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

Chinese president ends regional tour in cradle of Cuban Revolution
Reuters, July 23, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/us-cuba-china-idUSKBN0FS22R20140723

Law (法律)

Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
China Daily, July 22, 2014
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/22/content_17881885.htm

Refugees and Asylum-seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

20名脱北者在中国被捕 面临遣返 (20 North Korean defectors caught in China, face repatriation)
Voice of America, July 23, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-korea-defectors-20140723/1963848.html

Religion (宗教)

Christians in Wenzhou fight to keep church’s cross
The New York Times, July 24, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/christians-in-wenzhou-fight-to-keep-churchs-cross/

Related:
浙江强拆130多座教堂 (More than 130 churches demolished in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-07232014153327.html

Tibet (西藏)

数名藏人陆续被中共警方拘捕 (Police arrest several Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07232014145437.html

Opinion (观点)

Hong Kong rising: an interview with Albert Ho
The New York Review of Books, July 16, 2014
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/jul/16/hong-kong-rising-albert-ho-interview/

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China detains employees of suspect meat seller, official says misconduct a company effort
Associated Press, July 22, 2014
www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2014/07/21/mcdonalds-kfc-in-china-face-new-food-scandal

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Run like hell: China releases new anti-terror handbook
中国公安部推出新版防恐知识手册
The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2014
EN: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/23/run-like-hell-china-releases-new-anti-terror-handbook/?mod=WSJBlog
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140723/rlw163604.asp

Disasters (灾难)

Dozens feared dead as Taiwan passenger plane crash lands during Typhoon Matmo
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1557653/least-51-feared-dead-taiwan-passenger-plane-crash-lands-penghu

Hong Kong (香港)

Campaign tries tapping into Hong Kong’s “silent majority”
香港反 “占中”团体向“沉默的大多数”征集签名
The New York Times, July 22, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140722/c22hongkong/dual/

港媒: 大陆学生遭中联办迫签“反占中”协议 (Mainland students in Hong Kong forced to sign agreement to oppose Occupy Central)
Deutsche Welle, July 22, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1ChAM

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

常玮平律师拒作证遭拘传近24小时 辽宁维权人士孙海洋、姜力钧被批捕 (Lawyer subjected to coercive summons after refusing to provide testimony in client's case, Liaoning activists officially arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07222014105705.html

Information Control (信息控制)

China says to crack down on pornography in mobile apps
Reuters, July 22, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-china-internet-censorship-idUSKBN0FR10320140722

Chinese blogger given 6.5 years for “rumour-mongering”
Associated Press, July 23, 2014
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/chinese-blogger-given-65-years-rumour-mongering-20140723

Media (媒体)

I was fired for writing Hong Kong columns, Song Zhibiao, Guangzhou-based reporter, says
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1557370/i-was-fired-writing-hong-kong-columns-song-zhibiao-guangzhou-based

National Defense (国防)

Flight delays expected to worsen in eastern China
中国军事演习导致大面积航班延误
The New York Times, July 22, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140722/c23flight/dual/

Population (人口)

Casualties of China’s one-child policy
Financial Times, July 22, 2014
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55b0ea7e-084d-11e4-9380-00144feab7de.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

揭露马三家骇人暴行 杜斌新书香港上市 (Book on torture and ill-treatment of women detainees at labor camp published in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07222014105330.html

Rule of Law (法治)

China ex-officials see reprisals for baring abuses
Associated Press, July 22, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-ex-officials-see-reprisals-for-baring-abuses/2014/07/22/bd2b23ba-1197-11e4-ac56-773e54a65906_story.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

How China dismantled the Uyghur Internet
The Diplomat, July 22, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/07/how-china-dismantled-the-uyghur-internet/

Opinion (观点)

Britain slams the door on Hong Kong
英国对香港自由不再关心
Financial Times, July 17, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb8042d8-0d98-11e4-815f-00144feabdc0.html
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001057364?full=y

Market reforms, fight against corruption go hand in hand, expert says
李成言：中纪委革新反腐机制
Caixin, July 21, 2014
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2014-07-22/100707495.html
CH: http://opinion.caixin.com/2014-07-21/100706819.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

国务院食安办：全国清查＂假冒清真＂肉品 (State Council orders investigation into fake Muslim food products)
The Beijing News, July 22, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/07/22/326537.html

China food scandal spreads, drags in Starbucks, Burger King and McNuggets in Japan
Reuters, July 22, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-china-food-idUSKBN0FR07K20140722