Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

In China, a widespread show of sympathy for Mandela
纪念曼德拉，中国左右派各取所需
The New York Times, December 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131207/c07reaction/dual/

Chinese police recommend trial for rights advocate
中国警方向检察官建议审判民权倡导者许志永
The New York Times, December 9, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131209/c09xuzhiyong/dual/

Related:
许志永起诉书曝光 主要“罪行” 为推动教育平权与官员财产公开 (Main charges in Xu Zhiyong’s indictment: promoting equal education and advocating for disclosure of officials’ assets)
Radio France International, December 9, 2013
http://rfi.my/1gjOtWp

Related Tencent Weibo post:
一贫如洗, December 9, 2013 如果这是罪，那么，每一个有良知、有社会责任感的人，都有罪。感谢有关部门让我们认识了许志永，了解了新公民运动，知道了有这么一群人不为自己，而是为他人争取着利益，为社会寻求着公平，为国家尽着一个公民的义务和责任。 http://t.qq.com/p/t/340526030969077

美国国会举行听证会：中国政治犯女儿呼唤爸爸回家 (U.S. congressional hearing: daughters of China’s political prisoners call for their fathers’ return)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/vt-12062013143822.html

律师会见刘晓波失败 刘霞见朋友只哭说不出话 (Lawyer’s request to meet Liu Xiaobo ignored)
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-12072013113538.html

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

在纽约后院建中国式迪斯尼？(Building a Chinese-style Disneyland in upstate New York?)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bslVW0

Related:
Mysterious plans to build upstate NY "China City of America"
New York Post, December 4, 2013
http://nypost.com/2013/12/04/mysterious-plans-to-build-upstate-ny-china-city-of-america/

China: the must-visit destination for cash-seeking world leaders
The Guardian, December 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/china-cash-seeking-world-leaders-uk-human-rights

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

北京井底人:曾被城管关狗笼里 谈何尊严 (Beijing man evicted from well, his home for 10 years after local authorities locked him in dog cage)
People’s Daily, December 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1207/c1001-23773573.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China’s labor camps close, but human rights groups say grim detention conditions linger
The Washington Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinas-labor-camps-close-but-human-rights-groups-say-grim-detention-conditions-linger/2013/12/06/4e84cc96-5bfc-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

Population (人口)

Hebei farmer commits suicide over fines for children
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1376796/hebei-farmer-commits-suicide-over-fines-children

Opinion (观点)

China’s strong-arm tactics toward U.S. media merit a response
The Washington Post, December 8, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-strong-arm-tactics-toward-us-media-merit-a-response/2013/12/08/164163fc-5eb9-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html

Cameron’s human rights humbug and the Chinese fortune cookie
The Sunday Times, December 8, 2013
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/131208/columns/camerons-human-rights-humbug-and-the-chinese-fortune-cookie-75677.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

食药监总局曝光20家假药信息网站 (State Food and Drug Administration exposes 20 websites publishing fake drug information)
People’s Daily, December 6, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1206/c1001-23760485.html

Corruption (腐败)

十八大以来被调查省部级官员已达13人 (Thirteen provincial-level officials investigated since 18th Party Congress)
People’s Daily, December 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2013-12-06/183028906856.shtml

Cyber security (网络安全)

Hack Tibet
Foreign Policy, December 4, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/04/hack_tibet_china_cyberwar

Education (教育)

Shanghai teens top international education ranking, OECD ()
CNN, December 3, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/world/asia/pisa-education-study/

Related:
上海學生全球最強 香港第三 (Shanghai students top international education assessment, Hong Kong in 3rd place)
Ming Pao, December 5, 2013
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20131205/ca41147w.htm

Environment (环境)

Air pollution shrouds eastern China
中国东部遭遇近期最严重大气污染
The New York Times, December 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131206/c06pollution/dual/

Health (健康)

中国大陆今年前9个月新增艾滋病感染者7万人 (70,000 new HIV cases in first nine months of 2013)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yl-12052013150810.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Daughters of activists imprisoned in China call on White House for help
Associated Press and Fox News, December 5, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/06/daughters-activists-imprisoned-in-china-call-on-white-house-for-help/

新余三君子均遭刑讯逼供 律师发现重大程序违规 (Three defendants in Liu Ping’s case suffered torture and experienced serious procedural irregularities)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-12052013095533.html

Related Tencent Weibo post:
RIGHTS律师团, December 6, 2013
杨学林：新余案庭审，全部结束，择日选判。 (Yang Xuelin: Xinyu trial concludes. Sentences to be announced later.)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/315798094103983

Chinese mourn Mandela; ask awkward questions about own dissidents
Reuters, December 5, 2013
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-mandela-china-20131205,0,7974656.story

Related:
北京悼念曼德拉 民众避提刘晓波 (Beijing citizens mourn Mandela, avoid mentioning jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo)
Voice of America, December 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mandela-condolence-20131206/1804925.html

China pays tribute to Mandela, an "old friend of the Chinese people"
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1374332/china-pays-tribute-mandela-old-friend-chinese-people

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s liberator as prisoner and President, dies at 95
解放者曼德拉：从囚徒到总统
The New York Times, December 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20131206/c06mandela-obit/dual/

Related Tencent Weibo post:
温军, December 5, 2013
【中国怎么可能有曼德拉？】说曼德拉伟大，那是因为他在南非！他坐了27年牢，出狱后当选总统，还活了95岁的高龄。如果在中国，将可能面临老虎凳，咽阴毛，喷芥末油，缠铜丝（生殖器与脚趾）等酷刑，一个正常人怎么可能扛得过27年并保持精神正常？这些酷刑并非杜撰，参见腾讯。@袁裕来律师@何兵@徐昕
http://t.qq.com/p/t/336294064216181

Information Control (信息控制)

China pressures U.S. journalists, prompting warning from Biden
中国向外媒施压迫使拜登出言警告
The New York Times, December 6, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/policy/20131206/c06journalists/dual/

Biden faults China on foreign press crackdown
拜登指责中国打压外国驻华新闻机构
The New York Times, December 6, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131206/c06biden/dual/

Internet (互联网)

全国微博账号突破13亿 (1.3 billion microblog user accounts now in China)
Peoples Daily, December 6, 2013
http://news.sohu.com/20131206/n391393330.shtml

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

Lip service: China seems to be winning its arguments with the West over Tibet and human rights
The Economist, December 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21591182-china-seems-be-winning-its-arguments-west-over-tibet-and-human-rights-lip-service

June Fourth (六四)

吾爾開希闖關香港心路 (Wuer Kaixi: Hong Kong immigration official personally supports Wuer Kaixi’s position)
Xinhua, December 5, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1386214762664&docissue=2013-49

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Court orders: It turns out that torturing people for confessions isn’t all right after all
The Economist, December 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21591210-it-turns-out-torturing-people-confessions-isnt-all-right-after-all-court-orders

Merry Mao-mas! The chairman’s birthday this month will put Xi Jinping to the test
The Economist, December 7, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21591186-chairmans-birthday-month-will-put-xi-jinping-test-merry-mao-mas

Society (社会)

艾滋病人深圳求职1年内被辞退六次 (HIV positive Shenzhen resident fired by 6 new employers in 1 year)<)
Yangcheng Evening News, December 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-12-06/152328905728.shtml

Opinion (观点)

Let political parties play a central role in 2017 chief executive election
2017特首普选　应予政党提名权
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2013
EN: http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1371694/let-political-parties-play-central-role-2017-chief-executive
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/17432/2017te-shou-pu-xuan-ying-yu-zheng-dang-ti-ming-quan

張藝謀與自我他者化 (“The Flowers of War” bombed because Zhang Yimou relinquished his critical realism)
Yazhou Zhoukan, December 15, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1386214763101&docissue=2013-49