Civil Society

中国草根NGO有望转正 (Registration Situation for Chinese NGOs Holds Promise)
Deutsche Welle, July 13, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15227847,00.html

Hong Kong

香港特首人选浮台面 王光亚指点条件引批评 (State Council Directives for Choosing Hong Kong's Next Chief Executive Draws Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hk-07122011095748.html

Related news:
香港观察：今年香港的温度特别高 (Politics Running Especially Hot This Summer in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 12, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2011/07/110712_hkreview_hitemp_bylvyi.shtml

Radio Broadcasters Seek to Overcome Limitations in Hong Kong
Voice of America, July 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Radio-Broadcasters-Seek-to-Overcome-Limitations-in-Hong-Kong-125460473.html

Human Rights

China's 1st Human Rights Action Plan Accomplished
Xinhua News Agency, July 12, 2011
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/07/12/1821s648005.htm

Related news:
中国将制定新一期国家人权行动计划 (China to Draft New Human Rights Action Plan for 2012-2015)
Xinhua News Agency, July 13, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/13/c_121659256.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Ai Weiwei's Firm Granted Hearing with Tax Agency
Associated Press, July 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110713/ap_on_re_as/as_china_ai_weiwei

Human Rights Defenders

First, They Came for the Lawyers
Foreign Policy, July 12, 2011
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/12/first_they_came_for_the_lawyers

Internet

社科院蓝皮书:中国已成全球新媒体用户第一大国 (CASS Blue Book: China Has Most Users of New Media)
China.org.cn, July 12, 2011
http://news.china.com.cn/2011-07/12/content_22970889.htm

Related news:
China Websites Fall Victim to New Controls: Study
Agence France-Presse, July 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110713/ts_afp/chinamediainternet

網民轟京滬高鐵豆腐渣 (Netizens Expose Faulty Construction in Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rail)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2379963/1.html

Related information:
All Eyes on China’s New High-speed Rail
China Media Project, July 13, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/07/13/13764/

Land Policy

Call for Land Reform
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/land-07122011135313.html

Escavator Crushes Farmer to Death
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2df19f288fe11310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Highway Protest after Villager's Death
Shanghai Daily, July 13, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=476934

Bilateral Ties

Fugitive from China Wins Interim Stay of Deportation
The Globe and Mail, July 11, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/fugitive-from-china-wins-interim-stay-of-deportation/article2093763/

Hong Kong

北京列出香港特首“必备条件” (Beijing Lists "Necessary Requirements" for HK Chief Executive)
Deutsche Welle, July 11, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15226424,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未案重要证人仍被失踪 当局持续打压艺术自由表达 (Important Witnesses in Ai Weiwei Case Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aww-07112011092132.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada

Ethnic Mongol Activist, Family Held
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/held-07112011133648.html

Media

Top China Editor Says 'Private Interests' Censor Press
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110711/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsmediapeople

《山东新闻网》报江泽民死讯遭整肃 (Shandong Online Newsportal Shut Down Temporarily for Reporting Jiang Zemin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_media-07112011085808.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Court Jails Six for Role in Guangdong Riot
Reuters, July 12, 2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE76B0SH20110712

Public Health

民生三问:如何防止“被精神病”？ (How Can Forcible Commitment to Mental Hospitals Be Avoided?)
People's Daily, July 11, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/11/c_121648793.htm

Tibet

China Says Tibetans 'Closely' Linked to Majority Han
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110711/wl_asia_afp/chinareligiontibetrightspolitics

For full text of the whitepaper, see:
西藏和平解放60年
Sixty Years since Peaceful Liberation of Tibet
State Council Information Office, July 11, 2011
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-07/11/content_1903871.htm
EN: http://www.gov.cn/english/official/2011-07/11/content_1904075.htm

四川十多名藏人因示威被判刑 (Sichuan: Several Tibetans Sentenced for Demonstrations)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_tibetan-07112011120828.html

XUAR

Uyghur Leaflets Prompt Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/leaflets-07112011113203.html

Bilateral Ties

Congress Urging Dalai Lama-Obama Meeting
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66f9cbf29aa01310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
中国重申“西藏事务纯属内政” (China Reiterates: The Tibet Issue Is Purely a Domestic One)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 09, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110709_china_dalai_tibet.shtml

Population

广东已申报“单独可生二胎”试点 (Guangdong Pushing for Two-Child Policy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 11, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/4/56/456ac9b0d15a8b7f/Blog/60b/0599af.html

Food Security

Beijing in New Crackdown on Use of Illegal Cooking Oil
China Daily, July 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/11/content_12872084.htm

Hukou

Money, Fraud and Hukou
China Daily, July 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-07/11/content_12871956.htm