Bilateral Ties

South Korea Repeats Call to Investigate Torture Claim
The New York Times, July 31, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/asia/seoul-demands-that-china-respond-to-torture-allegation.html

Civil Society

红十字会或加强垂直管理 (Red Cross May Strengthen Vertical Management)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 1, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/0e/e0e9ac104fdeb345/Blog/a2d/6a31c1.html

Related:
关于促进红十字事业发展的意见 (Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Red Cross)
State Council, July 10, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2012-07/31/content_2194990.htm

Internet

Weibo: Has It Really Changed China?
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18887804

刘本琦因网络言论获罪刑拘已两周 妻子被牵连亦关押五岁儿失踪 (2 Weeks into Liu Benqi's Detention for Speech Crimes, Wife Implicated and Taken into Custody, 5yo Child Missing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-07312012104435.html

Media

日本记者启东采访被殴 国际记联盼中国维护新闻自由 (Int'l Federation of Journalists Calls on China to Protect Freedom of Press as Japanese Journalist Is Assaulted by Police during Jiangsu Protest)
Voice of America, July 31, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/content/japanese-reporter-beaten-in-qidong-20120731/1451607.html

Politics

Rule of Law in China the Silent Victim at Bo Xilai Wife's Trial
Reuters, August 1, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-china-trial-idUSBRE8700AH20120801

Tibet

普京暗示可能允许达赖喇嘛访俄 (Putin Hints at Allowing Dalai Lama to Visit Russia)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16135204,00.html

XUAR

“Commitment Contract” for Xinjiang Muslims
China Digital Times, July 31, 2012
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/07/commitment-contract-for-xinjiang-muslims/

Internet

称警打死人 江苏女网民涉造谣被捕 (Jiangsu Women Arrested on Charges of Spreading Rumors for Saying a Police Beat a Person to Death)
Ming Pao, July 31, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2732238/1.html

Labor

深圳工厂千人罢工堵路抗议 (1K Shenzhen Workers Strike and Block Roads in Protest of Lack of Fair Compensation for Relocation)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/strike-07302012093938.html

Land Policy

集体土地征收补偿条例将出 安置补偿明确 (Resettlement Compensation Made Explicit in Upcoming Regs on Compensation for Expropriation of Collective Land)
The Economic Observer, July 28, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/0728/230877.shtml

Politics

China Paper Says Leaders Must Listen after Riots
Agence France-Presse, July 30, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/japan-firm-says-china-waste-claims-groundless-051626011.html

Related:
郝洪：中国在“环境敏感期”的新考题 (A New Question to Consider while China Is in a "Sensitive Phase")
People's Daily, July 30, 2012
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/1152/2012-07/2964760.html

Public Health

Green-tea Urine Stirs Up Debate
Shanghai Daily, July 31, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/07/31/Greentea+urine+stirs+up+debate

Religion

Religious Freedoms Deteriorated in China Last Year, U.S. Says
Reuters, July 30, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/30/us-usa-religion-idUSBRE86T0XS20120730

Related:
"China," International Religious Freedom Report for 2011
U.S. Department of State, 2012
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?dlid=192619

美国务院报告再次就宗教自由攻击中方 (U.S. DOS Report again Attacks China on Religious Freedom)
Xinhua News Agency, July 31, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-07-31/094424875706.shtml

XUAR

Pakistani Faces Eviction in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/eviction-07302012174334.html

Civil Society

民政部：基金会不得资助营利活动 须公布收支 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: Charity Foundations Shall Not Fund For-profit Activities)
Beijing Times, July 30, 2012
http://gov.163.com/12/0730/08/87LABHSH00234II2.html

Related:
关于规范基金会行为的若干规定（试行） (Several Regulations on Standardizing the Actions of Foundations [for Trial Implementation])
Ministry of Civil Affairs, July 1, 2012
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/mzyw/201207/20120700338660.shtml

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Protesters Oppose "Propaganda" Education Plan
Reuters, July 29, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/29/us-hongkong-china-protest-idUSBRE86S07820120729

Media

被指非法经营及诈骗 港《中国观察》总编被捕 (Hunan: Editor-in-chief of HK Mag China Special Report Arrested on Charges of Illegal Operations and Fraud)
am730, July 30, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=114527&d=1807

Politics

北戴河會前 安保升級 (Security Level Heightened on Eve of Beidaihe Conference)
Ming Pao, July 30, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2731397/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Women Protest Company Accused of Discrimination
China Daily, July 25, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-07/25/content_15614602.htm

Chinese City Kills Project after Pollution Protest
The Associated Press, July 29, 2012
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2012/07/28/chinese-city-kills-project-after-pollution-protest/CsXWaUPCKjeiGQJKfzQFXI/story.html

Related:
China: ‘Violent' Pipeline Protest in Qidong
Global Voices Online, July 29, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/07/29/china-violent-pipeline-protest-in-qidong-splits-opinion/

律师：诉讼无门 唯有抗争 (Lawyer: We Can't Sue, Our Only Option Is Protest)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2730726/1.html

Rural Issues

Forgotten Villagers Complain of Lack of Assistance
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55c1b438d4ec8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD