Information Control (信息控制)

中国网络大V花总“被警方控制” (Another popular blogger taken away by police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130917_china_huazong.shtml

薛蛮子央视认罪示众 网友惊叹忽如文革来 (Netizens surprised by televised confession by blogger Xue Manzi, see it as a return to the Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, September 17, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xuemanzi-20130916/1750546.html

中网办鼓吹收网加强三权 牢牢掌握网路舆论话语权 (State Internet Information Office vows firm control of online opinion)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Zhongwangbanzhuasanquan-09172013072056.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

See Lu Wei’s article
鲁炜：把网上舆论工作作为宣传工作重中之重 (Lu Wei: controlling online opinion should be top priority of propaganda work)
The People’s Daily, September 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/m/2013-09-17/033728232935.shtml

Law (法律)

常回家看看入法两月调查：不常来儿女依旧不来 (Survey shows new “Visit Your Parents” law does not work)
Chongqing Morning Post, September 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-17/044128233539.shtml

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

习近平借鉴「毛路线」巩固领导 (Xi consolidates power by borrowing Mao’s policy)
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/12862/xi-jin-ping-jie-jian-mao-lu-xian-gong-gu-ling-dao

商务部：上海自贸区正有序筹备中 很快正式启动 (Commerce ministry: Shanghai free trade zone to launch soon)
The People’s Daily, September 17, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0917/c1001-22948339.html

China's currency will be fully convertible in months
Forbes, September 15, 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2013/09/15/chinas-currency-will-be-fully-convertible-in-months/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China steel plant halts as workforce protests over unpaid wages
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wages-09162013134012.html

Rule of Law (法治)

China Communist Party investigators tried over drowning
於其一猝死案开审 家属律师被拒提问
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24128095
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130917_yu_qiyi_case_open_pu.shtml

刑法专家建议将被讯问人沉默权写进法律 (Legal expert: the right to silence for people being interrogated should be written into law)
Legal Evening News, September 17, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0917/13/98VRK53M0001124J.html

Society (社会)

Turf War
News China Magazine, October 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/turf-war

以房养老试点方案或明年一季度推出 (Pilot “House for pension” program to be introduced early next year)
21st Century Business Herald, September 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130917/c17bishop/dual/

Related:
Xinhua Insight: House-for-pension stirs debate on perfect elder care solution
Xinhua, September 17, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-09/17/c_132728087.htm

Opinion (观点)

《南华早报》社论：两高释法网络诽谤令人不安 (SCMP editorial: Two Supremes’ interpretation on Internet slander makes people worried)
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/12858/nan-hua-zao-bao-she-lun-liang-gao-shi-fa-wang-luo-fei-bang-ling-ren-bu

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

中国动物权益战争的最前线 (Animal rights activists are changing animals’ fate)
Deutsch Welle, September 15, 2013
http://bit.ly/14a4VS1

Corruption (腐败)

Corruption and the world's biggest building
The Telegraph, September 16, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10308029/Corruption-and-the-worlds-biggest-building.html

In China, the dangers of due diligence
在中国开展尽职调查也可能很危险
The New York Times, September 13, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130916/c16investigator/dual/

Education (教育)

This house believes: some schools are teaching children how to think for themselves
The Economist, September 14, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21586319-some-schools-are-teaching-children-how-think-themselves-house-believes

教育部长：意识形态教育要进亿万学生头脑 (Education Minister: students should be the focus of our ideological work)
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/12774/jiao-yu-bu-chang-yi-shi-xing-tai-jiao-yu-yao-jin-yi-mo-xue-sheng-tou-nao

Health (健康)

中国去年共报告职业病2.7万余例 尘肺病占逾八成 (80+% of 27,000 reported cases of occupational diseases are lung disease)
China News Service, September 16, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0916/13/98T86F1B00014JB6.html

Hong Kong (香港)

UK “not relevant” in political reform: HK chief
Agence France-Presse, September 16, 2013
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2013/09/16/389012/UK-not.htm

See article by Hugo Swire:
Voting, democracy and the future of Hong Kong
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, September 14, 2013
http://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/voting-democracy-and-the-future-of-hong-kong

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权律师发起成立中国保障人权律师服务团 (Rights defense lawyers organize group to protect legal services for detained lawyers)
Voice of America, September 16, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-right-20130915/1750006.html

“陪王炳章坐牢”扩大规模 (New York protest in support of jailed pro-democracy activist Wang Bingzhang continues)
Deutsche Welle, September 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dirDdl

Information Control (信息控制)

China broadcasts confession of Chinese-American blogger
Washington Post, September 15, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-broadcasts-confession-of-chinese-american-blogger/2013/09/15/3f2d82da-1e1a-11e3-8459-657e0c72fec8_story.html

中国续打压公盟带走林峥 肉唐僧亦遭人身控制 (Another Xu Zhiyong supporter taken away)
Radio France International, September 16, 2013
http://rfi.my/15wetaS

笑蜀：王功权被北京警方正式刑拘 (Wang Gongquan formally criminally detained by Beijing police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130913_china_wanggongquan_detained.shtml

北京展开大规模网络镇压 (More than 450 arrested in one month in campaign to crackdown on internet rumors)
Radio France Internation, September 13, 2013
http://rfi.my/15xvL7t

Censorship has spurred writers, says Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan
South China Morning Post, September 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1310577/censorship-has-spurred-writers-says-nobel-prize-winner-mo-yan

International Human Rights (国际人权)

北京人权论坛 避人权谈环境 (Beijing human rights forum talks environment, not rights)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-09122013145252.html

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

China confirms new gas pipeline through Tajikistan
Agence France-Presse, September 14, 2013
http://www.france24.com/en/20130914-china-confirms-new-gas-pipeline-through-tajikistan

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

上千对越自卫反击战参战老兵在昆明请愿 (One thousand retired Vietnam War soldiers in Kunming petition gov’t for better benefits)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-09132013150540.html

Society (社会)

视频：中国人口结构失衡造成娶妻难 (Population imbalance makes it difficult for men to find wives)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2013/09/130913_vid_china_bachelor.shtml

Women (妇女)

Chinese women lean close to hear Facebook’s Sandberg
Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/13/chinese-women-lean-close-to-hear-facebooks-sandberg/

No consensus: China debate on women’s roles
Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/13/lets-talk-about-leadership-as-pure-leadership/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

乌鲁木齐一维族男子被警枪击 公安证实事件拒述详情 (Uyghur fruit vendor shot by police after dispute with law enforcement officer)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-09122013092854.html

Opinion (观点)

China’s Net crackdown shows fear trumps reform
Japan Times, September 15, 2013
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/15/commentary/chinas-net-crackdown-shows-fear-trumps-reform/

Children (儿童)

新化三天内三所小学数百学生中毒 疑营养餐所致 (Hundreds of Hunan elementary school students suffer food poisoning, more than hundred hospitalized)
Huasheng Online, September 13, 2013
http://hunan.sina.com.cn/news/s/2013-09-13/093769951.html

温州学生集体流鼻血续：周边地区4年过百人死于癌症 (19 Wenzhou students get nosebleeds in new school, more than 100 cancer deaths in 4 years in surrounding areas)
Beijing Youth Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22911647.html

Corruption (腐败)

重庆出台党员干部“八严禁”“十二不准” (Chongqing Party cadres must follow “8 strictly-prohibited” actions and “12 not-allowed” behaviors)
Southern Daily News, September 12, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201309/12/244382.html

Related weibo post:
华夏联播, September 13, 2013
“八严禁”、“十二不准”是普通公民都该遵守的行为，重庆用来要求党员干部，是把党的先锋队混同于老百姓！不如再加一条“严禁随地大小便”更让人逗乐。
http://weibo.com/1669358010/A9eurm8cB?mod=weibotime&sudaref=weibo.com

Mr Clean catches China's graft tigers by the tail
Reuters, September 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/us-china-politics-wang-idUSBRE98B17420130912

Environment (环境)

China’s plan to curb air pollution sets limits on coal use and vehicles
中国出台大气污染防治行动计划
New York Times, September 13, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130913/c13pollution/dual/

China bans new coal-fired plants in 3 regions to combat air pollution
Associated Press, September 12, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-bans-coal-fired-plants-regions-20232209

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

Beijing’s ban on Internet rumors threatens free speech. And some in China aren’t afraid to say it
Washington Post, September 11, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/11/beijings-ban-on-internet-rumors-threatens-free-speech-and-some-in-china-arent-afraid-to-say-it/

Health (健康)

中国超七成高校控烟不及格 吸烟重灾区移至食堂 (75% of universities fail at creating a non-smoking environment)
Beijing Morning Post, September 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22907380.html

Information Control (信息控制)

Outspoken investor Wang Gongquan detained by police amid widening crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1309023/outspoken-investor-wang-gongquan-detained-police-amid-widening

For more information on Wang Gongquan, see:
Urgent statement on the criminal detention of Wang Gongquan
关于王功权先生被传唤的紧急声明
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2013
EN:http://hrichina.org/content/6915
CH:http://hrichina.org/cn/content/6916

对北大自由知识分子开刀？(Liberal professor “slandered” by state media, supporters call for prosecution under new Internet rules)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 201
http://dw.de/p/19gQQ

China tries even harder to censor the internet
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 201
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-12/china-tries-even-harder-to-censor-the-internet

China to protect online whistleblowers, but only via official site
Reuters, September 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/us-china-corruption-idUSBRE98B09B20130912

F-F-Fear and loathing on the Chinese internet
Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/12/f-f-fear-and-loathing-on-the-chinese-internet/

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

上合组织，12年成就举世瞩目 (Security cooperation is SCO’s greatest achievement in 12 years)
The People’s Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22909097.html

China in Central Asia: rising China, sinking Russia
The Economist, September 14, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21586304-vast-region-chinas-economic-clout-more-match-russias-rising-china-sinking

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

吉林钉子户与政府死磕3年:后半辈子就靠这房子 (Jilin “nail-house” occupant resists eviction for 3 years, unable to reach agreement with government)
Xinhua, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22907460.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

国办同意建宁夏内陆开放型经济试验区部际联席会议制度 (State Council agrees to create an open economy pilot area in Ningxia)
The People’s Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22912992.html

Population (人口)

国务院发加快发展养老服务业若干意见 应对人口老龄化 (State Council issues directive on accelerating development of elder care industry in response to aging population)
The People’s Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22906251.html

Poverty (贫穷)

贫困地区农民人均纯收入不及全国六成 (Average income of farmers in poor areas falls below 60% of national average)
The People’s Daily, September 13, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0913/c1001-22906251.html

Rule of Law (法治)

Li Tianyi defense seeks retrial, online comments manipulated
China Smack, September 12, 2013
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/stories/li-tianyi-defense-seeks-retrial-online-comments-manipulated.html

Society (社会)

Fights, bites, protests at China's national "Olympics"
Mudgee Guardian, September 13, 2013
http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/story/1773871/fights-bites-protests-at-chinas-national-olympics/?cs=5

Technology (科技)

Smartphones in China: taking a bite out of Apple
The Economist, September 14, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21586344-xiaomi-often-described-chinas-answer-apple-actually-quite-different-taking-bite-out

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆鄯善暴力恐怖案一审宣判 三人被判死刑 (Three sentenced to death for terrorism in Xinjiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130912_china_xinjiang_sentence.shtml

Related:
China sentences 3 to death over Xinjiang unrest: Xinhua
Agence France-Presse, September 12, 2013
http://bit.ly/1g7TaO7

Opinion (观点)

中国大学：一家汉族、城市、富人、男性俱乐部？ (Are Chinese universities a club for male, rich, and urban Han Chinese?)
CN Politics, September 13, 2013
http://cnpolitics.org/2013/09/universities-in-china/

用国家形象包装网络文字狱，越包装越脏 (National image should not be basis for criminalizing “rumors”)
墙外墙, September 13, 2013
http://www.letscorp.net/archives/54861

Children (儿童)

深圳数十小学生每日爬陡坡上学(Dozens of Shenzhen pupils must climb 80-degree hill to attend school)
Jing Bao, September 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2013-09-12/173428200802.shtml

China's young people at increasing risk of suicide
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suicide-09112013114030.html

Corruption (腐败)

天津燃气集团董事长被曝接受调查 疑涉中石油案 (Tianjin Gas Group chairman under Party investigation in relation to ChinaPetro case)
21st Century Business Herald, September 12, 2013
http://biz.21cbh.com/2013/9-12/yMNDE3Xzc1OTMyMg.html

Related:
Two more senior executives investigated in Zhou Yongkang corruption probe
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1308791/two-more-senior-executives-investigated-zhou-yongkang-corruption

富豪榜背后的权力阴影 (The shadow of power behind wealth ranking)
Deutsche Welle, September 11, 2013
http://dw.de/p/19g51

Shell's $13 billion China refinery project shelved: paper
Reuters, September 11, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-china-refinery-idUSBRE98A03P20130911

揭秘全运会利益链：金牌内定裁判成主角(National Games exposed: gold medalists decided before competition, referees are reduced to puppets)
Xinmin Weekly, September 12, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2013-09-12/173928200808.shtml

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

高校建立网络红客监视学生引起舆论关注 (Parents and students complain about university Internet surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-09112013145204.html

See original article
网络红客：我们是学校的眼睛，学生的嘴巴 (University Internet monitors: “we are the eyes of the school and the mouth of students”)
21CCom.net, September 6, 2013
http://www.21ccom.net/articles/zgyj/gqmq/article_2013090691412.html

Education (教育)

教育部前发言人呼吁中高考取消英语科目 (Former spokesperson of Education Ministry calls to cancel English classes to increase Chinese lessons)
Beijing News, September 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0912/c1001-22892637.html

Environment (环境)

国务院：将对环评不达标项目断电断水 (State Council: cut electricity and water of companies that cannot reach environmental benchmarks)
The People’s Daily, September 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0912/c1001-22897647.html

Related:
国务院发大气污染防治计划:力争五年消除重污染天气 (State Council aims to eliminate heavily polluted weather in five years)
The People’s Daily, September 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0912/c1001-22896581.html

Information Control (信息控制)

知名网友边民被拘 曾在躲猫猫事件中表现突出 (Famous netizen detained for Internet rumor)
Changjiang Daily, September 12, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0912/10/98IIRG2000011229.html

大V近黄昏？(Are the “Big Vs” losing influence?)
Southern Weekly, September 12, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/94222

At Sina Weibo's censorship hub, China's Little Brothers cleanse online chatter
Reuters, September 11, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/net-us-china-internet-idUSBRE98A18Z20130911

Sheryl Sandberg’s meeting with Beijing: what it means
Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/11/dont-get-too-excited-by-facebooks-sheryl-sandberg-china-visit/

International Human Rights 国际人权

北京人权论坛开幕:建设可持续的人权发展环境 (Beijing human rights forum opens, calls to build a sustainable environment for human rights development)
Xinhua, September 12, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-09/4351679.html

International Relations (国际关系)

中华人民共和国和吉尔吉斯共和国关于建立战略伙伴关系的联合宣言 (PRC and Kyrgyz Republic issue joint declaration to build a strategic relationship)
The People’s Daily, September 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0912/c1024-22894450.html

China cool on French U.N. proposal for Syria weapons
Reuters, September 11, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-syria-crisis-china-idUSBRE98A0F420130911

Society (社会)

Southeast Asia is becoming China’s version of Florida for retirees
Quartz, September 11, 2013
http://qz.com/123173/southeast-asia-is-becoming-chinas-version-of-florida-for-retirees/

The Chinese billionaires who got poorer
Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/11/the-chinese-billionaires-who-got-poorer/

Technology (科技）

China underwhelmed after first Apple event
Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/11/china-feels-jilted-after-first-apple-launch-event/

Opinion （ 观点）

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: China’s NATO?
The Diplomat, September 11, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-chinas-nato/

Amid scandals, can China’s new organ transplant system work?
China File, September 11, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/amid-scandals-can-china-s-new-organ-transplant-system-work

人民日报:网络在某种程度上绑架了现实社会 (People’s Daily: the Internet has kidnapped real society to some extent)
The People’s Daily, August 28, 2013
http://js.people.com.cn/html/2013/08/29/252272.html

Children (儿童)

Migrant worker set off blast at Guilin school after child rejected
桂林小学爆炸案疑因农民工子女入学遭拒
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2013
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1307945/migrant-worker-set-explosion-guilin-school-after-child-rejected
CH: http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/12490/gui-lin-xiao-xue-bao-zha-yi-yin-nong-min-gong-zi-nu-ru-xue-zao-ju

医生在坟场性侵14岁少女 事后逼其服避孕药 (Doctor rapes girl in cemetery, then forces her to take contraceptive pills)
China News, September 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/p/2013-09-11/101228188371.shtml

Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out by attacker receives implants from Hong Kong eye doctor
Associated Press, September 10, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-boy-whose-eyes-were-gouged-out-by-attacker-is-getting-implants-from-hk-eye-doctor/2013/09/10/ec2e679c-19ec-11e3-80ac-96205cacb45a_story.html

Consumer Product Safety ( 消费品安全)

工商总局曝光20起违法医药广告典型案件 (State commerce office exposes 20 illegal advertisements for medical products)
Xinhua, September 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-11/125928189284.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

Former top China rail official on trial for bribery
Agence France-Presse, September 10, 2013
http://bit.ly/13JGo67

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

记者调查广州太和镇违建 在政府和医院两遭暴打 （Reporters investigating government’s illegal construction beaten severely）
Jinyang Net, September 11, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0911/04/98FC98UP0001124J.html

Hong Kong (香港)

张德江讲话重在挺梁振英、挺法治、挺警队 （NPC head meets with representative from Hong Kong’s Disciplinary Forces in Beijing）
Takung Pao, September 10, 2013
http://news.takungpao.com/hkol/politics/2013-09/1894679.html

Human Rights Defenders ( 人权卫士）

Chinese dissident’s release “no sign” of easing internet controls
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shi-tao-09092013182032.html

Chen's brother denied Internet access amid war on “rumor”
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/access-09102013102331.html

International Relations（国际关系）

Olympics-China offers grudging congratulations to Japan
中国外交部回避祝贺东京申奥成功 称愿与日方分享经验
Reuters, September 9, 2013
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/olympics-2020-china-idUSL3N0H52G620130909
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE9880AV20130909?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

Longer wait for China residency permits irk foreign firms
中国出入境管理新规令外企苦恼
Reuters, September 8, 2013
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/us-china-visas-idUSBRE9870FT20130908
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE98804620130909?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

Information Control (信息控制)

“两高”司法解释或将进一步压缩言论空间 ("Two Supremes" judicial interpretation may further compress space of expression)
New York Times, September 11, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130911/cc11libel/

Some of China’s prominent Internet voices
政府管制网络言论，微博大V有看法
New York Time, September 11, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130911/c11weibo-side/dual/

Rules to combat online rumours "unconstitutional," say experts
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1307959/experts-call-interpretation-punishing-rumours-unconstitutional

China renews push for control of Internet
The Telegraph, September 10, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10298038/China-renews-push-for-control-of-internet.html

Crackdown on bloggers is mounted by China
The New York Times, September 10, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/world/asia/china-cracks-down-on-online-opinion-makers.html

Population (人口)

《中国流动人口发展报告2013》发布—新生代成为流动人口主体 (Majority of China’s 236 million migrants are born in ‘80s, average age 28)
The People’s Daily, September 11, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0911/c1001-22877718.html

我国每年25万人死于自杀 系青壮年人群首位死因 (Suicide claims 250,000 lives annually in China, is leading cause of death among young people)
The People’s Daily, September 11, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0911/c1001-22879535.html

Society (社会)

养老金占收入比跌破警戒线 学者称因工资涨太快 (Pension-income ratio falls below critical level)
China Security Journal, September 10, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201309/10/53868_32438835.htm

Technology (科技)

The surprise in Apple’s cheaper iPhone? In China, it’s expensive
The New York Times, September 11, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/technology/the-surprise-in-apples-cheaper-iphone-in-china-its-expensive.html

Opinion (观点)

王力雄﹕槍桿子已經不能出政權 (Wang Lixiong: Violence is no longer an option for regime change)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130911/chb1.htm

China and America covet a continent's riches
The National Multimedia, September 11, 2013
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/China-and-America-covet-a-continents-riches-30214563.html

Is the rule of law coming to China?
The Diplomat, September 10, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/2013/09/10/is-the-rule-of-law-coming-to-china/?all=true

The global stake in China’s anti-corruption reform
Project Syndicate, September 10, 2013
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bo-xilai-and-the-anti-corruption-fight-in-china-by-michael-boskin#0P81aZoQakEVWqIP.99

Children (儿童)

广西桂林爆炸案嫌疑人初步确定 (Guangxi bombing suspect caught)
China News Service, September 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-09/205828172988.shtml

Related:
广西桂林爆炸事故疑访民自杀引爆 (Guangxi explosion might be the result of a petitioner’s suicide)
Voice of America, September 10, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guang-zhou-explosion-20130910/1746561.html

Consumer Product Safety （消费品安全）

国家食药监管总局曝光7个保健食品违法广告 (National food and drug office exposes seven illegal advertisements for health food products)
China News Service, September 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-10/160428181090.shtml

Corruption （腐败）

Trial for Chinese businesswoman accused of bribing ex-minister
Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/09/key-figure-in-ex-railway-ministers-fall-to-face-trial/

Freedom of Expression and Privacy （言论自由和隐私）

Yahoo reports 29,000 data requests
Agence France-Presse, September 7, 2013
http://www.france24.com/en/20130907-yahoo-reports-29000-data-requests

See Yahoo! Report:
Transparency Report Overview
Yahoo! 2013
http://info.yahoo.com/transparency-report/

Health （健康）

Is pollution in China ratcheting up infertility?
Quartz, September 9, 2013
http://qz.com/122431/is-pollution-in-china-increasing-infertility/

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

“同囚行动”展开营救王炳章新章 (Supporters plan protests in New York to draw attention to plight of jailed pro-democracy activist Wang Bingzhang)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2013
http://dw.de/p/19eJ1

Information Control （信息控制）

关于“法律严惩网络诽谤” 高院高检的解释被指“亵渎”刑法 (Supreme Court’s Interpretation of laws applicable to “Internet defamation” criticized as "blasphaming" Criminal Law)
Radio France International, September 10, 2013
http://rfi.my/15MOLRW

See the article:
两高对网络诽谤的司法解释开恶劣先例 (Legal interpretation of laws applicable to Internet slander sets bad precedent)
The Economic Observer, September 9, 2013
http://chenjieren2007.blog.hexun.com/88460171_d.html

李方平：把“两高”关进笼子里 (Li Fangping: lock “two Supremes” into a cage)
Voice of America, September 10, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/li-fangping-20130910/1746594.html

In China, 500 retweets could mean three years in prison
The Verge, September 9, 2013
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/9/4710222/china-passes-anti-defamation-laws-three-year-sentence-social-media-crackdown

International Relations （国际关系）

China, Uzbekistan vow to deepen strategic partnership
Xinhua, September 10, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-09/10/c_125354520.htm

China's WWII anger clouds view of Tokyo 2020 win
Agence France-Presse, September 9, 2013
http://bit.ly/14AvItc

Labor （劳工）

Where humiliation is normal: being LGBT in the Chinese workplace
China File, September 9, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/where-humiliation-normal

Land, Housing, Property （土地、财产、房屋）

暴力拆迁何时休？ (When will violent forced evictions be stopped?)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2013
http://dw.de/p/19eKa

Population （人口）

国家卫计委:2012年我国流动人口数量达2.36亿人 (National family planning office: China’s migrant population reached 236 million in 2012)
Deutsche Welle, September 9, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-10/102228178705.shtml

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

It's OK to protest in China, just don't march
National Public Radio, September 9, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/09/219721983/its-ok-to-protest-in-china-just-dont-march

Re-education Through Labor （劳教）

Guangzhou to end controversial labor camps
China Daily, September 9, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-09/09/content_16953203.htm

Children （儿童）

桂林小学爆炸案致2人亡 17人受伤 (Two dead, 17 injured in Guilin elementary school explosion)
Beijing News, September 9, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/09/09/282585.html

Corruption (腐败)

中石油高层再有5人被带走：副总孙龙德刚接任董秘 (Five more oil executives taken in for questioning)
The People’s Daily, September 9, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201309/09/53868_32422177.htm

Related:
中石油反腐风暴：大批处级干部被曝遭到调查 (Large number of mid-level cadres investigated in PetroChina anti-corruption crackdown)
The People’s Daily, September 9, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-09/034028165743.shtml

Exclusive: U.S. prosecutors add China bribe allegations to GSK probe
Reuters, September 6, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/06/us-gsk-bribery-doj-idUSBRE98511R20130906

Environment （环境）

Life inside a Chinese mining company
Green Youther, September 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/06/life-inside-chinese-mining-company

Health (健康)

中科院:禽流感研究新突破 破解H7N9感染人奥秘 (China Academy of Sciences: research breakthrough in mystery of H7N9 human infection)
Guangzhou Daily, September 8, 2013
http://news.dayoo.com/china/201309/08/53868_32408796.htm

Human Rights Defenders （人权卫士）

China releases reporter jailed since 2005 after Yahoo disclosed details of email to government
Associated Press, September 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-releases-reporter-jailed-since-2005-after-yahoo-disclosed-details-of-email-to-government/2013/09/08/c1620a52-183c-11e3-961c-f22d3aaf19ab_story.html

For more information on Shi Tao, see:
About the Individual: Shi Tao
代表性个案：师涛
Human Rights in China, 2008
EN: http://www.ir2008.org/january-about.php
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/3941

中国异议人士张林的两女儿抵达美国 (Chinese dissident Zhang Lin’s two daughters arrive in U.S.)
Voice of America, September 7, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/zhang-lin-daughters-us-20130907/1745309.html

For more information on Zhang Lin, see:
Activist and Ten-year-old Daughter Illegally Detained before Forcible Removal from Hefei
合肥警方非法拘禁张林和10岁女儿
Human Rights in China, March 1,2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6585
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6586

Information Control (信息控制)

两高：网络诽谤信息被转发超500次或判刑3年 (High court and procuratorate: those who repost “Internet rumors” more than 500 times may get three years’ imprisonment)
China News Service, September 9, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/09/09/282596.html

See the full text:
关于办理利用信息网络实施诽谤等刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释 ("Interpretation of several issues related to the applicable laws when handling cases that involve websites committing slander")
Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, September 9, 2013
http://www.chinacourt.org/law/detail/2013/09/id/146710.shtml

“今日焦点网”等11个网站被依法查处 (Eleven websites under investigation)
Xinhua, September 9, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-09/4334672.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

香港人权团体吁中国落实人权公约 (Hong Kong human rights groups urge China to ratify and implement the ICCPR)
Deutsche Welle, September 8, 2013
http://dw.de/p/19c3z

International Relations （国际关系）

习近平：创新合作模式共同建设“丝绸之路经济带” (Xi Jinping urges creation of a new cooperative framework with Central Asian and European countries by mutually building an “economic strip on the silver road”)
The People’s Daily, September 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0907/c1024-22840801.html

SCO law, justice ministers pledge cooperation
Xinhua, September 6, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2013-09/06/content_29952476.htm

Refugees and Asylum-seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

U.N. concern at plight of Hong Kong asylum seekers living in squalor
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1305929/un-concern-plight-hong-kong-asylum-seekers-living-squalor

Political and Economic Reforms（政治经济改革）

China premier calls for "human focus" to urbanisation plan
Reuters, September 8, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/uk-china-economy-urbanisation-idUKBRE98702M20130908

Chinese statistics bureau accuses county of faking economic data
The Guardian, September 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/chinese-statistics-county-economic-data

Opinion (观点)

China will stay the course on sustainable growth
《金融时报》发表李克强署名文章
Financial Times (English), September 8, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation (Chinese), September 9, 2013
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/03377ccc-16e0-11e3-9ec2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2eP92Qgi6
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130909_likeqiang_ft.shtml

Children (儿童)

深圳三天两起儿童绑架案 学校保安持钢叉戒备 (Two cases of child-kidnapping in 3 days in Shenzhen)
Epoch Times, September 6, 2013
http://bit.ly/18HP2jU

山西男童挖眼案仍有三谜团待解 (Mysteries remained in Shanxi boy’s eye-gouging case)
Beijing News, September 6, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/0906/13/983GLDEH00011SM9.html

Corruption (腐败)

A Chinese power struggle: Hunting tigers
Economist, September 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21585004-cracking-down-corrupt-officials-xi-jinping-must-not-forget-fundamental-reforms-hunting

Is China's corruption crackdown really a political purge?
CNN, September 5, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/china-corruption-crackdown-florcruz/

China’s new anti-graft website: a tale of tigers, flies and bathtubs
Wall Street Journal, September 5, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/09/05/chinas-new-anti-graft-website-a-tale-of-tigers-flies-and-bath-tubs/

Environment (环境)

Hundreds of thousands of fish killed by China pollution
Agence France-Presse, September 4, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hundreds-of-thousands-of/801934.html

China's Newest Market Opportunity: Pollution Control
The Atlantic, September 5, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/chinas-newest-market-opportunity-pollution-control/279364/

Hong Kong （香港）

Hong Kong democracy move must follow law, China’s Zhang says
Bloomberg, September 3, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-03/hong-kong-democracy-move-must-follow-law-china-s-zhang-says-1-.html

Information Control (信息控制)

“替领导看网”将成正式职业 (“Internet monitoring on behalf of leaders” to become a profession )
Beijing News, September 6, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0906/c1024-22824052.html

Related weibo post：
星星杨新军, September 6, 2013
五毛将从阴暗角落走出来，有编制了！
Fifty-centers will come out of the woodwork and get on the payroll!
http://weibo.com/2439447947/A8f0HnbGd

新浪微博强化V认证审核:需单位证明 拒绝率达70% (Sina Weibo requires employer vetting for VIP status, 70% of applications rejected)
China News Service, September 5, 2013
http://finance.chinanews.com/it/2013/09-05/5250483.shtml

秦火火系列网络造谣传谣案另一同伙落网 (Another arrest on Internet rumor in Hebei)
China News Service, September 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-06/193428152462.shtml

China's rumor crackdown has “no basis” in law
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rumor-09052013105613.html

International Relations （国际关系）

中国在G20上为俄罗斯“撑腰”(China backs Russia at G20 on Syria)
Deutsche Welle, September 6, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dYVzio

China environmental NGO aims to boost Burma’s renewable energy technologies
The Irrawaddy, September 5, 2013
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/43494

Internet (互联网)

国内手机视频用户达1.6亿 酷6APP剧创行业先河 (China’s cell phone video users number 160 million by June 2013)
The Irrawaddy, September 6, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-09/4331563.html

Labor (劳工)

Workers' rights “flouted” at Apple iPhone factory in China
The Guardian, September 5, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/05/workers-rights-flouted-apple-iphone-plant

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

国土资源部：全面推进集体土地确权登记发证工作 (China’s land resource office to implement collective land rights registration)
The People’s Daily, September 6, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0906/c1001-22832712.html

Open Government Information (信息公开)

卫计委回应社会抚养费：不许与计生支出挂钩 (Family planning office: one-child penalty fees are not central government’s revenue)
21st Century Business Herald, September 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-06/024728144337.shtml

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

习近平：推动经济结构改革宁可增速降一些 (Xi Jinping: slow growth to advance economic structural reform)
China News Service, September 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-09-06/021828144096.shtml

Population (人口)

社会抚养费曝征收乱象：地方大比例返还基层部门 (Seventeen provinces collected 16.5 billion yuan of one-child penalty fee in 2012)
China Securities Journal, September 6, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0906/08/982TMA4A0001124J.html

Related:
How the Chinese government profits from the one-child policy
美媒：中国地方政府从一胎政策中获利
The Atlantic, September 4, 2013
The People’s Daily, September 6, 2013
EN: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/how-the-chinese-government-profits-from-the-one-child-policy/279332/
CH: http://news.163.com/13/0906/15/983LO3MR00014JB6.html

Rule of Law (法治)

China's constitutional crisis
The Atlantic, September 3, 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/chinas-constitutional-crisis/279285/

Another princeling in court: listening to the masses
Economist, September 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21585025-rape-trial-son-prominent-entertainers-exposes-social-divide-listening-masses

Society (社会)

China at the liberation: the road to serfdom
Economist, September 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21584952-new-history-lays-bare-violent-heart-maos-revolution-road-serfdom

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆：喀什数十维人涉“非法宗教信仰”被捕 巴州数十人穿戴民族服饰被处罚 (Dozens in Kashgar arrested on suspicion of "illegal religious belief," dozens punished for wearing national costumes in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-09052013103310.html

Opinion (观点)

赵丽：社会抚养费的糊涂账不能再捂了 (Chaotic situation of one-child penalty fees should not be covered up any more)
Qilu Evening News, September 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2013-09-06/155028151124.shtml

To reform or not reform?—echoes of the late Qing Dynasty
China File, September 5, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/Reform-Or-Not-Reform