Society

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

Hong Kong

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

Human Rights Defenders

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

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

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

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

Media

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

Police

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

Protests and Petitions

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

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

Society

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

XUAR

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

Hong Kong

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

Labor

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

Law

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

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

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

Protests and Petitions

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

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

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

Tibet

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

Bilateral Ties

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

Education

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

Hong Kong

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

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

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

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

Human Rights Defenders

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

Police

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

Politics

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

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

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

Protests and Petitions

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