Education

In China, parents bribe to get students into top schools, despite campaign against corruption
Washington Post, October 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-china-parents-bribe-to-get-students-into-top-schools-despite-campaign-against-corruption/2013/10/07/fa8d9d32-2a61-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html

Environment （环境）

中国人习惯烹饪催高PM2.5？ 网友调侃：做饭摇号 (Netizens mock officials’ attribution of high PM 2.5 to Chinese cooking habits)
People’s Daily, October 9, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131009/u1a7702142.html

Photography: China’s Environment in Crisis
Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/08/photography-chinas-environment-in-crisis/

Health (健康)

“摊派”精神病指标 (Zhengzhou health officials are ordered to find more mentally ill patients to fill 2-in-every-1000 quota)
Nandu.com, October 9, 2013
http://paper.oeeee.com/nis/201310/09/120093.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

新公民運動首案將開審 劉萍被控3罪 律師指成風向標 (Liu Ping, of New Citizens’ Movement, to be tried in mid-October on 3 charges)
Ming Pao, October 9, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20131009/caa1.htm

王炳章家人联合国绝食请愿 同囚活动或将延至港台 (Wang Bingzhang’s family members stage hunger strike at UN in New York)
Voice of America, October 9, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/wang-bingzhang-20131009/1765833.html

外界担忧维权人士郭飞雄被拒见律师或遭不测 (Concern for Guo Feixiong’s safety rises as lawyers are still barred from meeting him)
Voice of America, October 9, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/attorney-necitizens-worried-about-guo-feixiong-life-20131009/1765897.html

Information Control (信息控制)

人民网：大V集体退场，专业中V将崛起 (Head of Public Sentiment Office at People’s Daily: With “Big V” bloggers out of the way, “Middle Vs” with more moderate opinions will rise)
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14213/ren-min-wang-da-vji-ti-tui-chang-zhuan-ye-zhong-vjiang-jue-qi

International Human Rights （国际人权）

"On Human Rights, the only obstacle is China itself"
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/baotong/human-rights-10082013153025.html/

International Relations （国际关系）

EU seeks China investment boost
Agence France-Presse, October 8, 2013
http://bit.ly/1a93wKr

Labor （劳工）

Packed China tourist sites may spur paid-leave reform, CCTV Says
Bloomberg News, October 8, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-08/packed-china-tourist-sites-may-spur-paid-leave-reform-cctv-says.html

Young Chinese snubbing factory jobs, says billionaire boss
The Telegraph, October 8, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10362922/Young-Chinese-snubbing-factory-jobs-says-billionaire-boss.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Potential land reform will increase farmers' income
China Money Network, October 9, 2013
http://www.chinamoneypodcast.com/2013/10/09/potential-land-reform-will-increase-farmers-income

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

How long can the Communist party survive in China?
中共面临改革最后机遇
Financial Times, October 9, 2013
EN:http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/533a6374-1fdc-11e3-8861-00144feab7de.html#slide0
CH:http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001052791

Tibet (西藏)

西藏比如县“抗议爱国教育遭镇压 (Protests against patriotic education suppressed in Biru County)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 9, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131008_china_tibet.shtml

Monk who founded first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in UK killed
The Telegraph, October 8, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/10365064/Monk-who-founded-first-Tibetan-Buddhist-monastery-in-UK-killed.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

习近平与新总理谈食品安全遭网友哄笑 (Netizens laugh at Xi’s warning to New Zealand about food safety)
Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2013
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20131007/rec183755.asp

Corruption (腐败)

中央纪委披露中国实施《联合国反腐败公约》情况 (Central Discipline Inspection Commission reveals China’s implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption)
China News Service, October 8, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131008/u1a7699263.html

Business and Human Rights （商业和人权）

Arakan State govt backs mining projects in strife-torn north
The Irrawaddy, October 7, 2013
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/arakan-state-govt-backs-mining-projects-strife-torn-north.html

Environment （环境）

我国今年雾霾影响人口约6亿 5年内建健康监测网 (Smog affects 600 million Chinese, health monitoring system to be established in 5 years)
Beijing Youth Daily, October 8, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1008/c1001-23117486.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong reporters say press freedom violated in Bali
Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/07/hong-kong-reporters-say-press-freedom-violated-in-bali

Information Control （信息控制）

China employs two million microblog monitors state media say
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24396957

International Human Rights （国际人权）

China: Ratify key international human rights treaty
Human Rights Watch, October 8, 2013
http://www.trust.org/item/20131008001626-fxoku/

International Relations （国际关系）

China's Xi takes advantage of Obama absence from Asia-Pacific trade summit
Washington Post, October 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-xi-takes-advantage-of-obama-absence-from-asia-pacific-trade-summit/2013/10/07/58bf23e4-2f6c-11e3-9ddd-bdd3022f66ee_story.html

Political and Economic Reforms （政治和经济改革）

大集权下的大改革 (Big reforms under the vast power of the central gov’t)
Financial Times, October 8, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001052779

China must sacrifice faster growth for reform, Xi tells APEC Summit
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1326571/china-must-sacrifice-faster-growth-reform-xi-tells-apec-summit