Death penalty (死刑)

Politics of the Death Penalty in China
China Change, January 16, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/01/16/politics-of-the-death-penalty-in-china/

Health (健康)

More infected in fresh wave of China bird flu - WHO
Reuters, January 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-birdflu-who-idUSBREA0J0LO20140120

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

How “New Citizen” trials highlight lack of rule of law on mainland China
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1409924/how-new-citizen-trials-highlight-lack-rule-law-mainland-china

Related:
新公民运动倡导者许志永周三受审
Trial begins next week for human rights activist in China
The New York Times, January 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140120/c20trial/dual/

Xu Zhiyong to face trial in Beijing amid crackdown on dissent
The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304027204579332532039543714

律师因查办郭飞雄案受压 刘远东案将于周五开庭 (Authorities pressure Guo Feixiong's lawyer, Guangzhou activist Liu Yuandong, to go on trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01202014102217.html

刘霞近日获准与朋友通电话 (Liu Xia allowed to talk to friends over phone)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2014
www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Liu-01202014085038.html?encoding=simplified

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

Gary Locke by-the-numbers tour as ambassador to China is nearing an end
Washington Post, January 20, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/gary-locke-by-the-numbers-tour-as-ambassador-to-china-is-nearing-an-end/2014/01/20/b83bd4b6-76b6-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html

Japan protests China memorial to Korean assassin as ties fray
Reuters, January 20, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/20/us-japan-china-idUSBREA0J0G120140120

Labor (劳工)

Chinese civil servants demand higher salaries, reactions
China Smack, January 20, 2014
www.chinasmack.com/2014/stories/chinese-civil-servants-demand-higher-salaries-reactions.html

LGBTI (男女同性恋、双性恋、变性人和两性人)

Gays reveal extent of Chinese clinics' “sexual reorientation” therapies
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1409636/gays-reveal-extent-chinese-clinics-sexual-reorientation-therapies

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Food security, rural environment top China's policy agenda in 2014
Reuters, January 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/19/us-china-agriculture-idUSBREA0I04920140119

See police agenda:
中共中央、国务院印发《关于全面深化农村改革加快推进农业现代化的若干意见》(Certain Opinions Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Rural Reforms and Expeditiously Advancing Agricultural Modernization, issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the State Council)
Xinhua, January 19, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-01/19/c_119033371.htm

Population (人口)

政协委员:财政局透露广州超生罚款"均价"20万元 (Guangzhou authorities collected RMB 470 million in one-child policy penalty fees in 2012)
Southern Metropolis, January 21, 2014
news.163.com/14/0121/05/9J3DK9IR0001124J.html

China cracks down on illegal sex-determination clinics
Guardian, January 19, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/19/china-crack-down-illegal-sex-determination-clinics-abortion

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China's media accuse Uighur scholar of separatism
Associated Press, January 18, 2014
www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24940236/chinas-media-accuse-uighur-scholar-separatism

China's Xinjiang doubling anti-terror budget
Associated Press, January 17, 2014
www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11188316

Opinion (观点)

The trial of the Chinese Dream
New Yorker, January 17, 2014
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/01/the-trial-of-the-chinese-dream.html

Jerome Cohen on the upcoming trial of Xu Zhiyong
Chinese Law Prof Blog, January 19, 2014
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2014/01/jerome-cohen-on-the-upcoming-trial-of-xu-zhiyong.html

Corruption (腐败)

Party issues rules to curb “naked” corruption
中共明文规定不得再提拔“裸官”
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17promotion/dual/

中国富豪减少送礼支出 (Wealthy Chinese reduce spending on expensive gifts)
Financial Times, January 17, 2014
www.ftchinese.com/story/001054449

Related:
Luxury in China loses luster as wealthy flee
Reuters, January 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/16/us-china-luxury-hurun-idUSBREA0F0H320140116

Environment (环境)

China's big polluters exceed emission limits - report
Reuters, January 16, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/16/us-china-environment-idUSBREA0F0K720140116

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Eleven things to watch for in the trial of chinese activist Xu Zhiyong
The Epoch Times, January 16, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/453316-eleven-things-to-watch-for-in-the-trial-of-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong/

Sakharov Prize: 25 years of promoting human rights, past Chinese winners weigh in
NTD TV, January 16, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140116/84805-sakharov-prize-25-years-of-promoting-human-rights-past-chinese-winners-weigh-in.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

U.S. presses China prominent academic's detention
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140116/us-presses-china-prominent-academics-detention-0

Related:
Outspoken Uighur scholar detained in Beijing
中央民族大学维族教授遭警方拘留
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17tohti/dual/

EU envoy criticises “tightening” curbs on China human rights
Captial News, January 17, 2014
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/01/eu-envoy-criticises-tightening-curbs-on-china-human-rights/

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

Chinese troops bolster UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/1eFNQSj

Population (人口)

留美副教授超生被开除 计生办建议再处理其妻 (Professor sacked for violating one-child policy)
Southern Metropolis, January 17, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/s/2014-01-17/040029266395.shtml

Technology (科技)

中国互联网新数字 5亿多人用手机上网 (New stats show over 500 million Chinese users go online using mobile phones)
Voice of America, January 16, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/chinese-cell-phone-user-20140116/1831731.html

In China, A new space for new questions
Tea Leaf Nation, January 16, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/let-a-hundred-questions-bloom-how-political-speech-thrives-on-chinas-quora/

中国微博用户规模下降2783万人 (Weibo loses 27.83 million users)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-01162014112625.html

China web users surge to 618 million: government
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
bit.ly/19xTQip

See report:
第33次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告 (33rd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center, January 16, 2014
www.cnnic.cn/hlwfzyj/hlwxzbg/hlwtjbg/201401/t20140116_43820.htm

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Xinjiang steps up fight against religious extremists in China
The Guardian, January 17, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/xinjiang-religious-extremists-china-terrorism

Women (妇女)

Blame it on the booze
Tea Leaf Nation, January 10, 2014
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2014/01/blame-it-on-the-booze/

Opinion (观点)

有铁面问责，才有进取动力 —— 三论如何看待“为官不易” (Robust accountability system crucial to achieving progress in good governance)
People's Daily, January 17, 2014
paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2014-01/17/nw.D110000renmrb_20140117_1-05.htm

China’s unprecedented political reforms
Council on Foreign Relations, January 16, 2014
blogs.cfr.org/asia/2014/01/16/chinas-unprecedented-political-reforms/