taiwan

Judges Decide to Pass on Gay Marriage Case
Agence France-Presse, December 21, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129477&con_type=1

XUAR

Deported Uyghurs Jailed
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/malaysia-12202012181314.html

Related:
‘Deported Chinese Muslims at Grave Risk’
Free Malaysia Today, August 25, 2011
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2011/08/25/deported-chinese-muslims-at-grave-risk/

维族大学生申请护照被拒网上维权 (Uyghur Student Takes to the Web to Protect Her Rights after Application for Passport Was Denied)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_students-12192012102044.html

Education

13名律师致联名信关注“上海警方刑拘争取异地高考权学生家长”事件 (13 Lawyers Issue Open Letter to Shanghai Govt Calling for Shanghai to Relax Its Protectionist National Exam Policy and Honor Citizens' Basic Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-12192012155635.html

Hong Kong

Action against Officers over Li Policing
RTHK, December 20, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121220/news_20121220_56_890554.htm

Related:
就李克强副总理访港而衍生的投诉个案审查最终报告
Final Report on Complaint Cases Arising from the Visit by the Vice Premier Mr. LI Keqiang
Independent Police Complaints Council, December 19, 2012
CH: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/sc/reports_other.html
EN: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/en/reports_other.html

Labor

Boss Jailed for a Year for Refusing to Pay Workers
China Daily, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/20/content_16033783.htm

Population

Outcry over Blunders of China’s One-child Policy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1108203/outcry-over-blunders-chinas-one-child-policy

Related:
官员：坚持计划生育不动摇 (Official: No Move on Basis of National Family Planning Policy)
Australia Daily, December 19, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20121219/18154075732.html

Prisons

病死劳教所，才能引起重视？ (Does Concern Only Come after Someone Dies in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 20, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/20/10711.html

Taiwan

執行死刑 陳守煌：明年2月前有可能 (Deputy Justice Minister: Next Execution May Occur before February 2013)
Radio Taiwan International, December 19, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=395740

XUAR

Farmers Pressed Into Road Work
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/roads-12192012174757.html

Environment

PM2.5 Air Pollutants Causing More Deaths than Estimated, Study Says
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1107751/pm25-air-pollutants-causing-more-deaths-estimated-study-says

Human Rights Defenders

贵州研讨会成员仍被限制 冯正虎吁网民借款声援 (Guizhou Human Rights Symposium Members Still under Watch after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-12182012110508.html

Related:
当局十八大前清场 贵州异议人士遭严密监控
Guizhou Dissidents under Strict Watch as Authorities Clean Up for Party Congress
Human Rights in China, August 7, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6241
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6240

Labor

深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费 (Shenzhen Workers Jump from Building in Protest of Unpaid Overtime)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费/a-16462766

Media

调查称中国年轻人对微博信任超官媒 (Report: Chinese Youths Put More Trust in Microblogs than Official Media)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/12/121218_media_trust.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Protesters Sent to Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hainan-12182012124703.html

社科院以「黄之锋」「反国教」为例 倡争取网络舆论阵地 (In New Blue Book, CASS Cites Anti-National Education Movement as Example in Calling for Gov't to Use Internet to Observe Public Opinion and Mitigate Confrontations and Maintain Society)
Sing Pao, December 19, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/nd/201212/t20121219_408741.html

Related:
Experts Warn against Social Conflicts in China
Xinhua News Agency, December 18, 2012
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2012-12/18/content_27452428.htm

Religion

China Detains 500-plus People for Doomsday Rumors
The Associated Press, December 19, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-detains-500-plus-people-doomsday-rumors-123354235.html

Taiwan

President Repeats Call for Chinese Activist to Be Released
Central News Agency, December 18, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201212180040

Economic Development

Web Campaign Shows Chinese Riches Don't Trickle Down to Shabby Villages
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1107345/web-campaign-shows-chinese-riches-dont-trickle-down-shabby-villages

Hong Kong

More Sex Workers Report Abuse by Police, Survey Finds
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107100/more-sex-workers-report-being-abused-police

Related:
香港性工作者反抗“食霸王餐”情形增加 (HK Sex Workers Protest Increase of Refusals to Pay for Services)
China News Service, December 18, 2012
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2012/12/18/5311s3962738.htm

Human Rights Defenders

陈克贵疑受压不上诉 (Chen Kegui Suspended of Being Pressured to Not Appeal Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_nephew-12172012110334.html

Law

Opposition to Labor Camps Widens in China
The New York Times, December 14, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world/asia/opposition-to-labor-camps-widens-in-china.html

3名重庆市民获撤销劳教决定 (Chongqing: Three Reeducation-Through-Labor Decisions Rescinded)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_camp-12172012104711.html

Media

名导谢飞「公开信」痛批影审 (Noted Director Xie Fei Issues Open Letter Criticizing Film Censorship)
Sing Pao, December 18, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/sh/lyt/201212/t20121218_408498.html

Prisons

China Permits Prisoners in Beijing Jails to Order Food Online
Press Trust of India, December 13, 2012
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/china-permits-prisoners-in-beijing-jails-to-order-food-online/310220-2.html

Protests and Petitions

Shifted by Officials
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750633.shtml

Tibet

七成援藏项目运转困难 学者吁援助应尊重民族文化
Aid Programs in Tibet Lack Efficiency, Says Scholar
Caixin, December 18, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-16/100473094.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-18/100473750.html

Bilateral Ties

Beijing to Sponsor African Journalists to Cover China
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750546.shtml

China Pledges Steady Development of Confucius Institutes
Xinhua News Agency, December 16, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/1216/538421.html

Economic Development

媒體稱收入分配改革方案再度延期 (Media: Income Distribution Reform Scheme Again Delayed)
Sina, December 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121217/-9-2850187/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Luo Diandian Campaigns for Death with Dignity
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1106499/luo-diandian-campaigns-death-dignity

陈平福获撤销“颠覆”控罪 (Procuratorate Withdraws Subversion Indictment against Chen Pingfu)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_lanzhou-12142012100221.html

Related:
Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6291

Internet

Social Media Remains Tool of Communist Party: Author
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1106969/social-media-remains-tool-communist-party-author

Law

揭秘北京“黑监狱”
Court Cases Raise Hopes Gov't Will Clean Up Black Jails
Caixin, December 14, 2012
CH: http://magazine.caixin.com/2012-12-07/100469867.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-14/100472895.html

Protests and Petitions

Police Detain Mother over Subway Safety Petition
Global Times, December 17, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/750549.shtml

Related:
为儿征签马跃妈妈在北京地铁被警察带走 (Ma Yue Mama Detained by Police in Beijing Subway)
China Gaze, December 15, 2012
http://www.secretchina.com/news/12/12/15/478690.html

大学生地铁坠亡调查:受害人可能遭到高压电击 (Investigation into Student’s Death after Falling into Subway Path: May Have Been Electrocuted)
Life Week, December 23, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2011-12-23/184723684574.shtml

Public Health

河南将艾滋病患者生活定量补助标准提高9倍 (Fixed Living Subsidy for HIV/AIDS Patients in Henan to Increase 9-fold)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1217/11/8IU3R7J300014JB5.html

Religion

5省市近日共拘留52名“世界末日”宣扬者 (52 Detained in Recent Days for Propagating the Apocalypse)
Xinhua News Agency, December 17, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1217/11/8IU36V4J00011229.html

Tibet

Tibetans Drown in Escape Attempt
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/drown-12142012144620.html

Hong Kong

Action Call over Kids of Migrants Living in Poverty
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129299&con_type=1

Jackie Chan Suggests Hong Kong Curb Rights
The Associated Press, December 13, 2012
http://world.time.com/2012/12/13/jackie-chan-suggests-hong-kong-curb-rights/

促終院提釋法息居港權爭議 學者指做法開壞先例 袁國強否認帶來法治風暴 (Controversy over HK Right of Abode Appeal to Beijing: Scholars Say It Creates a Bad Precedent, Secretary for Justice Yuen Denies It Will Produce a Crisis over Rule of Law)
am730, December 14, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=134693&d=1921

Related:
'Ask Beijing' Call Dismays Lawyers
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129302&con_type=3

Human Rights Defenders

US Lawmakers, Chinese Friends Seek Liu Xiaobo Release
Agence France-Presse, December 14, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/325926/us-lawmakers-chinese-friends-seek-liu-xiaobo-release

警察也喊冤 媒体不敢报 (No Media Reports on "First Press Conference of Aggrieved Police Officers from Across China" Held This Week in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xl-12132012150018.html

Related:
全国蒙冤警察在京召开了第一次新闻发布会 (Aggrieved Police Officers from across China Hold Their First Press Conference in Beijing)
December 11, 2012
http://youtu.be/AarTXzzprfw

Labor

律师称明年部分节假日安排被指涉嫌违反劳动法 (Lawyer: Part of 2013's Holiday Schedule May Be in Violation of Labor Law)
Legal Daily, December 14, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-12/14/content_4053189.htm

Law

Courts Need to Be More Open to Public
China Daily, December 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/14/content_16016393.htm

Poverty

郑州半月两名露宿者死亡 公众质疑政府无为救助 (Zhengzhou, Henan: Two Migrant Workers Die Sleeping under Overpass in Half a Month, Public Questions Why Gov't Didn't Assist)
Xinhua News Agency, December 14, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2012/12-14/4408555.shtml

Bilateral Ties

The Hague's Law Office in Hong Kong a 'Gift' from China
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1103954/hagues-law-office-hong-kong-gift-china

Environment

China’s Ecological Footprint Unsustainable, Says WWF
Global Times, December 13, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/749899.shtml

Related:
China Needs Innovative Solutions to Reduce Footprint - 2012 China Ecological Footprint Report
World Wildlife Fund, December 12, 2012
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?207011/China-needs-innovative-solutions-to-reduce-footprint---2012-China-Ecological-Footprint-Report

Malaysia Seizes 1,500 Elephant Tusks Headed for China
The Guardian, December 12, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/12/malaysia-seizes-elephant-tusks

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Plans First Increase to Minimum Wage as Costs Rise
Bloomberg News, December 13, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-12/hong-kong-to-increase-minimum-wage-by-7-1-as-inflation-bites.html

Human Rights Defenders

秦永敏被拘44天后获释回家 (Qin Yongmin Released to Return Home after Being Held since Late October)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qym-12122012113210.html

Labor

湖北仙桃某中学4月不发工资老师罢教 (Teachers at Hubei School Strike after 4 Months without Wages)
People's Daily Online, December 12, 2012
http://hb.people.com.cn/GB/n/2012/1212/c194083-17852963.html

Land Policy

南通：拆迁公司带人半夜砍伤拆迁户一家四口 (Nantong, Jiangsu: Demolition Company Stages Violent Eviction of Family of Four in Middle of the Night)
Modern Express, December 13, 2012
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20121213/1487110.html

Protests and Petitions

上京申诉被打数百村民围政府楼抗议 (Hundreds of Chengdu Villagers Beaten by Petitioner "Retrievers" in Beijing Surround Town Government in Protest)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/villagers_petition-12122012100036.html

Tibet

二十七位自焚藏人的遺囑 (Testament of 27 Tibetan Self-immolators)
iSun Affairs, Decemer 13, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=12021

Death Penalty

China Sentences Three Uighur Men to Death over Alleged Plane Hijack
The Associated Press, December 11, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/11/china-sentences-uighurs-death-plane

Hong Kong

黎棟國強調審批中國國籍申請一視同仁 (Secretary for Security Lai: No Discrimination in Reviewing Citizenship Applications)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 12, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/黎棟國強調審批中國國籍申請-視同仁-043400113.html

Media

刘奇葆：中央新闻单位要带头改文风 展现新气象 (CPC Propaganda Chief Liu Qibao to Central News Agencies: Change Your Writing Style)
Xinhua News Agency, December 11, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/11/c_113991537.htm

中国是监禁记者最多的国家之一 (China Takes No. 1 Spot in Imprisoning Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-12112012154459.html

Politics

英文版《墓碑》面世 作者：政改還望十九大 (As English Edition of Tombstone Sees Light of Day, Author Yang Jisheng Says We'll Have to Wait Until 19th Party Congress for Political Reform)
Ming Pao, December 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121212/-9-2844995/1.html

For a review of Tombstone, see:
毛时代罪孽的历史存照
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/4017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Protests and Petitions

Sister Speaks Out after Henan Petitioner Beaten to Death by Black Guards
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1103600/sister-speaks-out-after-henan-petitioner-beaten-death-black-guards

Religion

China Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin Stripped of Title
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20681096

Tibet

Teen Girl Becomes 8th Tibetan Child to Self-immolate to Protest Chinese Rule: Activists
The Associated Press, December 10, 2012
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Teen+girl+becomes+Tibetan+child+self+immolate+protest/7679044/story.html

Education

大学教师讲“敏感”话题 被停课又被送精神病院 (Hangzhou: China Jilin University Professor Talks about Sensitive Topics in Class; Classes Suspended, Prof Sent to Mental Institution)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-12102012122912.html

Human Rights Defenders

Dissident Barred from Leaving Home on Human Rights Day
The Standard, December 11, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129150&con_type=1

世界人權日 京訪民湧聯國機構申冤 (Beijing Petitioners Appeal to UN Office on International Human Rights Day)
Ming Pao, December 11, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121211/-9-2844316/1.html

请莫言带把空椅子转给刘晓波 (Germany-based Artist Meng Huang Sends Mo Yan an Empty Chair to Bring Back to China for Liu Xiaobo)
Deutsche Welle, December 10, 2012
http://www.dw.de/请莫言带把空椅子转给刘晓波/a-16442369

Internet

新华社上推特开账户 (Xinhua News Agency Runs Official Account on Twitter, Service Unavailable in Mainland China)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 11, 2012
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2012-12/11/content_1770859.htm

Related:
立场、深度与可传播性的统一--新华社两会对外报道试水新媒体 (Unified in Position, Depth, and Dissemination: Xinhua's Reports to the International Audience in New Media during the NPC/CPPCC Sessions)
China Reporter, April 10, 2012
http://media.people.com.cn/GB/40628/17618469.html

North Korea

North Koreans Get Glimpse into Another Way of Life with Illegal Forays into China
The Guardian, December 10, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/10/north-korean-refugees-china

Protests and Petitions

约辩异地中高考女孩遇困境 父亲被拘禁房东逼退房 (Shanghai: Student Fighting to Take the Uni Entrance Exam in Location of Effective, But Unregistered, Residency in Further Troubles as Father Is Detained and Landlord Is Coerced to Evict Their Family)
Rednet, December 11, 2012
http://china.rednet.cn/c/2012/12/11/2842903.htm

Related:
非沪籍女孩无法参加上海中考 辍学争取异地高考 (Shanghai: 15-yo Student Forced to Study at Home Due to Lack of Residency, Challenges Authorities for Right to Take Uni Entrance Exam in Shanghai)
The Beijing Times, December 3, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1203/03/8HP4JLS400014AED.html

Tibet

數千人紐約示威促西藏獨立 (Thousands Demonstrate outside UN NY Headquarters Calling for Tibetan Independence)
Sin Chew Daily, December 11, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/news/int/sinchewdaily/20121210/17444042813.html

Economic Development

China Survey Shows Wealth Gap Soaring as Xi Pledges Help
Bloomberg News, December 9, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-09/china-s-wealth-gap-soars-as-xi-pledges-to-narrow-income-divide.html