Open Government Information (信息公开)

报告称近年申请信息公开案激增 原告败诉居多 (Report shows rapid increase of OGI applications in recent years, with majority rejected)
Nandu Daily, October 17, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1016/04/9B9J0LB80001124J.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Scholars fight a milder version of Mao’s calamities
大跃进究竟饿死多少人？
New York Times, October 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131017/c17famine/dual/

China party journal decries Western “democracy trap”
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-democracy-idUSBRE99F0I420131016

China's rich get richer despite slowing economy: Forbes
Agence France-Presse, October 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1aPtsfM

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China flood protests: Police out in force in Yuyao
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24548515

Related:
China: arrests follow protests over response to catastrophic floods
The Guardian, October 16, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/china-arrests-protest-response-catastrophic-flooding

Technology (科技)

Facebook goes fishing in China
China Daily, October 17, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-10/17/content_17038711.htm

Women (妇女)

视频：中国学生谈工程专业不收女生 (Video: Chinese students discuss why Ministry of Education restricts female engineering majors)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2013/10/131017_vid_chinese_female_education.shtml

河南一孕妇4月内跑社区近20趟仍未办下准生证 (Henan pregnant woman unable to get birth permit after 4 months of running between gov’t offices)
Henan Business Daily, October 16, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/hnsb/html/2013-10/16/content_969787.htm?div=-1

100 Women: the jobs Chinese girls just can't do
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24534782

Opinion (观点)

从薄熙来案看上海自贸区缺乏核心竞争力 (Bo Xilai’s case shows Shanghai free trade zone needs rule of law to be competitive)
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/14676/cong-bo-xi-lai-kan-shang-hai-zi-mao-qu-que-fa-he-xin-jing-zheng-li

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

金加里：解读中国网络审查制度 (Gary King: interpretation of the Chinese Internet censorship system)
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131016/cc16ouyangbin/

Children (儿童)

云南官员强奸幼女获刑5年 检方公布抗诉三理由 (Zhaotong procuratorate protests light sentence for county official convicted of raping 4-year-old girl)
Beijing News, October 16, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1016/c1001-23215956.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

食药监总局：“染色”中药材流向广 已达医药机构 (Food and Drug Administration: "dyed" Chinese herbal medicines sold to medical institutions)
China News Service, October 16, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/10-16/5387946.shtml

Corruption （腐败）

南京市市长季建业被双规 (Nanjing mayor Ji Jianye placed under disciplinary investigation)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14588/nan-jing-shi-shi-chang-ji-jian-ye-bei-shuang-gui

China milk powder crackdown is tough medicine for doctors, sales reps
Reuters, October 15, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/uk-china-milkpowder-idUKBRE99E0ZS20131015

Danone to name new management at China unit after bribery scandal
Reuters, October 15, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/uk-china-danone-bribery-idUKBRE99E01Y20131015

Education (教育)

Hong Kong’s new big draw for mainlanders: the SAT
Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/16/hong-kongs-new-big-draw-for-mainlanders-the-sat/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese activists face arrests, travel bans before U.N. forum: experts
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-un-rights-idUSBRE99F0DQ20131016

Related:
UN experts alarmed by reprisals against activists linked to China’s international human rights review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 16, 2013
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13860

联合国：中国维权人士面临逮捕与旅行禁令
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131016_china_un_humanrights.shtml

For more information on Cao Shunli, see:
Cao Shunli: UPR Submission and other Documents
曹顺利为联合国普遍定期审议提交的报告和文件
Human Rights in China, October 8, 2013
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-un-rights-idUSBRE99F0DQ20131016
CH:http://hrichina.org/cn/content/6965

As China moves to lower professor’s profile, colleges are seeking to raise theirs
夏业良，从经济学家到异见者
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131015/c15professor/dual/

律师投诉公安行政不作为 郭飞雄被正式批捕 ()
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-10152013094241.html

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

UK opens doors to Chinese banks with special terms for lenders
英媒：奥斯本同中国的协议震惊美国银行
Financial Times, October 14, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d2de8356-34f6-11e3-a13a-00144feab7de.html#axzz2htrPEoNb
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/10/131016_press_ft_china_banks.shtml

Labor (劳工)

Forced student labour is central to the Chinese economic miracle
The Guardian, October 14, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/forced-student-labour-china-apple

报告呼吁为“同志”营造共融工作环境
China's gays and lesbians start to fight for rights in the workplace
Caixin, September 27, 2013
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2013-09-27/100587376.html
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/china-039-s-gays-and-lesbians-start-to-fight-for-rights-in-the-workplace/gays-lesbians-china-lgbt-corporate-social-responsibility/c3s13551/#.Ul3279IW3Sk

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

前三季度中国政府卖地获2万亿 同比增70% (Chinese gov’t earns RMB 2 trillion for land sales in first 3 quarters, up 70% from same period last year)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14573/qian-san-ji-du-zhong-guo-zheng-fu-mai-di-huo-2mo-yi-tong-bi-zeng-70

Political and Economic Reforms

透视中国：吸取苏联教训，反对非议毛泽东 (Inside China: Chinese leaders want to learn from Soviet Union and oppose criticism of Mao)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china_watch/2013/10/131015_china_watch_mao_stalin.shtml

China marks 100 years since birth of Xi's war-hero father
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2013
http://bit.ly/19LVcPM

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

余姚灾民抗议：“不为人民服务，下台” (Yuyao flood victims’ protest: officials that "do not serve the people should step down")
Deutsche Welle, October 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1byhFTP

Rural Issues (农村)

黑龙江「黑地」猖獗引民愤 (Heilongjiang farm authority secretly collects profits on “black land” that is removed from gov’t registry)
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14575/hei-long-jiang-hei-di-chang-jue-yin-min-fen

Opinion （观点）

Consensus is key to ongoing reform
中国改革要啃的“硬骨头”是哪些
Global Times, October 15, 2013
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-10/4452138.html
EN: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/818007.shtml#.Ul3zndIW3Sk

中国政府的“网络反右”
Busting China’s bloggers
New York Times, October 16, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131016/c16murong/dual/

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

Justice sought for those prosecuted during Bo Xilai's organised crime campaign
South China Morning Post, October 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1331377/justice-sought-those-prosecuted-during-bo-xilais-organised-crime