Bilateral Ties

Coming to America: China Wants to Buy Its Way onto Your TV Screen. Will It Work?
Foreign Policy, November 1, 2012
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/1/coming_to_america_cctv

Related:
中国“大外宣”的“本土化”战略
The Localization Strategy of China’s Great External Propaganda
China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 3
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/3667
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/3267

道听途"说"：新华社在推销什么？
Word on the Street: Xinhua: What Are They Selling?
Human Rights in China, November 7, 2012
http://youtu.be/LxyX9Zh6fj0

Hong Kong

Protesters Fighting Tolo Harbour Beach Marching against the Tide
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1075110/protesters-fighting-tolo-harbour-beach-marching-against-tide

七中首提「進一步加強」港澳工作 ("Further Strengthening" Work Focused on Hong Kong and Macao Raised in 7th Plenary Session Communiqué)
Ming Pao, November 5, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121105/-9-2815485/1.html

Related:
中国共产党第十七届中央委员会第七次全体会议公报 (Communiqué of the 7th Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the CPC)
November 4, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2012-11/04/content_2257344.htm

Human Rights Defenders

佛山村民维护土地权益遭黑汉袭击（视频） (Foshan, Guangdong: Villagers Attacked by Thugs whilst Defending Their Land Rights [with Video])
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_foshan-11022012105911.html

Internet

青年撕毛像 公安拘查 敏感时刻评毛网战 (Four Young Men Detained by Police after Posting Photos Online of Them Tearing Up Pictures of Mao Zedong)
Voice of America, November 4, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/content/young-men-ripping-up-maos-portrait-20121104/1539258.html

Related:
Fury at Torn Mao Pics
Global Times, November 5, 2012
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8004577.html

Media

英媒：天津“新曼哈顿”成互联网审查之都 (UK Media: Tianjin Becomes Online Censorship Capital)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 5, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121104_ukpress_tianjin_censor.shtml

Related:
China’s ‘New Manhattan’ Becomes Censorship Capital
Financial Times, November 4, 2012
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/77b7cde6-24e1-11e2-8924-00144feabdc0

Politics

Fears Grow over Pace of Reform as China Ushers in New Leaders
The Guardian, November 4, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/04/china-new-leadership-pressures-reform

State Security

The Five Vermin 五蠹 Threatening China
The China Story, November 4, 2012
http://www.thechinastory.org/2012/11/the-five-vermin-五蠹-threatening-china/

Tibet

U.N. Rights Official Faults China on Tibetan Suppression
The New York Times, November 2, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/world/asia/un-rights-official-faults-china-on-tibetan-suppression.html

Related:
Pillay: China Must Urgently Address Deep-rooted Frustrations with Human Rights in Tibetan Areas
UNOHCHR, November 2, 2012
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12729&LangID=E

青海一藏人在抗议中自焚身亡 (Qinghai: Tibetan Artist Dies in Self-immolation Protest)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 4, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121104_tibetan_self_immolation.shtml

Environment

环保部：环保法修正案草案存在四大问题 (Ministry of Environmental Protection: 4 Major Issues in Draft Environmental Protection Law Revisions)
Legal Daily, November 1, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-11-01/103825487296.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Blind Dissident Chen Guangcheng's Brother Loses Court Case
Reuters, November 2, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/blind-dissident-chen-guangcheng-brother

曹海波网上宣扬民主被判监八年 (Democracy Advocate Cao Haibo Sentenced 8 Years for Subversion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 2, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121102_china_caohaibo.shtml

Related:
张起刑满获释 曹海波案不公开审理
Zhang Qi Released after Four Years; Cao Haibo Tried in Closed-Door Hearing
Human Rights in China, May 23, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6067
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6066

Law

全国铁路法院全部移交地方 75%人员身份已过渡 (Jurisdiction of Railway Courts Nation-wide Transferred to Local Judicial System)
Xinhua News Agency, October 31, 2012
http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20121031/7233151.shtml

Protests and Petitions

汕尾数百村民抗议官员贪腐 (Shanwei, Guangdong: Hundreds of Villagers March against Official Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-11012012120035.html

Public Health

China Begins Phasing Out Prisoner Organs Next Year
The Associated Press, November 1, 2012
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019583214_apaschinaprisonerorgans.html

Related:
New Era for Organ Donation and Transplant in China
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2012
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/11/12-031112/en/index.html

Society

China Struggles for Solution to Growing NIMBY Movement
Reuters, November 1, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/01/us-china-environment-idUSBRE8A01L020121101

Three Gorges

Chinese Affected by Three Gorges Dam
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 2, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20176498

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei Returns Cash to Supporters
Agence France-Presse, October 31, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9644933/Ai-Weiwei-returns-cash-to-supporters.html

Fans of Blind Activist Blocked by Police
The Associated Press, November 1, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=127899&con_type=1

Politics

十八大期间北京出租车封门窗防抛洒抗议标语 (Beijing Taxies Ordered to Lock Windows to Be on Keep Away Protest Leaflets during 18th Party Congress)
Australia Daily, October 30, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20121030/18153913923.html

Related:
Taxi "Zero Spread" Rule for 18th Party Congress
China Digital Times, October 31, 2012
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/10/taxi-zero-spread-rule-for-18th-party-congress/

Population

专家建议2015年全面放开二胎 人口政策亟待转向 (Experts Propose Allowing 2-Child Policy Beginning 2015)
China Youth Online, October 31, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnpolitics/phoenixtv/20121031/17473917618.html

Protests and Petitions

拆迁7年未赔偿数百移民连日抗议 (Residents Moved from Pingshan County, Sichuan for Power Plant Protest before Govt for Days over Resettlement Issues)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_protest-10312012091131.html

Public Health

Mental Health Law 'Falls Short'
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mental-10312012170123.html