Government

'Iron Rice Bowl' Ban Served Up in Another City

China Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763171.htm

Human Rights Defender

Lawmaker to Press UN over Death of Li Wangyang

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039786/lawmaker-press-un-over-death-li-wangyang

June Fourth

Hu Jiwei Dies at 96, Asks for Vindication of Tian'anmen

Want China Times, September 18, 2012

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120918000029&cid=1101

Media

Police Violence Sparks Call to Reform Mainland Media System

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039418/police-violence-sparks-call-reform-mainland-media-system

Politics

Mainland Propaganda Chief Liu Yunshan Eyes Top Party Post

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1039379/mainland-propaganda-chief-liu-yunshan-eyes-top-party-post

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原北大教师焦国标因言论被刑拘 (Former Peking University Professor Jiao Guobiao Detained for Words)

CHRD, September 17, 2012

http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/09/blog-post_4849.html

Protests and Petitions

9月16日北京游行见闻

Closer Look: How a Protest in Beijing Stuck to the Script

Caixin, September 17, 2012

http://wangheyan.blog.caixin.com/archives/46076

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-17/100438867.html

Macau

Beijing-friendly Macau Sees No Need for National Education

South China Morning Post, September 16, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1037943/beijing-friendly-macau-sees-no-need-national-education

Politics

Guangdong's Liberal Party Boss Wang Yang May Still Be ahead of His Time

South China Morning Post, September 17, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1038564/guangdongs-liberal-party-boss-wang-yang-may-still-be-ahead-his-time

Protests and Petitions

港媒分析中港两地反日示威 (HK Media Examine Anti-Japanese Protests in HK and PRC)

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/09/120917_hk_media_diaoyu_demo.shtml

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广州警方刑拘10名游行中打砸分子 (Guangzhou: 10 Criminally Detained for Violence during Protests)

Southern Metropolis Daily, September 17, 2012

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/c92/625907.html

南早記者被公安亂棍扑爆鼻 (Shenzhen: SCMP Photographer Beaten by Police)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773205/1.html

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警武力清場 記者遭棍打 (Ming Pao Journalist Hit during Protest Clean-up)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773208/1.html

深圳民主人士多人打横幅上街被抓捕 (Shenzhen: Democracy Advocates Detained after Joining Island Protest March with Diaoyu Banner also Advocating Freedom, Democracy, Rights)

Canyu, September 16, 2012

http://www.canyu.org/n59513c6.aspx

广州港资厂工人周五大罢工 争取工资与福利待遇 (Guangzhou Factory Workers Strike for Wages and Welfare)

Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09142012112750.html

Public Health

Landlord Forces Volunteers to Close Free AIDS Shelter

Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/17/Landlord+forces+volunteers+to+close+free+AIDS+shelter

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Rejects U.S. Plea for Tibetans

Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rejects-09132012163640.html

燒日本車打日本人 內地反日趨激 (Mainland Anti-Japan Protests Escalate in Violence with Burnings of Japanese Cars and Beatings of Japanese People)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2770998/1.html

Children

Ministry of Civil Affairs: No More Child Beggar on Streets

Sina, September 14, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0914/506588.html

Hong Kong

Advocates Say Hong Kong Not Doing Enough for Rights of the Disabled

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036107/advocates-say-hong-kong-not-doing-enough-rights-disabled

Human Rights Defenders

Teacher, Violinist, Enemy of the State? Web Posts Spur Free-Speech Debate in China

Time World, September 11, 2012

http://world.time.com/2012/09/11/teacher-violinist-enemy-of-the-state-web-posts-spur-free-speech-debate-in-china/

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Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

Human Rights in China, September 13, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6291

Labor

贵州天义电器厂工人集体大罢工要求加薪 (Guizhou Factory Workers Organize a Major Strike for Increased Wages)

Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-09132012145319.html

Media

Detention of Ming Pao Journalists on Mainland Condemned

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036114/detention-ming-pao-journalists-mainland-condemned

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官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html

Politics

汪洋：不改革如溫水煮蛙 (Guangdong Party Head: Without Reform, We'll Be Like Frogs in Boiling Water)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2771027/1.html

Bilateral Ties

Chinese Company to Mine 2600-Year-Old Buddhist Site

China Digital Times, September 12, 2012

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/09/chinese-company-to-mine-200-year-old-buddhist-site/

Hong Kong

香港教育局：國民教育部分爭議性內容已刪除 (HK Education Bureau: Certain Controversial Parts of National Education Removed)

People's Daily, September 13, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2770572/1.html

IMAR

China: Hulunbuir Grassland Destroyed by Coal Mining Activities

Global Voices, September 13, 2012

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/09/13/china-hulunbuir-grassland-destroyed-by-coal-mining-activities/