Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

当“导演”遇上 “戏霸”薄熙来 (Trial of Bo Xilai: When "actor" outmatches "director")
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2013
http://bit.ly/1769wpd

See portion of court transcript posted on Weibo:
Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, August 22, 2013
http://e.weibo.com/3708524475/A5W1AyoRX

首日公审结束 薄熙来否认全部受贿指控 (Bo refutes all charges of bribery on first day of trial)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130822_bo_first_day_concludes.shtml

See portion of court transcript posted on Weibo:
Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, August 22, 2013
http://bit.ly/1d5vnSK

China boss’s fall puts focus on business ally
商人徐明覆灭突显中国政商关系
New York Times, August 22, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130822_bo_first_day_concludes.shtml

China touts “open” Bo Xilai trial but tight media control remains
The Guardian, August 21, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/china-open-bo-xilai-trial

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

温州黑作坊"化妆""整容"霉变熟食 (Wenzhou "black food producer" repackages and sells spoiled, expired food)
Xinhua, August 22, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0822/c70731-22659172.html

Corruption (腐败)

北京77部门公布三公决算 近3成超支 (30% of 77 Beijing gov't bureaus over-spent on trips abroad, vehicles, and hospitality)
Legal Evening News, August 22, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-22/152328020064.shtml

China puts corporate sleuths on notice
The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323980604579026422735845320.html?mod=rss_about_china

Health (健康)

New H7N7 bird flu strain discovered that could pose threat to humans
The Guardian, August 21, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/new-h7n7-bird-flu-strain-discovered-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Seeking suffrage, Hong Kong activists plan "Occupy" movement
The New York Times, August 21, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/world/asia/Seeking-Suffrage-Hong-Kong-Activists-Plan-Occupy-Movement.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Information Control (信息控制)

媒体称网络大V纷纷删帖 与秦火火撇清关系 (Media reports "VIP" Weibo users one after another delete posts related to Qin Huohuo)
Qianjiang Evening News, August 22, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0822/c1001-22652258.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

2013人权蓝皮书发布 首推人权观念调查 (Beijing issues 2013 Human Rights Development Report)
China News Service, August 22, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-22/154128020409.shtml

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) , 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

When it's made in China and born in America
赴美生二胎
Economic Observer, August 21, 2013
CH:http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0821/248743.shtml
EN:http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/when-it-039-s-made-in-china-and-born-in-america/one-child-policy-china-u.s.-finding-mr.-right/c3s13155/

Society (社会)

Call me obsessive (visual report)
News China, September 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/call-me-obsessive

Opinion (观点)

Leaders of China's cities should show more tolerance
Caixin, August 22, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-08-22/100572921.html

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

At Bo Xilai Trial, a goal to blast acts, not ideas
北京整肃薄熙来，但不想伤及左派
The New York Times, August 21, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130821/c21leftists/dual/

挺薄和反薄人士在济南法院门前举行抗议活动 (Supporters and opponents of Bo Xilai protest in front of Jinan court)
Deutsche Welle, August 21, 2013
http://bit.ly/19xihsD

Bo Xilai supporters demonstrate in Shandong on eve of trial
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2013 Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298333/bo-xilai-supporters-demonstrate-shandong-eve-trial

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

食药监总局：非法售药网站一律列入黑名单 (Food and Drug Administration: websites illegally selling drugs will be blacklisted)
China News Service, August 20, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-20/130027998423.shtml

宁波轨道交通1号线垮塌 所有高架工程停工检查 (Ningbo Rail line collapses, all elevated transit construction stopped for inspection)
Qiangjiang Evening News, August 20, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-20/121827998082.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Graft breeds graft
News China, August 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/graft-breeds-graft

Health (健康)

中国精神病人：有人被锁12年每天蹲在铁笼里 (Mental patient has squatted in iron cage for 12 years)
Xinhua-Oriental Outlook, August 19, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-19/113227987961.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权人士郭飞雄涉煽颠 代表律师被拒会见 (Guo Feixiong's lawyer is rejected meeting with him due to Guo's involvement in inciting subversion of state power)
Voice of America, August 21, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guo-feixiong-20130821/1733786.html

陈光诚长兄上海探访朋友 遭二十警带走强行遣返临沂 (Chen Guangcheng’s elder brother forcibly sent back to Linyi after visiting supporters in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08202013101525.html

Related:
Chen Guangfu forced to return home from Shanghai visit
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chen-08202013104049.html

Information Control (信息控制)

梦鸽将向警方申请 查“秦火火谣言幕后真凶” (Authorities asked to investigate "real murder behind Qin Huohuo’s rumors")
Beijing News, August 21, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/21/279611.html

Related Twitter post
艾未未 Ai Weiwei@aiww, August 21, 2013
秦火火的言论无论如何离谱，也仅仅是属于个人传递的言论信息，并不比李白的文字夸张。人民日报，央视，新华社，环球，政权宣传系统的存在使命既(即)为蓄意伪造事实，扭曲真相，给人民洗脑。(However outrageous Qin Huohuo’s remarks are, they are just the expression and information transmitted by an individual. They are no more exaggerated than [poet] Li Bai’s words. The raison d’etre of the regime’s propaganda machine—People’s Daily, CCTV, Xinhua, Global Times—is the deliberate falsification of facts, distortion of truth, and brainwashing of the people.)
https://twitter.com/aiww/status/370113206305308672

山西百人因网络违法被查处 多人因网上造谣被拘 (Hundreds investigated for "violations" online, many criminally detained for spreading rumors)
China News Service, August 21, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130821/u1a7609020.html

王建琦：网上“寻衅滋事”罪是突破 (Crime of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" online is a breakthrough)
Legal Evening News, August 21, 2013
http://www.fawan.com.cn/html/2013-08/21/content_450850.htm

Beijing police detain online "rumour-mongers" in veiled warning to liberal opinion leaders
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1298276/beijing-police-detain-online-commentators-crackdown-rumours/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China's political debate heats up
Voice of America, August 21, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-political-debate-heats-up/1733805.html

Society (社会)

70多岁老人两次摔倒 市民担心被讹不敢扶 (70-year-old elder falls down twice, no one dares help)
Sichuan News, August 20, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-08-20/110027997502.shtml

Opinion (观点)

许志永的中国梦
Misrule of Law
The New York Times, August 21, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130821/c21hua/dual/

英媒：中国式“舆情挖掘”难以化解危机 (Chinese style "opinion mining” won't solve the crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130821_press_china_online_monitors.shtml

石述思：打击网络谣言，要保证就事论事 (The crackdown on Internet rumors must be protected to ensure cases are tried on facts)
Global Times, August 21, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-08/4270476.html

人民论坛杂志：宪法政治开万世太平之路 (Constitutional politics opens way for eternal peace)
People’s Forum Magazine, August 21, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-21/170828010627.shtml

Updated （更新）

Information Control (信息控制)

北京查处一网络推手公司 抓获“秦火火”“立二拆四” （Beijing cracks down on web company for spreading rumors, four employees taken away）
Xinhua, August 21, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_08/21/28831466_0.shtml

Related Twitter post:
Beifeng 北风（温云超, Yunchao Wen）, August 21, 2013
我8月2日发的推：(Retweeted from August 2, 2013) https://twitter.com/wenyunchao/status/363181267174838272 … 。RT @wenyunchao: 当局要整肃网络，对大V和有影响力草根一起下手不奇怪，目标对准炒作成性且颇不被自由派受落的秦火火也顺理成章，但应看到当局的目标是压缩民众的言论空间，而不是为了所谓的网络虚假信息。(It is not strange that "VIP" Weibo Users and influential grassroots leaders are both being targeted as the authorities try to clean-up the Internet. Although it is reasonable that Qin Huohuo, who has been a habitual rumor spreader and is not favored by liberals, has been targeted, but we should realize that the authorities’ real goal is to suppress space for public opinion, rather than to crackdown on so-called false cyber information.)
https://twitter.com/wenyunchao/status/369866932360462336

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

Despite Bo's trial in China, no redress for victims of his crackdown
Reuters, August 20, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-china-politics-bo-parttwo-idUSBRE97J0C720130820?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

薄瓜瓜：父亲应有机会回应、辩护 (Bo Guagua: My father should have opportunity to respond and defend himself)
Deutsche Welle, August 20, 2013
http://bit.ly/19vlid4

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

China monitors online chatter as users threaten state hold on the internet
The Guardian, August 20, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/china-internet-listening-citizens-views

Corruption (腐败)

贪污、挪用公款 内蒙古乾坤公司原董事长被判死刑 (Inner Mongolian enterprise chairman sentenced to death for corruption and embezzlement)
The People’s Daily, August 20, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0820/c1001-22621268.html

Cyber Security （网络安全）

Cyber attack? What cyber attack?
USA Today, August 19, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2013/08/19/china-cyber-attack-pentagon/2671579/

Disasters （灾难）

东北洪涝灾害已致85人死亡 习近平李克强指示 (85 dead from flooding in Northeast China)
China News Service, August 20, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/20/279414.html

Education （教育）

China's new college graduates struggle to put their skills to work
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2013
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-unemployment-20130818,0,3605693.story

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

维权人士郭飞雄妻子向习近平发出公开信 (Wife of rights defender Guo Feixiong issues open letter to Xi Jinping)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 20, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130819_guofeixiong_wife_open_letter.shtml

See English translation of open letter:
Open letter from Guo Feixiong’s wife Zhang Qing to Xi Jinping
China Media Project, August 20, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/08/20/33877/

Veteran Chinese rights lawyer held on public order charges
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-08192013110014.html

For more information on Guo Feixiong:
Guangzhou activist Guo Feixiong criminally detained
广东维权人士郭飞雄被刑事拘留
Human Rights in China, August 19, 2013
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6882
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6883

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

U.S. and China to expand military exchanges despite cybersecurity and territory rows
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298001/us-and-china-expand-military-exchanges-despite-cybersecurity-and

Open Government Information (信息公开 )

调查显示：83%民众认为官员信息公开不力应被追责 (83% of survey participants think officials should be accountable for inadequate levels of open government information)
China Youth Daily, August 20, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0820/c1001-22622392.html

Political and Economic Reform （政治经济改革）

China’s new leadership takes hard line in secret memo
中央秘密文件谴责宪政与人权
New York Times, August 20, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130820/c20document/dual/

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

维权律师联署取缔黑监狱并追究犯罪者 (Ten rights defense lawyers sign joint statement to ban black jails and hold perpetrators accountable)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-08192013110843.html

Tibet (西藏)

Chinese security forces crack down on Tibetan mine protesters
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-08192013110014.html

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

For Chinese politician, few doubts on guilty verdict
薄熙来周四济南受审，中共慎重安排
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130819/c19bo/dual/

王雪梅退出法医学会继续引发热议 (Wang Xuemei, who questioned Gu Kailai’s conviction, quits as vice president of Chinese Forensic Medicine Association)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 19, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130819_webusers_talking_wangxuemei.shtml

Related:
China: Wang Xuemei, forensic scientist in Neil Heywood murder case, quits
The Guardian, August 19, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/wang-xuemei-neil-heywood-gu-kailai-quits

Bo Xilai's wife expected to testify against him
华尔街日报：谷开来将出庭指证薄熙来
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2013 British Broadcasting Corporation, August 18, 2013
EN: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579016803531203952.html
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130818_gu_bo_wsj.shtml

Related:
Wife of China's Bo would only testify to protect son: sources
The Reuters, August 19, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE97I06X20130819

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

舆情蓝皮书：2012年食品安全事件的解决程度较高 (Blue paper: higher rate of solved food safety incidents in 2012)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c99014-22615333.html

Health 健康

全国被锁精神病人或超百万 收治资源严重不足 (China’s more than one million mental patients seriously lack resources)
JWB.com, August 19, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0819/11/96KVGKVA00011229.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Prominent Advocate Held in Southern China
中国维权人士郭飞雄失踪数日后被证实刑拘
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130819/c19detain/dual/

Related:
环球时报评维权者被刑拘：他们陶醉与当局对抗 (Global Times’ opinion piece: detained rights defenders enjoy confrontation with authorities)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c1001-22608773.html

ICT (信息和通信技术)

国务院印发“宽带中国”战略及实施方案的通知 (State Council issues notice on the Strategy and Implementation Plan of "Broadband China")
Xinhua, August 17, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0817/c1001-22600744.html

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

Baidu Deal May Reduce App Piracy in China
百度收购91无线或有助于遏制移动应用盗版
New York Times, August 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130819/c19apps/dual/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

首届中国政治学30人圆桌会议举行 (30 participate in China's first Political Science Roundtable)
The People’s Daily, August 19, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0819/c1001-22613560.html

Climbing trees to catch fish
The Economist, August 19, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21583697-curious-and-fro-about-chinas-constitution-bodes-ill-political-reform-climbing-trees

China's leader embraces Mao as he tightens grip on country
The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579014960827162856.html?mod=rss_about_china

Population (人口)

China's one-child policy's human cost fuels calls for reform
The Guardian, August 19, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/china-one-child-policy-calls-reform

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

China removes top judge in Bo Xilai-linked case
Agence France-Presse, August 15, 2013
http://bit.ly/14eOf8n

The Princeling of Manhattan
Foreign Policy, August 13, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/13/the_princeling_of_manhattan_bo_guagua?page=0,1

Corruption (腐败)

羊城晚报:上海高院崔亚东“后院起火” (Acting President of Shanghai High Court faces corruption claims by 70 former subordinates)
Yangcheng Evening News, August 16, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/08/201308161435.shtml#.Ug5AkdKsgyo

Related Twitter post:
X_Y ‏@XBB_S 42m, August 16, 2013
页面被删了，看来十有八九属实～ RT @freemoren: 因“敌对势力”言论引起哗然的上海高院代院长崔亚东，被贵州省公安厅70名下属实名举报：包括对开发商重大利益输送、建成面积1442平空中别墅、每年偷拿6吨茅台酒等 (Since the article has been deleted, it seems almost certain to be true ~ RT @ freemoren: Cui Yadong, the acting president of Shanghai High People's Court, whose remarks of "hostile forces" caused uproar, faces corruption claims by 70 former subordinates of the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Department, whom all used their real names. Allegations include: transferring benefits to major developers, building a 1442 square meter air-villa, and stealing six tons Chinese liquor every year, etc.)
https://twitter.com/XBB_S/status/368381502691610624

["Acting President of Shanghai High People's Court" is now blocked on Weibo]

英媒：专供中国法官的特价商品网站 (UK media: "Discount Products" website only available to China’s judges)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/08/130816_press_china_courtweb.shtml

Cyber security (网络安全)

China to probe IBM, Oracle, EMC for security concerns - paper
Reuters, August 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/16/us-china-ioe-idUSBRE97F02720130816

Disasters (灾难)

全国9577万亩耕地受旱 长江中下游等地旱情加剧 (1577 acres of farmland in China affected by drought, areas along Yangtze River most severe)
Guangming Daily, August 16, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130816/u1a7597471.html

江西受旱人口增至612万 180万人饮水困难 (Those affected by drought increases to 6.12 million in Jiangxi, access to drinking water difficult for 1.8 million people)
China Broadcasting Service, August 16, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130816/u1a7598027.html

Education (教育)

暑假成中国中小学生“第三学期” (Summer break becomes "third semester" for elementary and high school students in China)
China News Service, August 16, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/16/278821.html

Environment (环境)

China court rejects oil spill lawsuit
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130814/china-court-rejects-oil-spill-lawsuit

Health (健康)

Violence against doctors on the rise in China
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/16/violence-against-doctors-on-the-rise-in-china/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

法院终审维持对刘晓波妻弟11年原判 (Court upholds 11-year prison sentence of Liu Xiaobo’s brother-in-law)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/14kcRfY

Related:
China rejects appeal by Nobel laureate's brother-in-law
Reuters, August 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/16/us-china-rights-idUSBRE97F02Y20130816

Information Control (信息控制)

两头不讨好的“七条底线” (New government guidelines for celebrity microbloggers draw skepticism, ridicule)
Deutsche Welle, August 15, 2013
http://bit.ly/14Bz3RX

June Fourth (六四)

北京演唱会上，“坦克人”一闪而过
Amid tribute to King of Pop, an echo of Tiananmen Square
New York Times, August 16, 2013
CN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130816/c16cirque/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/world/asia/amid-tribute-to-king-of-pop-an-echo-of-tiananmen-square.html

See related Weibo post (now removed):
郑维, August 16, 2013
听说〝太阳剧团〞上周五在北京五棵松万事达剧场演出《迈克尔．杰克逊不朽传奇》轻歌剧，舞台上的布景由3幅大银幕组成，银幕上显示〝坦克男〞照片。照片在荧幕上显示了4秒，观众席一片死寂。我和我的小伙伴们都惊呆了。(I’ve heard that during Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson, the Immortal” performance at Beijing Wukesong MasterCard Center, there was a short, 4-second display of the “Tank Man” picture on all of the three big screens, leaving the entire audience in a shocked silence. I’m flabbergasted!)
http://weibo.com/1829464883/A5324g6pl

朱镕基新书：“八九民运”时拒绝军队进上海 (New book: former premier Zhu Rongji refused to let military forces enter Shanghai during pro-democracy movement in 1989)
Deutsche Welle, August 14, 2013
http://bit.ly/14xxqVz

Related:
Blasts from the past
The Economist, August 16, 2013
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/08/chinese-politics

Of politics, publishing and pushback in Beijing
Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/16/of-politics-publishing-and-pushback-in-beijing/

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China's rural land sale law hurting farmers
Channel News Asia, August 15, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-rural-land-sale/777664.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国学者：中国集体领导制度优于美国总统制 (Chinese scholar: China’s collective leadership is superior to U.S. presidential system)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130815_china_scholar_political_system.shtml

Rule of Law (法治)

China's push to reform its maligned court system met with skepticism
CNN, August 15, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/world/asia/china-judicial-system

Opinion (观点)

Where is China's Gorbachev?
The Atlantic, August 14, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/08/where-is-chinas-gorbachev/278605/

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

“Many Chinese scientists are more opposed to animal protection than the general public.”
NewChina, September 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/many-chinese-scientists-are-more-opposed-to-animal-protection-than-the-gene

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

维基百科拒绝配合北京审查 中文管理员被限制出境 (Wikipedia refuses to accept China’s censorship, Chinese administrator blocked from leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy2-08142013133940.html

Corruption (腐败)

青岛原政法委副书记王延球因贪腐一审获刑15年 (Former vice secretary of political and legal commission in Qingdao sentenced to 15-years for corruption)
21st Century Business Herald, August 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0815/02/969MQK810001124J.html

浙江金华原副市长受贿1580万案一审开庭 (Former vice mayor of Jinhua, Zhejiang on trial for taking RMB 15.8 million in bribes)
JCRB.com, August 15, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-15/181627959522.shtml

全国绿化办官员敛财千万 主动索贿用于购房 (Top official of National Green Office solicits RMB ten million in bribes to purchase property)
China News Service, August 15, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201308/15/53868_32069473.htm

Disasters (灾难)

中国南方持续晴热少雨旱情加剧 924万人饮水困难 (Drought in southern China makes access to drinking water difficult for nearly ten million people)
China News Service, August 15, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-08/4246488.html

Health (健康)

China to stop using organs from executed prisoners in transplants
The Guardian, August 15, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/china-organs-prisoners-transplants

中国疾控中心：H7N9禽流感己确诊135例45人死亡 (China’s Disease Control Center: total of 135 H7N9 cases, 45 deaths)
Xinhua, August 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0815/11/96AJ4T2C0001124J.html

Related:
香港食卫局长高永文：H7N9病毒或通过粪便传播 (Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health: H7N9 being spread through feces)
China News Service, August 15, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-08/4246601.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Thugs are taking over the debate for democracy
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1296452/thugs-are-taking-over-debate-democracy

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权人士刘家财被以煽动颠覆罪刑拘 (Rights defender Liu Jiacai criminally detained on charge of inciting subversion of state power)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy1-08142013103439.html

浙江民主党人朱虞夫狱中体弱多病难熬酷暑 吕耿松被警方传唤盘问煽动颠覆 (Jailed democratic party member sick and weak in prison, Lu Gensong summoned on suspicion of inciting subversion)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08142013103113.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) , 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

“和平使命2013”中俄联合反恐军事演习开始 (China and Russia begin anti-terrorism military excises for “Peace Mission 2013”)
Xinhua, August 15, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-08/4246587.html

Related:
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
中国人权发表对上海合作组织的白皮书：在反恐的旗号下牺牲人权
Human Rights in China, March, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5215

Migrants (农民工)

90后男子打工只为做城里人 进京上访留恋首都 (Post-90s man from rural area works in city to become an "urbanite")
Southern Rural , August 15, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-08-15/005727950618.shtml

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

国务院印发关于促进信息消费扩大内需的若干意见 (State Council issues “On Expanding Domestic Demand and Promoting Consumption of Information”)
Xinhua, August 15, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-08/4243899.html

Related:
国务院关于促进信息消费扩大内需的若干意见 (State Council on Expanding Domestic Demand and Promoting Consumption of Information)
gov.cn, August 15, 2013
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2013-08/14/content_2466856.htm

Population (人口)

Chinese man dies after attempted forced sterilization
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sterilization-08132013104927.html

Rural Issues (农村)

四川万源1个偏远乡村河上无桥 20年淹死12人 (No bridge over river in rural Sichuan village, 12 people drowned in 20 years )
Sichuan News Center, August 15, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130815/u1a7595913.html

Taiwan (台湾)

In Taiwan, censorship quietly flourishes amid outrage
Index on Censorship, August 15, 2013
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/08/in-taiwan-censorship-quietly-flourishes-amid-outrage/

Tibet (西藏)

Livestock “indiscriminately” killed in Tibet amid fears of disease
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/disease-08142013161751.html

Women (妇女)

博士生论文:女性身高每高1厘米 工资涨1.5%-2.2% (Doctoral thesis: for every centimeter taller, women’s salaries increase 1.5 -2.2%)
Yangtse Daily, August 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0815/03/969QUC8B00014AED.html

Opinion (观点)

中国地方政府变卖资产浪潮即将来临
China’s Coming Wave of Privatization
New York Times, August 15, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130815/c15zhang/dual/

死刑，从存废之争到公正之辩 (Death penalty, from a debate about whether to keep or abolish, to a dispute about justice)
Southern Window, August 15, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/0815/11/96AJETJC00011SM9.html

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

挺薄记者保释 中国司法被批不如审江青时 (Reporter supporting Bo released on bail)
Voice of America, August 14, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/update-reporter-detained-as-supporters-20130813/1729231.html

Corruption (腐败)

China bans extravagant official galas to curb graft
Reuters, August 13, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-china-politics-idUSBRE97C0EU20130813

媒体称平均每个受贿法官背后有5个以上行贿律师 (Media reports: corrupt judges are bribed by more than five lawyers on average)
Xinhuanews, August 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0814/c1001-22565607.html

Culture (文化)

中国独立影像的生与死 (Authorities cracked-down heavily on China’s independent film industry in the past year)
New York Times, August 14, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/film-tv/20130814/cc14independent/

Death Penalty (死刑)

Video reignites death penalty debate in China
Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/13/death-penalty-debate-resurfaces-in-china/

See Weibo post:
Lawyer Pang Kun, August 12, 2013
@庞琨律师: 司法处罚的文明程度也代表这个制度下的文明程度，这个视频至少可以认为鸡国的司法文明还停留在啫毛饮血阶段。但也不得不反思，那些高官犯罪份子可以享受的待遇 (The nature of judicial punishment also reflects the level of civilization of the entire social system. This video at least indicates that [China's] judicial civilization is stuck at a pre-historic age. It also makes us think about the special treatment received by criminals who were high-level officials.)
weibo.com/1171646960/A4soj3ycB

Environment (环境)

报道称全世界环保庭一半在中国却乏案可审 (China has half of world’s environmental courts but tries few cases due to high costs and lack of "legal plaintiff status" for NGOs)
China Youth Daily, August 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0814/c1001-22553197.html

空气污染导致入境旅游人数下降 (Air pollution scares off foreign tourists)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/18tpHfi

Health (健康)

广东16患儿输液后突发抽搐 医疗器械已封存 (16 Guangdong children suffer convulsions after IV treatment)
Guangzhou Daily, August 14, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0814/c1001-22555333.html

International Relations (国际关系)

China seeks Burmese support to restart Myitsone Dam
The Irrawaddy, August 13, 2013
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/41933

Related:
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
中国人权发表对上海合作组织的白皮书：在反恐的旗号下牺牲人权
Human Rights in China, March, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco

CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5215

Internet (互联网)

七条底线 全体网民应该共守 (Gov’t and “VIP” Weibo users agree netizens should adhere to seven “bottom lines”)
Xinhua News, August 14, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130814/u1a7593262.html

See related Weibo post:
南方周洪君, August 14, 2013
我想看到有这样内容的新闻，若干大V们在一起座谈，给权力定下7条底线，第一条就是无条件遵守宪法。。。。(I want to read a news story about VIP Weibo users discussing seven “botton lines” for power, the first of which is to observe the Constitution unconditionally…)
http://weibo.com/1213611261/A4HDN23Zm

Migrants (农民工)

英媒：榨菜 - 开包即食的治国小菜 (UK media: “Pickle Index” shows trends of migrant workers)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/08/130814_press_china_zhacai.shtml

Related:
"Pickle index" measures changing tide of Chinese migrant workers
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1296315/pickle-index-measures-chinese-worker-migration

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

What's China got against the U.S. Constitution?
Global Post, August 12, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/130811/china-democracy-political-reform

Rule of Law (法治)

中央政法委出台首个防冤假错案指导意见 (Political-Legal Commission issues guidelines on prevention of and accountability for wrongful convictions)
Xinhua, August 13, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-08/13/c_116929042.htm

Related:
China issues new judicial guidelines
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/13XpVvq

河南周口警方调查“民警拒示证件被围抓20村妇泄愤” (Henan police investigate potentially unlawful arrest of 20 women after villagers protest home intrusion by police without identification)
People's Daily, August 14, 2013
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2013/0814/c42510-22555779.html

China’s shadowy internal investigation arm operates above the law
Asahi Shimbun, August 14, 2013
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201308140006

Society (社会)

迟到的忏悔 (Many Chinese make belated apologies to those they had wronged during the Cultural Revolution)
China Youth Daily, August 14, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-08/14/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130814_1-12.htm

北京十余人“喝农药自杀” (Ten in Beijing commit suicide by drinking pesticide)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130814_beijing_group_suicide.shtml

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China academics say Xinjiang death sentences justified: media
Agence France-Presse, August 13, 2013
http://bit.ly/1btvyTP

Opinion (观点)

人民日报：“依申请公开”为何屡屡碰壁 (Why is it so difficult to obtain information through open government requests?)
People's Daily, August 14, 2013
http://www.peopledaily.me/archives/16021

谁来抚养杀人嫌犯的孩子 (Young children of murder suspects also need caring)
Nanfang Daily, August 14, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-08/14/content_7216402.htm

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

Family of murdered Briton seeks up to $8.2 million compensation in China
Reuters, August 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE97B0BI20130812

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

维基百科：不会配合中国任何形式的网络审查 (Wikipedia refuses to comply with any form of Internet censorship in China)
Global Times, August 13, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2013-08/4236672.html

Related:
Wikipedia largely alone in defying Chinese self-censorship demands
Washington Post, August 12, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/wikipedia-largely-alone-in-defying-chinese-self-censorship-demands/

Children (儿童)

13岁少女自曝被逼卖淫4年续：3嫌犯移交检察院 (13-year-old girl reveals experience of being forced into prostitution on Weibo)
Hangzhou Daily, August 13, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130813/u1a7588248.html

See Weibo post:
MissingApril6, July 31, 2013
12岁的孩子被强奸4年，得救后没人作证，有良心的转下去！ “我叫瞿彬鑫，出生于1996年2月29日，浙江省丽水市景宁县九龙乡人…”
http://weibo.com/1696129157/A2wLe93nO

暑期溺亡性侵事件频发凸显农村儿童留守危机 (Frequent incidents of sexual assault and drowning over summer holiday highlight crisis of "left-behind" rural children)
Xinhua, August 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-13/174927938920.shtml

广西13岁少女遭强奸曾被警方戴上手铐 称防其打人 (13-year-old Guangxi girl sent to mental hospital by police after being raped five times)
Beijing Times, August 12, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2013/08-12/5148686.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Meet China’s new corruption busters
Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/12/meet-chinas-new-corruption-busters/

Culture （文化）

Legal push for little-read books
Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/09/legal-push-for-little-read-books/

Health (健康)

女童吃感冒药后死亡 家属获赔5万被要求私了 (Girl dies after taking cold medicine, family awarded RMB 50,000 and asked to settle privately)
China Broadcast Service, August 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-08-13/180727938976.shtml

全国多个癌症村接连曝光 (Numerous cancer villages exposed in succession nationwide)
Economic Information Daily, August 13, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-08/4233981.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权人士郭飞雄切断与外界联系以躲避国保追踪 (Rights defender Guo Feixiong cuts-off contact to avoid police capture)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08122013144647.html

Human Trafficking (人口贩卖)

产科医生贩婴案调查：被解救婴儿遭倒卖数次 (Obstetrician trafficked infant after delivery, upon rescue after 20 days baby had already been sold several times)
China News weekly, August 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-08-13/163227938476.shtml

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Celestial advice for China: "Don’t think so long-term"
Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/12/china-social-media-abuzz-over-officials-land-lease-remark/

Related:
“不要考虑太长远”是让人忧心的权力逻辑 ("Don't think so long-term" reflects worrisome mindsets among local officials)
Xinhua, August 12, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2013-08/12/c_116901940.htm

Population (人口)

哪些人可以合法生二胎？(Who is allowed to have a second baby?)
Beijing News, August 13, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/13/278156.html

Rule of Law (法治)

Latest judicial reform to improve judicial independence: chief justice
Xinhua, August 12, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/12/c_132623785.htm

Related:
周强在人民日报撰文谈习近平关于法治建设论述 (Chief Justice Zhou Qiang discusses Xi Jinping's call to build rule of law)
People's Daily, August 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0812/c1001-22524683.html

Society (社会)

Aging Chinese apologise for Cultural Revolution “evil”
Agence France-Presse, August 12, 2013
http://bit.ly/19dMM6O

Tibet (西藏)

Dalai Lama's Chinese website infecting visitors, expert warns
Reuters, August 13, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/tibet-cyber-attack-dalai-lama-idINDEE97B0I120130812

Tibetan government-in-exile website hacked
Voice of America, August 13, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/tibetan-government-in-exile-website-hacked/1728626.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

5 Uighurs Sentenced In China For Attack
喀什恐怖袭击案五名维族人获刑
New York Times, August 13, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130813/c13uighur/dual/

Two people get death sentence for violence in China's Xinjiang
Reuters, August 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/us-china-sentence-idUSBRE97B0HP20130812

Opinion (观点)

女性不该沉默 市长休想劝和 (Deputy mayor's outrageous "advice" to sexual assault victims reflects authoritarian tendency to silence calls for justice instead of delivering it)
Youth Times, August 13, 2013
http://www.qnsb.com/fzepaper/site1/qnsb/html/2013-08/13/content_447298.htm

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

薄熙来案：海伍德母亲呼吁中国政府相助 (Bo’s case: Neil Heywood’s mother calls for Chinese government's help)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130812_heywood_mother_appeal.shtml

Sword hangs over house of Bo
Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sword-hangs-over-house-of-bo-20130809-2rlo3.html