Open Government Information (信息公开)

Challenging the Chinese government to disclose its aid to North Korea
New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/challenging-the-chinese-government-to-disclose-its-aid-to-north-korea/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

国研中心“383”改革方案全文公布 刘鹤领衔起草 (State Council’s Development Research Center unveils reform proposal that reflects the “correct management of government-market relationship”)
China News Service, October 28, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1027/c1001-23338752.html

See the report:
新一轮改革的基本思路和行动方案 (Basic reasoning and action plan of China’s new round of reforms)
China Reform, Cai Xin, October 1, 2013
http://magazine.caixin.com/2013-09-30/100587968.html

Related:
Chinese government think tank pushes for major reforms across all aspects of the economy and life
AFP, October 28, 2013
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-think-tank-lays-out-reforms-2013-10

Market awaits "unprecedented" reforms in China
Forbes, October 26, 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/10/26/market-awaits-unprecedented-reforms-in-china/?partner=yahootix

Across the party wall
The Economist, October 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21588359-vietnams-communist-party-bit-mess-chinas-may-have-little-teach-it-across

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

事故还是自杀式抗议？(Tiananmen car crash: an accident or suicide-style protest?)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2013
http://bit.ly/Hr2amA

Related pictures:
网上疯传 天安门前爆炸的汽车上携带炸弹 (Tiananmen car accident was a car bombing)
Boxun, October 28, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/10/201310282355.shtml#.Um6VBHCsgyp

Taiwan (台湾)

吴伯雄重申"两岸不是国与国关系" (Elder Taiwan statesman reiterates that cross straits relations are not relations between countries)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dDue4s

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Uighur Muslims in China arrested for "online jihad"
International Business Times, October 28, 2013
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/517429/20131028/china-internet-jihad-online-xinjiang-province-muslim.htm

Opinion (观点)

Economic rather than political reform to be focus of CPC meeting
China Times, October 27, 2013
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131027000003&cid=1701&MainCatID=17

Can China escape its choking air pollution?
Washington Post, October 26, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-china-escape-its-choking-air-pollution/2013/10/25/258ea032-3c35-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_story.html

陈永洲事件掀起“滥用公权”问题的讨论 (Chen Yongzhou incident prompts discussion about "abuse of public authority")
Radio France International, October 28, 2013
http://rfi.my/HoBbsM

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

山东省高院逐条评判薄熙来上诉理由 裁定驳回上诉维持原判
Bo's appeal rejected, original judgment upheld
Xinhua, October 25, 2013
CH: http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23326857.html
EN: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90785/8436846.html

Related:
薄熙来案二审裁定书（全文）(Second instance verdict on Bo Xilai’s case [full text])
People’s Daily, October 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23326738.html

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

库克：中国媒体审查如何影响境外媒体？(Sara Cook: how does China’s media censorship affect overseas media?)
Deutsch Welle, October 25, 2013
http://bit.ly/1drMNsh

See related report:
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World
Center for International Media Assistance, October 22, 2013
http://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-China_Sarah%20Cook_10_22_13.pdf

Children (儿童)

最高法公布3起惩处性侵害未成年人犯罪案例 (Supreme Court announces sentences of 3 convicted of sexual abuse of minors, one receives death)
Xinhua, October 25, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7733266.html

最高法:不能以是否给钱区分嫖宿幼女罪与强奸罪 (Supreme Court: payment cannot justify rape of girls under 14 years as prostitution)
Beijing News, October 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23321567.html

Corruption (腐败)

中共以不断创新强化“巡视”反腐
China's Party inspectors hit road again
Xinhua, October 24, 2013
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-10/24/c_117861898.htm
EN: http://english.cntv.cn/20131023/105284.shtml

Chinese village builds seven-floor government office
The Telegraph, October 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10402088/Chinese-village-builds-seven-floor-government-office.html

Environment (环境)

北京首起公益诉讼未予立案 NGO状告央企无果 (First public interest litigation in Beijing rejected by courts)
China Youth daily, October 24, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2013/10-24/5419579.shtml

Response to a city’s smog points to a change in Chinese attitude
The New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/asia/smoggy-days-in-harbin-prompt-quick-reaction.html

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

In rare move, China regulator voices concern for detained reporter
Reuters, October 24, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/uk-china-reporter-idUKBRE99N0D020131024

See statement:
国家新闻出版广电总局、中国记协高度关注《新快报》记者被刑拘 (The General Association of Press and Publishing and All China Journalists Association deeply concerned about the criminal detention of a New Express reporter)
GAPP, October 24, 2013
http://www.gapp.gov.cn/news/1656/159108.shtml

Related:
Chinese newspaper continues campaign to free reporter
The Telegraph, October 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10401753/Chinese-newspaper-continues-campaign-to-free-reporter.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

上海维权人士沈勇被黑保安和民警毒打后死亡 (Shanghai rights defender Shen Yong beaten to death by security guards and police)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-10242013130631.html

Information Control (信息控制)

China won’t lose its "voice" despite new TV restrictions
Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/25/china-wont-lose-its-voice-despite-new-tv-restrictions/

International Human Rights (国际人权)

联合国成员国敦促中国改善人权状况 （UN member states urge China to improve human rights situation, offer over 200 recommendations during UPR）
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131025_china_human_rights_un.shtml

Related:
Activists slam China's human rights record amid UN review
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/review-10232013110140.html

China defends record at U.N. Human Rights Council; others beg to differ
Agence France-Presse, October 23, 2013
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/23/world/china-defends-record-at-u-n-human-rights-council-others-beg-to-differ/

UN-real: Saudi Arabia, China among nations vying for seats on Human Rights Council
Fox, October 22, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/22/un-real-saudi-arabia-china-among-nations-vying-for-seats-on-human-rights/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Chinese villagers protest against land deal in Yunnan
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24669447

Rule of Law (法治)

中国近20年来首次修改消费者权益保护法 (China revises consumer protection law, first time in nearly 20 years)
China News Service, October 25, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/10-25/5424916.shtml

Related:
China overhauls consumer protection laws
Reuters, October 25, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-china-consumer-law-idUSBRE99O05E20131025

Rural Issues (农村)

消失中的村落：山西盂县宽坪村仅剩九口人 （Disappearing village: only 9 people remain in one Shanxi village）
People’s Daily, October 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23324420.html

Society (社会)

China’s bystander problem: Another death after crowd ignores woman in peril
Washington Post, October 24, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/24/chinas-bystander-problem-another-death-after-crowd-ignores-woman-in-peril/

Opinion (观点)

Wide acclaim for China's state-centered, collective human rights
Huffington Post, October 24, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-rhodes/wide-acclaim-for-china_b_4144477.html

Singing from the same hymnal
Economist, October 24, 2013
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/10/china-and-vatican

Related:
英媒：同唱赞美诗歌的中国和梵蒂冈 (UK media: China and the Vatican are singing from the same hymnal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/10/131024_press_vatican_china.shtml