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北京维稳志愿者抱怨“被自愿” (Beijing's Security Volunteers Complain of Being Forced to Do So)
Deutsche Welle, November 11, 2012
http://www.dw.de/北京维稳志愿者抱怨被自愿/a-16369771

Hong Kong

林焕光批政府迴避同性恋 (Equal Opportunities Com Head Lam: HK Govt's Handling of Equal Rights for Gays a Disappointment, Urges Inclusion of All Voices in Society)
Sing Pao Daily, November 11, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/gat/201211/t20121112_400908.html

Human Rights Defenders

Soliciting Justice
Global Times, November 9, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/743434.shtml

Land Policy

十八大代表谈征地制度：最大问题是补偿标准过低 (18th Party Congress Rep Talks Land Requisition System: Biggest Problem Is Low Compensation)
China National Radio, November 12, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1112/09/8G3P82O400014JB5.html

Multilateral

China Says No to Foreign Rights Monitors for Tibet
Reuters, November 9, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/09/us-china-congress-tibet-idUSBRE8A80QP20121109

Rural Issues

Chinese Farmers Fight Back against State Controls
USA Today, November 11, 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/11/china-farmers-protest/1697381/

Tibet

Hundreds of Tibetans Protest against Chinese Rule as Leaders Gather in Beijing
The Associated Press, November 9, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/09/tibetans-protest-chinese-rule-beijing

甘肃合作市再度发生自焚身亡事件 (Gansu: Another Self-immolation Death)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-11112012170820.html

Government

China Village Hits Democracy Limits
The Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324073504578106164215405612.html

Hong Kong/Macao

胡錦濤：堅持一國尊重兩制　防外力干預港澳 (Hu Jintao: Preserve the One Country and Respect the Two Systems, Prevent Foreign Forces from Meddling in HK and MO)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20121109/news_20121109_55_881671.htm

Related:
Soft Warning against Separation
The Standard, November 9, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=128180&con_type=3

Human Rights Defenders

前警察上访被关黑监狱 (Former Police Officers Locked in Black Jails for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/blackjail_police-11082012101835.html

Related:
蒙冤警察被关黑监狱 江富友处境危殆
Former Police Officers Held in Black Jails, One Began Hunger Strike
Human Rights in China, November 7, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6370
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6369

Law

Kafka in Beijing: A Tale of an Alleged Rape and One Woman's Futile Quest for Justice in Modern China
Foreign Policy, November 8, 2012
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/08/kafka_in_beijing

Media

中国记者：社会良知还是党的喉舌? (Chinese Journalists: Society's Conscience or Party Mouthpiece?)
Deutsche Welle, November 8, 2012
http://www.dw.de/中国记者社会良知还是党的喉舌/a-16365092

Migrant Workers

流动人口生存状态调查 超六成有困难不愿找政府 (Migrant Worker Survey: 60+% Not Willing to Seek Gov't Help in Difficult Situations)
Shandong Business Daily, November 7, 2012
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2012/11/08/6251s3917451.htm

Related:
Living Cost Tops Concerns of Migrant Workers
Shanghai Daily, November 9, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/11/08/Living+cost+tops+concerns+of+migrant+workers

Tibet

In China, Self-immolations Continue as Party Congress Opens
Los Angeles, November 9, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-tibetans-20121109,0,7527560.story

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China Wrestles with Democratic Reform
Financial Times, November 7, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5e952fee-2873-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0.html

Civil Society

逼出来的合作
Gov'ts, NGOs Increasingly Cooperating to Solve Social Problems
Caixin, October 22, 2012 (EN November 7, 2012)
CH: http://magazine.caixin.com/2012-10-19/100449321.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-11-07/100457444_1.html

Human Rights Defenders

哈达妻新娜再度失踪 天安门母亲再被监控 (Wife of Mongolian Dissident Hada again Goes Missing, Tiananmen Mothers again under Watch)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hd-11062012102634.html

Notes from a recent interview with Xinna (Hada's wife) are available at:
哈达被秘密关押 家人恳求国际关注
Mongolian Dissident Hada in 23rd Month of Unlawful Detention after Long Prison Term; Family Appeals for International Attention
Human Rights in China, October 22, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6340

河南访民孙福荣服刑期间猝死 只赔6万块逼迫家人息诉罢访 (After Henan Petitioner Sun Furong's Death in Prison, Family Paid 60K Compensation and Give Up Hope of Learning Cause of Death Due to Threats)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-11072012162251.html

十八大前夕上海访民被劳教 (Shanghainese Petitioners Ordered to Reeducation on Eve of Party Congress)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121107_china_laojiao.shtml

Related:
十八大前夕数名上海访民被劳教
Reeducation-Through-Labor and Criminal Detention for Shanghai Petitioners on Eve of 18th Party Congress
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6367
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6366

Law

重庆平反三宗劳教案
Speech Crime Cases in Chongqing
The Economic Observer, October 31, 2012 (EN November 8, 2012)
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/1031/235368.shtml
EN: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/1108/235752.shtml

Tibet

Rights Group: 3 Teenage Monks, 1 Nomadic Tibetan Woman Set Fire to Themselves in Single Day
The Associated Press, November 7, 2012
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/news/7514707/story.html

向巴平措承認西藏有僧侶自焚 (Tibet CPC Deputy Secretary Qiangba Puncog Acknowledges Monk Self-immolation)
HK Commercial Radio, November 8, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=572448&csid=261_341

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China Hauls Away Activists in Congress Crackdown
The Associated Press, November 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-hauls-away-activists-congress-crackdown-104519219.html

Related:
十八大前夕数名上海访民被劳教
Reeducation-Through-Labor and Criminal Detention for Shanghai Petitioners on Eve of 18th Party Congress
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6367
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6366

Unwelcome at the Party
The New York Times, November 6, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/opinion/in-china-unwelcome-at-the-party.html

Available in Chinese at Secret China:
王力雄：党开“十八大” 北京不欢迎...
http://www.secretchina.com/news/12/11/06/473624.html