XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

中国乌鲁木齐禁穿戴伊斯兰罩袍 (China’s Urumqi bans public wearing of burqas)
Voice of America, December 11, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-urumqi-20141211/2554697.html

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

China ivory craze kills 100,000 elephants
CNN, December 9, 2014
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/09/news/china-ivory-elephant/

Corruption (腐败)

Liu Tienan: Top Chinese economist jailed over bribery
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30408032

Environment (环境)

环境组织曝光中国最大污染企业 (Environmental organization exposes China’s highest-polluting company)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinas-biggest-polluting-20141210/2552986.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protesters steadfast in final hours before police clearance
Reuters, December 9, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/us-hongkong-china-idUSKBN0JN02520141210

Hong Kong protesters say “We'll be back” as police swoop looms
Channel News Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-protesters-say/1522276.html

Mapping out the protest sites for history
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1659236/mapping-out-protest-sites-history

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

被中国关押异议人士女儿获美国庇护 (Daughters of detained dissident Zhang Lin receive political asylum in U.S.)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/rdr-daughter-of-chinese-jailed-20141210/2552956.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

国际人权日：中国官媒噤声 网友讨论热烈 (On International Human Rights Day, Chinese official media silent, netizens in heated discussion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141210_china_rights_internet

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

The myth of “Chinese Wisdom”
The Diplomat, December 10, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-myth-of-chinese-wisdom/

Rule of Law (法治)

内媒：最高法拟规定疲劳审讯所得证据非法 (Mainland media: China’s Supreme People’s Court to criminalize evidence obtained by interrogation inducing exhaustion)
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/43958/nei-mei-zui-gao-fa-ni-gui-ding-pi-lao-shen-xun-suo-de-zheng-ju-fei-fa

Tibet (西藏)

藏族村民因强制投票与官员起冲突 (Forced to vote for government-supported candidates, Tibetan villagers clash with officials)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20141210/2553147.html

Torture (酷刑)

China on U.S. Senate Torture Report: “American needs to clean up its own human rights issues”
International Business Times, December 10, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-us-senate-torture-report-america-needs-clean-its-own-human-rights-issues-1745339

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

报告：中国需求加剧象牙走私
Report: a quarter of ivory sold in Beijing and Shanghai shops illegal
Voice of America, December 9, 2014
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-illegal-ivory-trade-20141209/2551422.html
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-report-a-quarter-of-ivory-sold-in-beijing-shanghai-shops-illegal/2551357.html

Children (儿童)

5 Chinese students die after school wall collapses
The Washington Post, December 8, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/5-chinese-students-die-after-school-wall-collapses/2014/12/08/baabeb62-7ed2-11e4-b936-f3afab0155a7_story.html

Corruption (腐败)

中纪委网站开通海外追逃专栏 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection sets up webpage for leads on corrupt officials on the run overseas)
Voice of America, December 9, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/rdr-china-fox-hunt-20141209/2551439.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court issues order to clear Admiralty protest site
The Guardian, December 9, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/09/hong-kong-court-issues-order-to-clear-admiralty-protest-site

Hong Kong authorities gear up to clear Admiralty protest site
The Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2014
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-authorities-gear-up-to-clear-admiralty-protest-site-1418114865?tesla=y&mod=rss_about_china&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10319881725722884086804580326372732720664.html?mod=rss_about_china

时代风云人物票选 莫迪居首 黄之锋第三 (Narendra Modi lands first, and Joshua Wong third, in TIME Person of the Year reader poll)
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/44082/shi-dai-feng-yun-ren-wu-piao-xuan-mo-di-ju-shou-huang-zhi-feng-di-san

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国刑期最长政治犯之一哈达获释(China releases Mongol dissident Hada after longest detention)
Voice of America, December 9, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-releases-political-prisoners-20141209/2551456.html

Related:
China releases one of its longest-serving political prisoners, relative says
Reuters, December 9, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/09/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0JN0VG20141209

International Human Rights (国际人权)

中欧人权对话提及刘晓波和香港占中示威(EU-China Human Rights Dialogue covers Liu Xiaobo and Hong Kong’s “Occupy Central” protests)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141209_china_eu_human-rights_dialogue

Related:
China does not need human rights lesson, says top envoy
EUobserver, December 9, 2014
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126838

Internet (互联网)

扎克伯格示好鲁炜 北京或恩准脸书入境? (Zuckerberg “kowtows” to Lu Wei, could Beijing allow entry of Facebook?)
Voice of America, December 9, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/facebook-may-20141208/2551216.html

Related:
Warm west coast reception for China’s web czar (chillier in Washington)
The New York Times, December 8, 2014
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/a-trip-to-california-for-chinas-internet-czar/?_r=0

Media (媒体)

China rails against pollution, of the journalistic variety
The New York Times, December 8, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/china-rails-against-pollution-of-the-journalistic-variety/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

万人联署致信人大国务院 呼吁取消社会抚养费 (Over 10,000 sign petition to NPC and State Council to urge abolition of “social maintenance fees”—fines for having extra children)
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-12082014114819.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China jails students of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30390801

Corruption (腐败)

中国向美国提供在逃贪官黑名单 (China gives U.S. blacklist of corrupt officials on the run)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-12052014115024.html

China probe of former security chief may mean closed-door trial
Bloomberg, December 8, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-07/china-probe-of-zhou-for-secrets-leaks-may-mean-closed-door-trial.html

周永康案是中共建政以来最大政变案？(Is Zhou Yongkang’s case the biggest coup since Communist takeover?)
Voice of America, December 8, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/zhouyongkang-case-20141205/2547874.html

Culture (文化)

Xi Jinping: the growing cult of China's “Big Daddy Xi”
The Telegraph, December 8, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11279204/Xi-Jinping-the-growing-cult-of-Chinas-Big-Daddy-Xi.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s leader expects tough fight in clearing protests
Bloomberg, December 7, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-07/hong-kong-s-leader-expects-tough-fight-in-clearing-protest-sites

Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong ends hunger strike
CNN, December 8, 2014
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/07/world/asia/hong-kong-hunger-strike/

Related:
A frail face becomes a defiant focus of Hong Kong’s waning protest
不甘心离去，黄之锋的绝食抗议
The New York Times, December 7, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141207/c07hongkong/dual/

Occupy protesters seek legal advice over “police abuse” while detained
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1657260/protesters-seek-legal-advice-over-abuse-while-detained

六四幸存者唐路香港声援占中 挺民主社会对抗专制 (June Fourth survivor Rose Tang supports “Occupy Central” in Hong Kong, welcomes the democratic society’s fight against dictatorship)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ql2-12062014091353.html

Internet (互联网)

2014网络自由排名中国垫底 “占中行动”让中国政府更加惧怕网络自由 (China, at bottom in Global Internet Freedom 2014, is made even more fearful about Internet freedom by “Occupy Central”)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/vt-12052014114950.html

鲁炜走访苹果、脸书 (China's top Internet regulator visits Apple and Facebook)
Voice of America, December 8, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/luwei-apple-20141208/2549971.html

Labor (劳工)

Labor movement “concertmaster” tests Beijing's boundaries
Reuters, December 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/07/us-china-labour-lawyer-insight-idUSKBN0JL00T20141207

Media (媒体)

Environmental filmmakers have rare impact in China
Townhall, December 4, 2014
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2014/12/04/environmental-filmmakers-have-rare-impact-in-china-n1927268

Tibet (西藏)

Tibetan activist dies after suspected beating, torture in jail
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torture-12072014192110.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

The twilight world of China's wild west
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 7, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30344879

乌鲁木齐两起暴恐案一审宣判8人死刑 (First trial of Urumqi’s two terrorist attacks sentences 8 to death)
Voice of America, December 8, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-xinjiang-20141208/2550022.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和评论)

New domestic violence law won't change chauvinistic attitudes of China's men
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1656487/new-domestic-violence-law-wont-change-chauvinistic-attitudes

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

美众议院议员要求国会机构调查孔子学院 (U.S. congressman demands probe of Confucius Institutes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 5, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141205_us_china_university_ties

Related:
House panel investigates “Confucius institutes”
USA Today, December 5, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/04/house-china-confucius-institutes/19909507/

Cyber security (网络安全)

77名中国人在肯尼亚被捕 (Kenya arrests 77 Chinese on cybercrime charges)
Deutsche Welle, December 4, 2014
http://www.dw.de/77名中国人在肯尼亚被捕/a-18110386?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Environment (环境)

中国耕地污染退化问题突出 退化面积已超过40% (Over 40% of China’s arable land degraded)
China National Radio, December 5, 2014
http://news.cnr.cn/dj/201412/t20141205_516995267.shtml

Health (健康)

WHO: “China is witnessing an evolving HIV epidemic”
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2014
http://www.dw.de/who-china-is-witnessing-an-evolving-hiv-epidemic/a-18107475

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy protesters in Mong Kok take to the “shopping tour”
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1655597/occupy-protesters-mong-kok-take-shopping-tour

Hong Kong protesters weigh next move as one suggests blocking government, not roads
Reuters, December 5, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/uk-hongkong-china-idUKKCN0JJ09L20141205

中国官媒要英国放下殖民主义心态 美再出声支持港真普选 (Chinese official media ask Britain to drop colonialist mindset, U.S. voices support for HK genuine universal suffrage)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf2-12042014100143.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

首个宪法日7冤警中南海外自杀 千访民遭截访 (On China’s first Constitution Day, 7 wronged police attempt suicide outside Zhongnanhai, over thousand petitioners intercepted)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-12042014100933.html

Former police in China attempt suicide by pesticide in protest
The Washington Post, December 5, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/former-police-in-china-attempt-suicide-by-pesticide-in-protest/2014/12/05/06218132-7c6d-11e4-b821-503cc7efed9e_story.html

Rule of Law (法治)

For China, constitution day comes without constitutionalism
The Diplomat, December 4, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/for-china-constitution-day-comes-without-constitutionalism/

Women (妇女)

Home truths: at last, domestic violence is to be outlawed
The Economist, December 6, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21635514-last-domestic-violence-be-outlawed-home-truths?fsrc=rss

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

What next for Hong Kong?
The New York Times, December 4, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/opinion/benny-tai-on-why-occupy-central-should-end.html?_r=0

Children (儿童)

Early-childhood separations, common in china, said to hold hidden dangers
过早与父母分离给中国孩子带来隐秘创伤
The New York Times, December 4, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141204/c04childhood/dual/

Civil Society (民间社会)

Few clues in Chinese editor’s detention
The New York Times, December 3, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/few-clues-in-chinese-editors-detention/

Corruption (腐败)

中国多清廉？北京与透明国际各有说法 (Is China more honest? Beijing and Transparency International differ)
Voice of America, December 4, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/transparency-international/2545009.html

Cyber security (网络安全)

报告称93%中国政府网站存安全漏洞 2430家被篡改 (Report: 93% of Chinese government websites have security loopholes, 2430 have been tampered with)
China News, December 3, 2014
http://finance.chinanews.com/it/2014/12-03/6841604.shtml

93% of Chiense govt websites have security loopholes: report
China Daily, December 4, 2014
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-12/04/content_19024903.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing tells Britain it has no “moral responsibility” for Hong Kong
中国外交部称英国对香港不存在道义责任
South China Morning Post (English), December 3, 2014
Reuters (Chinese), December 4, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1654603/china-says-british-complaints-over-hong-kong-visit-ban-useless
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKCS0JI09J20141204

Hong Kong student protesters consider pulling up stakes
香港示威学生考虑停止抗争
Reuters, December 4, 2014
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/04/us-hongkong-china-idUSKCN0JI0LE20141204
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKCS0JI0QN20141204

As Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution folds, what’s next for Asia’s World City?
Fortune, December 3, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/12/03/days-after-we-interviewed-these-former-cops-chinese-authorities-arrested-two-of-them/

International Relations (国际关系)

Xi Jinping's rise in China threatens rights and worries neighbours, Obama warns
The Guardian, December 4, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/03/xi-jinping-china-rights-neighbours-obama

Media (媒体)

中国新措施进一步严控国内媒体 (China’s new measures further control domestic media)
Voice of America, December 4, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-orders-further-crack-down-20141204/2545434.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China blocks protests on “Constitution Day”
Times, December 4, 2014
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2014/12/04/china-blocks-protests-on-constitution-day

Population (人口)

China to end using executed prisoners' organs
Aljazeera, December 4, 2014
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/12/china-end-using-executed-prisoners-organs-201412455835770616.html

Taiwan (台湾)

Ex-Tiananmen leader Wu’er Kaixi on why he’s running for office in Taiwan
The Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/03/ex-tiananmen-leader-wuer-kaixi-on-why-hes-running-for-office-in-taiwan/

台证实逮捕首名在台大陆籍间谍 (Taiwan confirms first-ever arrest of mainland spy)
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/43813/tai-zheng-shi-dai-bu-shou-ming-zai-tai-da-lu-ji-jian-die

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

Searching for Burmese jade, and finding misery
The New York Times, December 1, 2014, Date
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/world/searching-for-burmese-jade-and-finding-misery.html?_r=0

Corruption (腐败)

透明国际今年清廉指数榜中国排名下降 (China slips in Transparency International Corruption Index 2014)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141203_corruption_transparency_international

外媒：法国愿助中国“猎狐”已圈定10人
France offers to help China catch fugitives in Operation Fox Hunt
South China Morning Post (Chinese), December 3, 2014
Reuters (English), December 3, 2014
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/international/43713/wai-mei-fa-guo-yuan-zhu-zhong-guo-xi-hu-yi-quan-ding-10ren
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1654354/france-offers-help-china-catch-fugitives-operation-fox-hunt

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's Occupy Central founders surrender to police
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30305473

Related:
视频：“占中”戴耀庭讲述自首情况 (Video: “Occupy Central” organizer Benny Tai on his surrender)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2014/12/141203_vid_hongkong_occupy_surrender

China has broken Hong Kong agreement, say British MPs
The Guardian, December 2, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/02/china-hong-kong-agreement-british-m

Britain pledges to stop Hong Kong tear gas sales if police use it against protesters again
The South China Morning Post, December 3, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1654707/britain-pledges-stop-hong-kong-tear-gas-sales-if-police-use-it

Hong Kong's “Iron Lady” urges Downing Street to “pursue” Beijing over ban on British MPs
The Telegraph, December 2, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11267490/Hong-Kongs-Iron-Lady-urges-Downing-Street-to-pursue-Beijing-over-ban-on-British-MPs.html

Labor (劳工)

N.Y.U faces worker protection issue at Shanghai Campus
纽约大学上海校区面临劳工权益问题
The New York Times, December 3, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141203/c03nyu/dual/

Taiwan (台湾)

China urges Taiwan to stay course on exchanges
Washington Post, December 2, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-urges-taiwan-to-stay-course-on-exchanges/2014/12/02/df0bddca-7a8e-11e4-8241-8cc0a3670239_story.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

中国特色的成功 (Success with Chinese characteristics)
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/43623/zhong-guo-te-se-de-cheng-gong

Airing Hong Kong Wrongs
The Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/political-diary-airing-hong-kong-wrongs-1417545541

Corruption (腐败)

“猎狐”自首大限154人投案 (154 suspects surrender to authorities ahead of “Fox Hunt” deadline)
The Beijing News, December 2, 2014
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-12/02/content_550039.htm?div=-1

Related:
Operation Fox Hunt nabs more fugitives
The Australian, December 2, 2014
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/latest/operation-fox-hunt-nabs-more-fugitives/story-e6frg90f-1227142122418?nk=ecf5e1e0c85e012985b829dace2a2731

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Can China and the U.S. work together on counterterrorism?
The Diplomat, December 2, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/can-china-and-the-us-work-together-on-counterterrorism/

Culture (文化)

China’s artists to be taught “correct view” in new plan
The New York Times, December 1, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/chinas-artists-to-be-taught-correct-view-in-new-plan/

Related:
中国要求文艺工作者下基层体验生活 (China demands artists experience life in grassroots communities)
Voice of America, December 2, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-artists-20141202/2542206.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy co-founders urge students to go home as they vow to surrender to police
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1653883/occupy-central-co-founders-will-surrender-police-tomorrow

Occupy Central organisers heading for a split after failed escalation?
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1653505/occupy-central-organisers-heading-split-after-failed-escalation?page=all

Mong Kok ban on Lester Shum, others to continue
RTHK, December 2, 2014
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20141202/news_20141202_56_1058081.htm

Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong begins hunger strike to press for political reform
South China Morning Post, December 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1653733/hong-kong-student-leader-joshua-wong-begins-hunger-strike-press

Related:
Hong Kong’s top leader CY Leung says pro-democracy hunger strike is futile
Time, December 2, 2014
https://time.com/3613317

Hong Kong: MPs get emergency debate on Chinese rebuff
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 1, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-30275320

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Once a cop, now an outcast: A Chinese tale of abuse and a craving for justice
The Washington Post, December 1, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/once-a-cop-now-an-outcast-a-chinese-tale-of-abuse-and-a-craving-for-justice/2014/12/01/243ee950-5dde-11e4-827b-2d813561bdfd_story.html

公益律师常伯阳获取保候审 27位反艾滋歧视青年成都举牌 (Rights defense lawyer Chang Boyang released for medical treatment, 27 youths protest AIDS discrimination in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-11292014111843.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

How China uses Christmas to hide its human rights abuses from the world
Quartz, December 2, 2014
http://qz.com/304358

June Fourth (六四)

吾尔开希西宣布参选台湾立法委员 (June Fourth student leader Wu'er Kaixi to run in Taiwan parliamentary by-election)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-12012014122142.html

青年胡耀邦形象首现银幕 (Young Hu Yaobang featured in Chinese film for the first time)
The Beijing News, December 1, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/12/01/344040.html

Media (媒体)

我国正研究传播立法首部新闻法或将诞生 (China researching law on broadcasts as first part of forthcoming law on news)
Jinghua, December 1, 2014
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-12/01/content_148602.htm

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China's Xinjiang passes rules, plans fines to curb unrest: Xinhua
Reuters, November 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/30/us-china-unrest-idUSKCN0JE0JF20141130

土耳其表示愿收容在泰国被拘的维族人 中方作出回应
China rebukes Turkey for offer to shelter Uighur refugees
Reuters, December 1, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKCS0JF1DH20141201?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/28/us-china-turkey-thailand-idUSKCN0JC0X920141128

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The Guardian view on the continuing protests in Hong Kong
The Guardian, December 1, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/01/guardian-view-on-the-continuing-protests-in-hong-kong

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

China bans wordplay in attempt at pun control
The Guardian, November 28, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/28/china-media-watchdog-bans-wordplay-puns

Environment (环境)

China's looming water shortage
The Diplomat, November 30, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/chinas-looming-water-shortage/

Health (健康)

China reports new human case of H7N9 bird flu
Reuters, November 28, 2014, Date
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/29/us-china-birdflu-idUSKCN0JD01T20141129

我国报告艾滋病感染者及病人达49.7万例 (China reports 497,000 AIDS carriers and patients)
Xinhua, November 30, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2014-11/30/c_1113462415.htm

Related:
高耀洁：中国艾滋病受害者千万以上 (Prominent AIDS activist Gao Yaojie: Over 10 million people suffer from AIDS in China)
Voice of America, December 1, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/gao-20141201/2540751.html

Hong Kong (香港)

LIVE: “Go home - we don't want to arrest you”, Chief Executive CY Leung tells Hong Kong protesters
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1652860/live-occupy-students-clash-police-near-hong-kongs-government

Hong Kong police drive out pro-democracy protesters in violent clashes
The Guardian, December 1, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/01/hong-kong-police-drive-out-pro-democracy-protesters

Diplomatic row erupts after China bans group of MPs visiting Hong Kong for siding with democracy protesters
Daily Mail, November 30,2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855077/Diplomatic-row-erupts-China-BANS-group-MPs-visiting-Hong-Kong-siding-democracy-protesters.html

Hong Kong police use batons, water hoses on demonstrators
Bloomberg, December 1 ,2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-30/hong-kong-protesters-clash-with-police-outside-government-office.html

Hong Kong protesters converge on government headquarters
Deutsche Welle, November 30,2014
http://dw.de/p/1DxN5

Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot show support for Hong Kong protesters
Washington Times, November 30,2014
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/30/peter-gabriel-pussy-riot-show-support-for-hong-kon/

Related: Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot & More Project Photos, Messages of Support to Hong Kong Demonstrators
Human Rights in China, November 28,2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/peter-gabriel-pussy-riot-more-project-photos-messages-support-hong-kong

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China: trial of human rights activist Guo Feixiong over media censorship protest resumes
International Business Times, November 28,2014
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-trial-human-rights-activist-guo-feixiong-over-media-censorship-protest-resumes-1477050

郭飞雄饥饿中受审18小时 法官抢走被告人辩护词 (Guo Feixiong endures 18-hour trial in hunger, judge snatches away his defense statement)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11292014110225.html

Related:
Rights activist Guo Feixiong’s trial ends without verdict
Human Rights in China, November 28,2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/rights-activist-guo-feixiongs-trial-ends-without-verdict
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-ting-shen-jie-shu-wei-zuo-xuan-pan

See Guo Feixiong's Self-Defense Statement:
English translation by HRIC, November 29, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/my-self-defense-statement
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/wo-de-zi-wo-bian-hu

International Relations (国际关系)

Leader asserts China’s growing importance on global stage
The New York Times, November 30, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/world/asia/leader-asserts-chinas-growing-role-on-global-stage.html?_r=0

Women (妇女)

China drafts its first domestic violence law, but rights advocates say it falls short
中国拟立法反家暴，被指力度不够
The New York Times, December 1, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141201/c01violencelaw/dual/

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan election results likely to complicate relations with China
The Wall Street Journal, November 30,2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/taiwan-election-results-set-to-complicate-relations-with-china-1417366150

Special Report: How China's shadowy agency is working to absorb Taiwan
Reuters, November 26,2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/27/us-taiwan-china-special-report-idUSKCN0JB01T20141127

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Attack in western China leaves at least 15 people dead
The New York Times, November 29,2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/world/asia/attack-in-western-china-xinjiang-uighur.html

中国新疆进一步限制宗教活动 (China further restricts religious activities in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, December 1, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-xinjiang-20141201/2540741.html

藏族歌手被判监禁 (China jails Tibetan singer)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1DxUo

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's bid for Internet influence
The Straits Times, December 1 ,2014
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/opinion/eye-the-world/story/chinas-bid-internet-influence-20141201

China’s crackdown in Hong Kong may fuel a long-term democracy movement
The Washington Post, November 27, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/actions-by-china-in-hong-kong-may-create-a-long-term-movement/2014/11/27/333e95cc-758f-11e4-9d9b-86d397daad27_story.html

Death penalty (死刑)

Is China rethinking the death penalty?
The Diplomat, November 26, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/is-china-rethinking-the-death-penalty/

Disasters (灾难)

China Coal-Mine Fire Kills 24
The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-coal-mine-fire-kills-24-1416971802

Hong Kong (香港)

港法院续执行旺角禁制令 黄之锋岑敖晖被捕 (Hong Kong Court enforces second injunction in Mong Kok, Joshua Wong and Lester Shum arrested)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/11/141126_hongkong_occupy_mongkok

Related:
Hong Kong protest leaders among 116 arrested in crackdown
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30204699

Hong Kong police clear Mong Kok protest site after skirmishes
Bloomberg, November 26, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-25/hong-kong-plans-to-clear-protesters-from-new-road-after-clashes.html

香港普通抗议者被拒入境大陆 (Ordinary Hong Kong protesters blocked from entering mainland China )
Voice of America, November 25, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hongkong-protesters-20141125/2534891.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权人士天理被刑拘 郭飞雄案律师指天河法院管辖错误 (Activist Tian Li detained, Guo Feixiong’s lawyer argues Tianhe court errs on jurisdiction)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11262014095450.html

June Fourth (六四)

六四公祭组织者于世文狱中健康堪忧 (Yu Shiwen, June Fourth public memorial organizer, in poor health in prison)
Voice of America, November 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/detained-yushiwen-20141126/2535297.html

Women (妇女)

China has finally drafted a domestic-violence law
Time, November 26, 2014
http://time.com/3606802/china-domestic-violence-law-spousal-abuse-legislation/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

伊力哈木七门生庭审结束 或从轻量刑 (7 university students linked to Ilham Tohti receive light sentences)
Voice of America, November 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/uighur-students-20141126/2535143.html

China tries 7 students of jailed Uighur Scholar for separatism
Bloomberg, November 26, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-25/china-tries-7-students-of-jailed-uighur-scholar-for-separatism.html

Environment (环境)

中国致力于减少煤炭消费 但需要新技术 (China is committed to reducing coal consumption but needs new technologies)
The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2014
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20141125/cec162953.asp

Beijing considers how to harness the wind to blow away pollution
北京拟建通风廊道“吹”雾霾
The New York Times, November 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141124/c25pollution/dual

Health (健康)

China considers tobacco advertising limits, public-smoking ban
The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-considers-tobacco-advertising-limits-public-smoking-ban-1416879973

Hong Kong (香港)

Police fire pepper spray as 80 protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1648374/police-warn-arrests-hong-kong-protesters-slow-down-clearance-occupy

旺角清障7小时 亚皆老街往大角咀重开 (Argyle Street in Tai Kok Tsui reopens after police clear protest areas in Mong Kok, over ten taken away)
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/43126/wang-jiao-qing-zhang-7xiao-shi-ya-jie-lao-jie-wang-da-jiao-ju-zhong-kai

First Occupy site cleared as angry Hong Kong protesters stand watch
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1647943/operation-mong-kok-3000-police-standby

Hong Kong protesters plan rescue of protest art
Voice of America, November 24, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-hong-kong-protest-art-survival-yellow-umbrella/2533192.html

Related:
[VIDEO] Archiving for the Future (from HRIC’s “Building Hong Kong’s Future” series)
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIlEUKQ_f4Y&list=UUIkCrc3N2if_1q6hrgKUuBg

Beijing explores ways to address Hong Kong protesters’ discontent
The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/11/25/beijing-explores-ways-to-address-hong-kong-protesters-discontent/?mod=WSJBlog

Rural Issues (农村)

Burmese girls "sold as brides" in rural China
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30180340

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

7 students of jailed economist are put on trial in western China
伊力哈木7名学生被控参与分裂国家
The New York Times, November 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141125/c25china/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

China reacts to massive corruption tally of a fallen general
Foreign Policy, November 22, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/21/china_reacts_to_the_massive_corruption_tally_of_a_fallen_general_xu_caihou

中国将要求央企负责人公开薪酬信息—报导
China to force bosses at central government-run firms to reveal pay - state media
Reuters, November 24, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKCS0J80GY20141124
EN: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/11/24/uk-china-soes-idUKKCN0J80A920141124

Disasters (灾难)

Strong quake in western China kills 5, injures dozens
USA Today, November 23, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/23/killed-china-earthquake/19438537/

Education (教育)

狮城女留学生北大遭性侵怀孕 副教授被开除 (Peking University associate professor expelled for impregnating Singaporean student)
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/42975/shi-cheng-nu-liu-xue-bei-da-zao-qin-fan-huai-yun-fu-jiao-shou-bei-kai-chu

Related:
Sex scandals and victim-blaming bedevil Chinese universities
Foreign Policy, November 21, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/11/21/sex_scandal_chinese_universities_harassment_victim_blaming

Environment (环境)

Despite Persecution, guardian of Lake Tai spotlights China’s polluters
The New York Times, November 23, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/world/despite-persecution-guardian-of-lake-tai-spotlights-chinas-polluters.html

Hong Kong (香港)

A struggle for the soul of Hong Kong’s protest movement
The New York Times, November 24, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/world/asia/a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-hong-kongs-protest-movement.html

Hong Kong protesters denied entry into China
The Washington Post, November 24, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-protesters-denied-entry-into-china/2014/11/23/0ed9618c-70c4-11e4-a2c2-478179fd0489_story.html

Occupy protest organisers split over plan to hand themselves in to police
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1647252/democracy-leaders-split-over-plan-hand-themselves

Hong Kong protests at a crossroads
Voice of America, November 22, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/hong-kong-protests-at-a-crossroads/2528916.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

知名异议人士郭飞雄案下周五开庭 (Prominent Chinese rights defense activist Guo Feixiong to be tried on Friday)
Voice of America, November 24, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guofeixiong-20141121/2529420.html

Prosecution of Uighur students underscores perils of Chinese clampdown
The New York Times, November 24, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/world/asia/prosecution-of-uighur-students-underscores-perils-of-chinese-clampdown.html

Law (法律)

中国《反家庭暴力法》已列立法规划 有望尽快出台
China's "Anti-Domestic Violence Law" is expected to set out the legislative plan as soon as possible
China News, November 24, 2014
CH:http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/11-24/6809880.shtml
EN:http://www.like-news.us/?i466299-China-39s-Anti-Domestic-Violence-Law-is-expected-to-set-out-the-legislative-plan-as-soon-as-possible

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China’s millenniums-old salt monopoly no match for economic reform
中国拟取消沿行两千年的盐业专营
The New York Times, November 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141124/c24salt/dual/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

广东普宁市12维权村民被抓 数千人游行抗议迫市府放人 (Thousands march in Guangdong to demand release of 12 village rights defenders)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-11212014102419.html

Death penalty (死刑)

China executes three times more people than the rest of the world combined
Quartz, November 20 2014
http://qz.com/299529

Hong Kong (香港)

Split within Occupy deepens as splinter group challenges leadership
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1645521/split-within-occupy-deepens-splinter-group-plans-challenge-against

港大生辦「雨傘民意日」盼收窄分歧 (HKU Students organize “Umbrella Discussion Day” in hopes to narrow differences, collect 2300 “opinion letters”)
Apple Daily, November 13, 2014
http://hk.apple.appledaily.com/realtime/news/20141113/53120805

See opinion letters:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-Qa2HBxVZG4dkVZdDRjYXhJQjQ&usp=sharing

Chris Patten urges U.S. to act firmly with Beijing over “bad behavior” on Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1645156/chris-patten-urges-us-act-firmly-beijing-over-bad-behaviour-hong-kong

前港督彭定康等指称香港民主恶化 外交部驳斥 (China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs refutes Chris Patten’s comments on Hong Kong’s deteriorating democracy)
China Radio International, November 21, 2014
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2014/11/21/2225s4775448.htm

港大专生发起分批入境 测试入境“黑名单”(Hong Kong college students begin to enter mainland in groups to test China’s “blacklist”)
Deutsche Welle, November 21, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1DqvQ

香港示威蔓延至英国领事馆 (Hong Kong protests spread to British consulate)
Deutsche Welle, November 21, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1Dr3K

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese journalist accused of stealing state secrets affirms innocence at trial
The New York Times, November 21, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/world/asia/chinese-journalist-gao-yu-trial.html