Corruption (腐败)

Insight: China's Xi fails to earn stripes as anti-graft "tiger" hunt underwhelms
Reuters, November 23, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/23/us-china-corruption-insight-idUSBRE9AM0CN20131123

Environment (环境)

Urbanites flee China’s smog for blue skies
逃离大都市的中国环境移民
The New York Times, November 22, 2013
http://cn.tmagazine.com/living/20131125/t25dali/dual/

Smog descends on NE China, closing roads, airport
Associated Press, November 24, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/smog-descends-on-ne-china-closing-roads-airport/2013/11/24/8e9e3622-54cd-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

U.N. climate talks impasse ends as China and India drop demands
Washington Post, November 24, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/impasse-ends-at-un-climate-talks-china-and-india-drop-demands/2013/11/23/fdd10970-547d-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

最高法：建知识产权法院尚无时间表 (Supreme Court: still no timetable for establishing an intellectual property rights court)
Beijing News, November 24, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1124/c1001-23636540.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

China slams "inappropriate" U.S. remarks on territorial dispute with Japan
CNN, November 25, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/world/asia/china-japan-disputed-islands/

Related:
Japan, China in war of words over airspace
Associated Press, November 25, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-objects-us-sea-defense-zone-remarks-20998514

Japan rejects China’s claim to air rights over disputed islands？
日本不承认中国争议岛屿防空识别区
The New York Times, November 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20131125/c25japan/dual/

中国发布东海防空识别区航空器识别规则 (China issues rules on identifying aircraft in the East China Sea “Air Defense Identification Zone”)
China News Service, November 25, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/mil/2013/11-23/5538402.shtml

June Fourth (六四)

吾尔开希香港投案失败 (June 4th student leader Wuer Kaixi’s attempt to return to China through Hong Kong fails again)
Deutsche Welle, November 25, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bhm1lQ

Migrants (农民工)

China's villages vanish amid rush for the cities
The Telegraph, November 23, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10470077/Chinas-villages-vanish-amid-rush-for-the-cities.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Vested interests won't block China's reforms: party official
Reuters, November 22, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-china-reforms-idUSBRE9AL0G120131122

China considers gas pipeline reform
Dawn, November 23, 2013
dawn.com/news/1058102/china-considers-gas-pipeline-reform

Population (人口)

英媒：中国两项不起眼但极重要改革 (British media: China’s two modest but vital reforms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/11/131124_press_reform.shtml

Chinese families still at mercy of officials despite announced easing of one-child policy
Washington Post, November 22, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-families-still-at-mercy-of-officials-despite-easing-of-one-child-policy/2013/11/21/f5a6db22-5215-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

The only-child blues
放松计划生育的隐忧
The New York Times, November 23, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131123/c23sebag/dual/

Society (社会)

中国“复兴指数”遭嘲弄 (China’s “Renaissance Index” mocked)
Financial Times, November 25, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001053611

China has lost its soul in the chase for wealth, says magnate's daughter
The Guardian, November 22, 2013
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/china-wealth-daughter-kelly-zong-heir-beverage-firm

Tibet (西藏)

China summons Spanish ambassador over Tibet arrest warrants
Reuters, November 22, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-china-spain-idUSBRE9AL0HA20131122

西班牙媒体：化解与中国外交危机空间有限 (Spanish media: space for defusing a diplomatic crisis with China is limited)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131123_spain_china.shtml

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Jihadist group speaks out on China car attack: SITE
Agence France-Presse, November 24, 2013
bit.ly/17GsQdq

Opinion (观点)

Without political reform, how far can China's economic liberalisation go?
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2013
www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1362933/without-political-reform-how-far-can-chinas-economic

三中全会：最后一场改革? (The Party’s Third Plenary: a last wave of reforms?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131123_third_plenum_analysis.shtml

Corruption (腐败)

不动产统一登记触动既得利益 酝酿6年未落实 (Real estate uniform registration system set forth by law in 2007, never implemented due to vested interests)
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16732/bu-dong-chan-tong-yi-deng-ji-hong-dong-ji-de-li-yi-yun-niang-6nian-wei-luo-shi

Disasters (灾难)

青岛中石化爆燃事故已致35人死亡 166人受伤 (35 dead and 166 injured in Sinopec Qingdao pipeline explosion)
China News Service, November 22, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/11-22/5537836.shtml

Education (教育)

粤2016年允许租房者异地高考 (Guangdong to allow non-local tenants’ children to take local university entry exams by 2016)
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/16756/yue-2016nian-yun-xu-zu-fang-zhe-yi-di-gao-kao

Environment (环境)

Burma oil terminal faces fallout from Yunnan protests
The Irrawaddy, November 21, 2013
http://www.irrawaddy.org/business/burma-oil-terminal-faces-fallout-yunnan-protests.html

Hong Kong (香港)

李飞：与中央对抗的人不能当特首 (Li Fei, senior NPC official: “one who confronts the central gov’t cannot be HK Chief Executive”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 22, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131122_hongkong_lifei.shtml

Related:
Beijing official's visit to Hong Kong stokes fears over democracy
AFP, November 22, 2013
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/beijing-officials-visit-hong-kong-stokes-fears-over-democracy-20131122

美國會報告：京無意讓港發展真民主 (U.S. Congress report: Beijing has no intention to allow the development of genuine democracy in HK)<)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20131122/gaa3.htm

International Human Rights (国际人权)

China calls for global understanding on human rights issues
Business Standard, November 22, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-calls-for-global-understanding-on-human-rights-issues-113112200682_1.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

白宫对华施压 直指网络和汇率 (White House presses China on cybersecurity and RMB exchange rate)
Reuters, November 22, 2013
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE9AK09J20131121?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

孔子学院美国中心举行揭牌仪式
Confucius Institute launches its U.S. center in Washington, D.C.
Xinhua, November 21, 2013
CH:http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-11/21/c_118238001.htm
EN: http://chinascope.org/main/content/view/5948/104/

Curious about reforms, Europeans head to China for summit
Deutsche Welle, November 21, 2013
www.dw.de/curious-about-reforms-europeans-head-to-china-for-summit/a-17244144

Related:
Remarks by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy following the 16th EU-China summit
European Union, November 21, 2013
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/china/documents/news/2013112_hvr_following_the_summit.pdf

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

China's rural land reform: a step toward more consumption, less social unrest
International Business Times, November 21, 2013
http:/www.ibtimes.com/chinas-rural-land-reform-step-toward-more-consumption-less-social-unrest-1479704