Hong Kong

Seven in Court over Vote-rigging
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5848295a832d4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Dissident Author Is Allowed to Move to U.S.
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577156732239846176.html

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"余杰们"为什么逃离中国 (Why Yu Jie et al Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, January 12, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15660824,00.html

李金平发表公开信讲述被关进精神病院的经过 (Beijing Activist Li Jinping Releases Open Letter Detailing His Experience Being Committed to a Psychiatric Institution)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-01122012151910.html

Related information:
Rights Defender Recounts Incarceration in Psychiatric Hospital
李金平讲述被关精神病院的经历
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5769
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5770

Gender

Woman Flees Forced Sterilization
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/child-01122012145358.html

Internet

山西一警察兼营贴吧 疑因删帖收费获刑
Caixin, January 12, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-12/100347996.html

Labor

Toy Factory Protest in Dongguan
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/factory-01122012182545.html

Society

2012年中国社会动荡将真正开始 (2012 Social Unrest Begins)
Radio France Internationale, January 12, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120112-2012年中国社会动荡将真正开始

Disasters

四川北川三百遇难学生家长堵路讨赔偿 (Families Who Lost Children to 2008 Sichuan Quake Protest for Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-01112012094106.html

Environment

Capital Chokes Embarrassing Smog News
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1193256517dc4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

China Denounces ‘Hong Konger’ Trend
The Washington Post, January 10, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-denounces-hong-konger-trend/2012/01/10/gIQAmivNqP_story.html

Human Rights Defenders

聲援高智晟 胡佳「違例」被抄家 (Rights Activist Hu Jia Warned, Home Searched after Voicing Support for Gao Zhisheng)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2546891/1.html

Related information:
Hu Jia Released
胡佳获释
Human Rights in China, June 27, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5401
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5402

Internet

Online Community Exceeds Half a Billion
Shanghai Daily, January 12, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=492154

Labor

Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide over Pay and Conditions
The Irish Times, January 12, 2012
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0112/1224310140652.html

深圳数百环卫工人罢工有人被抓 上海访民两会上访三百人被抓 (Shenzhen: Detentions as Sanitation Workers Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01112012092448.html

Military

Central Asia Expert to Head PLA Intelligence
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a53256517dc4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

藏民與警衝突 甘肅釀1死 (Gansu: One Dead in Clash between Tibetans and Police)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2546892/1.html

Death Penalty

Death Penalty Cases Rife with Evidence Flaws
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a7f3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
最高法院副院长透露：死刑案件质量堪忧 (SPC Vice President Reveals Issues in Death Penalty Cases)
Caixin, January 09, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-09/100347032.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Rights Lawyer in Remote Jail Denied Visits
Associated Press, January 11, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120110/ap_on_re_as/as_china_jailed_lawyer

Internet

互联网信息办查处网络大泄密事件 (Internet Info Office Investing Major Leak Case)
Caixin, January 10, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-10/100347466.html

Labor

Tougher Penalties for Work Safety Violations
China Daily, January 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/11/content_14422919.htm

Politics

Call for Political Reforms
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/party-01102012155157.html

Related news:
清華學者警告﹕維穩綁架改革 (Tsinghua Scholar Warns: Stability Maintenance Has Kidnapped Reform)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2544710/1.html

清华大学发布2011年度社会进步研究报告 (Tsinghua Releases Report on Social Progress in 2011)
China Youth Daily, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2543509/1.html

Party Official Who Angered Wukan Gains More Power
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55ac3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR

Pledge to Stem Violence, Mass Incidents in Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, January 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/11/content_14418419.htm