Children (儿童)

China sex abuse laws: courts seek tougher sentencing on sex abuse cases
International Business Times, October 25, 2013
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-sex-abuse-laws-courts-seek-tougher-sentencing-sex-abuse-cases-1442280

Civil Society (民间社会)

广州：公务员禁入社会组织 离退休后兼职需审批 (Guangzhou bans civil servants from joining NGOs)
Yangtze Evening Post, October 27, 2013
http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/201310/t20131027_513946392.shtml

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

Chinese paper apologizes after journalist shown on TV confessing to publishing false reports
Associated Press, October 27, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-paper-apologizes-after-journalist-shown-on-tv-confessing-to-publishing-false-reports/2013/10/26/4f5818ee-3eba-11e3-b0e7-716179a2c2c7_story.html

Related:
新快报记者收人钱财发表大量失实报道 被依法刑事拘留 (Criminally detained reporter confesses to accepting bribes to publish false reports on CCTV)
Xinhua, October 26, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-10/4493916.html

Hukou (户口)

清华教授：中国户籍城镇化率仅27.6% 户籍改革滞后 (Qinghua University’s report: China’s urbanization progressing faster than hukou reform)
Legal Daily, October 28, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1028/c70731-23346759.html

UW professor devises reform in Chinese hukou system
Northwest Asian Weekly, October 25, 2013
http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/10/uw-professor-devises-reform-chinese-hukou-system/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

邀请曹顺利的日内瓦人权组织谈中国人权 (ISHR disappointed Cao Shunli’s case not raised during China’s UPR after it reported her disappearance to Human Rights Council)
Radio France International, October 28, 2013
http://rfi.my/1eZpwMe

新余庭审第一天 三君子被迫解除律师委托合同 (Three defendants were forced to dismiss their lawyers on first day of trial in Xinyu)
Voice of America, October 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xinyu-activists-followup-20131028/1778410.html

Related:
Trial adjourned for China anti-graft activists
Reuters, October 28, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/china-corruption-idINDEE99R00R20131028/

For more information, see:
Lawyers call for release of three asset transparency advocates, challenge legality of trial delay
律师发表声明 指法院超期羁押刘萍等三人违法侵权
Human Rights in China, October 15, 2013
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/content/6973
CH:http://hrichina.org/cn/content/6974

Xia Yeliang: the China Americans don't see
Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323308504579085611270637836

Protest in Shanghai after unexplained death of detainee
The Telegraph, October 26, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10406517/Protest-in-Shanghai-after-unexplained-death-of-detainee.html

Chinese activist's mom, brother to visit him in US
Associated Press, October 26, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-activists-mother-brother-plan-us-visit-20690069

Labor (劳工)

China’s reforms leave labor unions behind
The Diplomat, October 24, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/chinas-reforms-leave-labor-unions-behind/

National Defense (国防)

中国海军第一支核潜艇部队组建42年来首次解密 (China’s navy debuts first nuclear submarines in its 42-year history)
Xinhua, October 27, 2013
http://news.southcn.com/z/2013-10/27/content_82819735.htm

Related:
China displays nuclear submarine fleet for first time
Business Standard, October 28, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/china-displays-nuclear-submarine-fleet-for-first-time-113102800392_1.html

Open Government Information (信息公开)

Challenging the Chinese government to disclose its aid to North Korea
New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/challenging-the-chinese-government-to-disclose-its-aid-to-north-korea/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

国研中心“383”改革方案全文公布 刘鹤领衔起草 (State Council’s Development Research Center unveils reform proposal that reflects the “correct management of government-market relationship”)
China News Service, October 28, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1027/c1001-23338752.html

See the report:
新一轮改革的基本思路和行动方案 (Basic reasoning and action plan of China’s new round of reforms)
China Reform, Cai Xin, October 1, 2013
http://magazine.caixin.com/2013-09-30/100587968.html

Related:
Chinese government think tank pushes for major reforms across all aspects of the economy and life
AFP, October 28, 2013
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-think-tank-lays-out-reforms-2013-10

Market awaits "unprecedented" reforms in China
Forbes, October 26, 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/10/26/market-awaits-unprecedented-reforms-in-china/?partner=yahootix

Across the party wall
The Economist, October 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21588359-vietnams-communist-party-bit-mess-chinas-may-have-little-teach-it-across

Protests and Petitions （抗议和请愿）

事故还是自杀式抗议？(Tiananmen car crash: an accident or suicide-style protest?)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2013
http://bit.ly/Hr2amA

Related pictures:
网上疯传 天安门前爆炸的汽车上携带炸弹 (Tiananmen car accident was a car bombing)
Boxun, October 28, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/10/201310282355.shtml#.Um6VBHCsgyp

Taiwan (台湾)

吴伯雄重申"两岸不是国与国关系" (Elder Taiwan statesman reiterates that cross straits relations are not relations between countries)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2013
http://bit.ly/1dDue4s

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Uighur Muslims in China arrested for "online jihad"
International Business Times, October 28, 2013
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/517429/20131028/china-internet-jihad-online-xinjiang-province-muslim.htm

Opinion (观点)

Economic rather than political reform to be focus of CPC meeting
China Times, October 27, 2013
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131027000003&cid=1701&MainCatID=17

Can China escape its choking air pollution?
Washington Post, October 26, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-china-escape-its-choking-air-pollution/2013/10/25/258ea032-3c35-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_story.html

陈永洲事件掀起“滥用公权”问题的讨论 (Chen Yongzhou incident prompts discussion about "abuse of public authority")
Radio France International, October 28, 2013
http://rfi.my/HoBbsM

Bo Xilai (薄熙来案)

山东省高院逐条评判薄熙来上诉理由 裁定驳回上诉维持原判
Bo's appeal rejected, original judgment upheld
Xinhua, October 25, 2013
CH: http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23326857.html
EN: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90785/8436846.html

Related:
薄熙来案二审裁定书（全文）(Second instance verdict on Bo Xilai’s case [full text])
People’s Daily, October 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23326738.html

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

库克：中国媒体审查如何影响境外媒体？(Sara Cook: how does China’s media censorship affect overseas media?)
Deutsch Welle, October 25, 2013
http://bit.ly/1drMNsh

See related report:
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World
Center for International Media Assistance, October 22, 2013
http://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-China_Sarah%20Cook_10_22_13.pdf

Children (儿童)

最高法公布3起惩处性侵害未成年人犯罪案例 (Supreme Court announces sentences of 3 convicted of sexual abuse of minors, one receives death)
Xinhua, October 25, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7733266.html

最高法:不能以是否给钱区分嫖宿幼女罪与强奸罪 (Supreme Court: payment cannot justify rape of girls under 14 years as prostitution)
Beijing News, October 25, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1025/c1001-23321567.html

Corruption (腐败)

中共以不断创新强化“巡视”反腐
China's Party inspectors hit road again
Xinhua, October 24, 2013
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-10/24/c_117861898.htm
EN: http://english.cntv.cn/20131023/105284.shtml

Chinese village builds seven-floor government office
The Telegraph, October 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10402088/Chinese-village-builds-seven-floor-government-office.html

Environment (环境)

北京首起公益诉讼未予立案 NGO状告央企无果 (First public interest litigation in Beijing rejected by courts)
China Youth daily, October 24, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2013/10-24/5419579.shtml

Response to a city’s smog points to a change in Chinese attitude
The New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/asia/smoggy-days-in-harbin-prompt-quick-reaction.html

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

In rare move, China regulator voices concern for detained reporter
Reuters, October 24, 2013
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/uk-china-reporter-idUKBRE99N0D020131024

See statement:
国家新闻出版广电总局、中国记协高度关注《新快报》记者被刑拘 (The General Association of Press and Publishing and All China Journalists Association deeply concerned about the criminal detention of a New Express reporter)
GAPP, October 24, 2013
http://www.gapp.gov.cn/news/1656/159108.shtml

Related:
Chinese newspaper continues campaign to free reporter
The Telegraph, October 24, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10401753/Chinese-newspaper-continues-campaign-to-free-reporter.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

上海维权人士沈勇被黑保安和民警毒打后死亡 (Shanghai rights defender Shen Yong beaten to death by security guards and police)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-10242013130631.html