Human Rights Defenders

高智晟獄中獲准見家人 (Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Permitted Family Visit)
Ming Pao, January 19, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130119/-9-2875688/1.html

For an interview with Gao's wife Geng He on the visit, see:
狱中高智晟在严控下12日获准见家人
'A Stage-Managed Visit'
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/mind-01182013101837.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/women/geng-he-01182013153404.html

Gender

万人联名致信人大妇联，要求让受暴人群参与反家暴立法 (10K Send Joint Letter to National People's Congress and All-China Women's Federation Calling for Those Who’ve Experienced Domestic Violence to Be Involved in the Legislation Process)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-01202013151608.html

Read the open letter online at:
就反家暴立法致全国人大的联名信
November 05, 2012
http://www.hbvhbv.name

Protests and Petitions

1,000 Workers Hold Managers Hostage in Shanghai Labour Row
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1132587/1000-workers-hold-managers-hostage-shanghai-labour-row

深圳数百居民上街游行 抗议在建LCD工厂项目 (Shenzhen: Hundreds Take to the Streets to Protest Pollution from Factory Being Built)
People's Daily Online, January 20, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0119/22/8LK6F65V00014JB6.html

广州环卫工市府前集会 持续罢工要求加薪 (Guangzhou Sanitation Workers Strike before Gov’t for Higher Wages)
Voice of America, January 21, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guangzhou-sanitation-20130120/1587317.html

Public Health

Without Any Care
Global Times, January 20, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/756966.shtml

Tibet

Tibetan Man Burns to Death in Tibet, 2nd Self-immolation in 2013
The Tibet Post, January 18, 2013
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3181-tibetan-man-burns-to-death-in-tibet-2nd-self-immolation-in-2013

Tibetans Face Passport Dilemma
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/passports-01202013213254.html

XUAR

自由之家：维吾尔区民族矛盾日益尖锐 (Freedom House: Ethnic Conflict in Uyghur Areas Becoming Increasingly Intense)
Ugyhur Biz, January 20, 2013
http://www.uighurbiz.net/archives/7445

Economic Development

陸官方首度公布基尼係數 (Mainland Publishes Gini Coefficient for First Time)
Central News Agency, January 18, 2013
http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aCN/201301180130-1.aspx

Related:
China Says Income Inequality Peaked in 2008, but Remains Large
Reuters, January 18, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-china-economy-income-gap-idINBRE90H06L20130118

Human Rights Defenders

Exiled Chinese Author Recounts Prison 'Hell'
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2013
http://www.france24.com/en/20130117-exiled-chinese-author-recounts-prison-hell

维权律师唐吉田出境受阻 提倡民权人士自由被限 (Rights Defense Lawyer Tang Jitian Refused Exit at Border Crossing to Hong Kong SAR)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-01162013110454.html

Internet

Beijing Orders Its 2.06 Million 'Propaganda Workers' to Get Microblogging
Morning Clicks, January 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1130801/beijing-orders-its-206-million-propaganda-workers-get-microblogging

Labor

一人捐五元 告倒沃尔玛 (Worker Fired from WalMart for Engaging in Labor Rights Advocacy Wins Compensation)
Southern Weekly, January 18, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/85254

Media

New Editor Appointed at Paper to Calm Dispute over Censorship
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1130523/new-editor-appointed-paper-calm-dispute-over-censorship

North Korea

China Arrests Traffickers of N.Korean Women
The Chosun Ilbo, January 17, 2013
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/17/2013011701277.html

Protests and Petitions

Beatings Trigger Clashes
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/buskers-01172013130922.html

Public Health

中国吸毒人群很难享受公共卫生福利 (Difficult for Narcotic Addicts to Enjoy Public Health and Welfare Services)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aw-01162013151253.html

Children

China’s ‘Left-behind Children’
The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2013
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-china-diaries/chinas-left-behind-children/article7451601/

Environment

云南1/4的物种可能因原生林破坏而灭绝 (A Quarter of Yunnan's Species to Go Extinct "This Century")
China Dialogue, January 16, 2013
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5613-A-quarter-of-Yunnan-s-species-to-go-extinct-this-century-/ch

Human Rights Defenders

Detained Hunan Dissident Zhu Chengzhi Allowed to See Wife
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1129710/detained-hunan-dissident-zhu-chengzhi-allowed-see-wife

Labor

Workers' Strike Prompts Call for Better Protection
China Daily, January 16, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/16/content_16122733.htm

Law

學者倡撤雙規 公開審薄案 (Scholars Call for Repeal of Shuanggui System and a Public Trial for Bo Xilai in Annual Report on Judicial Reform)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130117/-162-2873979/1.html

For more on shuanggui, see:
中国法律的类型
The Varieties of Law in China
China Rights Forum, 2011, no. 1-2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/5433
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/5422

Poverty

人民日报记者探访京城流浪者：有一家三口流浪20年 (People's Daily Investigates Beijing's Homeless: One Family of Three Has Been Homeless for 20 Years)
People's Daily (Overseas Edition), January 17, 2013
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2013/0117/c42510-20231227.html