Environment (环境)

China's largest coal power plant violating air pollution levels every week
The Guardian, December 18, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/18/chinas-largest-coal-power-plant-violating-air-pollution-levels-every-week

Hong Kong (香港)

At political impasse, Hong Kong needs compromise
The Diplomat, December 17, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/at-political-impasse-hong-kong-needs-compromise/

It’s not over
The Economist, December 20, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21636745-pro-democracy-protesters-hong-kong-have-dispersed-governments-troubles-are-far

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

RFA独家：异议人士哈达盼偕家人出国获自由 (RFA Exclusive: Dissident Hada hopes to emigrate with family to obtain freedom)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12172014101247.html

中国监狱良心犯李化平妻子：李化平被以这个罪名判刑，是他的荣誉 (Wife of Li Huaping, Chinese prisoner of conscience: Li’s sentence is his honor)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-12172014104005.html

Media (媒体)

驻华外国记者称中国舆论收紧加剧
Reporters in China say media freeze is intensifying
The New York Times, December 18, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141218/c18reporters/dual/

China gets even colder for reporters
The New York Times, December 17, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/china-gets-even-colder-for-reporters/

China leads the world in jailing journalists
Bloomberg, December 17, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-17/china-leads-the-world-in-jailing-journalists

Rule of Law (法治)

黑龙江开审法轮功学员 法院多处程序违法 (Heilongjiang trial of Falun Gong members begins, court violates procedural rules)
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12172014101649.html

Torture (酷刑)

Days after slamming U.S. “hypocrisy,” China acknowledges it also tortures
The Salt Lake Tribune, December 16, 2014
http://www.sltrib.com/home/1957418-155/story.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

雷国俊：中国的民族问题缘何难解
Q. and A.: James Leibold on Ethnic Policies in China
The New York Times, December 18, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141218/c18leiboldqa/dual/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

何清涟:2014中国政治关键词：狠 (He Qinglian: China’s political keyword for 2014: “ruthless”)
Voice of America, December 17, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/he-qing-lian-20141217/2563303.html

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

China to recognise “animal welfare” for the first time in milestone law change
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1663199/china-write-animal-welfare-law-first-time

Corruption (腐败)

China indicts former mayor of Nanjing on corruption charges
ABC News, December 17, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-indicts-mayor-nanjing-corruption-charges-27654643

China’s corruption fight inseparable from economic reform
The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/17/chinas-corruption-fight-inseparable-from-economic-reform/

2012年中国贪腐外流资金2500亿美元 (China’s corruption-related money outflows near $250 billion in 2012)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xql-12162014103229.html

Environment (环境)

Inside Beijing's airpocalypse – a city made "almost uninhabitable" by pollution
The Guardian, December 16, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/16/beijing-airpocalypse-city-almost-uninhabitable-pollution-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s chief executive snubs UK committee probe into Joint Declaration
South China Morning Post, December 17, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1663521/hong-kongs-chief-executive-snubs-uk-committee-probe-joint-declaration

Hong Kong protesters take fight for “true democracy” to UK
The Telegraph, December 16, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11296888/Hong-Kong-protesters-take-fight-for-true-democracy-to-UK.html

长平：中央和港府对学生比六四前更冷漠高傲 (Chang Ping: Bejing and Hong Kong governments more indifferent and arrogant towards students than before June Fourth)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141215-长平：中央和港府对学生比六四前更冷漠高傲

香港民主派人士疑遭中国特工监视 立法会议员自曝榜上有名 (Hong Kong’s Democratic Party members suspect monitoring by Chinese intelligence services, Legislative Council member learns she is on a “blacklist”)
Radio Free Asia, December 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-12162014102717.html

Hukou (户口)

China’s closed cities threaten population goals, report says
The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/17/chinas-closed-cities-threaten-population-goals-report-says/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国著名民运人士徐友渔获颁瑞典人权奖 (Well-known June Fourth activist, Xu Youyu, wins Swedish human rights award)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141216_xuyouyu_human_rights_award

Tibet (西藏)

Dalai Lama: British government needs Chinese money
The Telegraph, December 16, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11297931/Dalai-Lama-British-government-needs-Chinese-money.html

Tibetan man dies after self-immolation in protest of Chinese rule
藏族男子在甘肃自焚身亡
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141217/c17tibetan/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

China demotes 1,000 officials with family abroad in graft fight
Reuters, December 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0JT1B620141215?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

China official admits huge jade bribes
Bangkok Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/450171/china-official-admits-huge-jade-bribes

Related:
安徽前副省长倪发科出庭受审 (Former vice governor of Anhui to stand trial in connection with accepting bribes)
Deutsche Welle, December 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1sAEIdV

Death penalty (死刑)

内蒙男青年枪决18年后洗刷罪名 (Inner Mongolian court exonerates teenager executed for murder)
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16teenager/

Hong Kong (香港)

Three months of protests end quietly in Hong Kong
“占中”落幕，被捕者等待法律裁决
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16hongkong/dual

Hong Kong rights groups set up database on Occupy police violence complaints
South China Morning Post, December 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1663355/hong-kong-rights-groups-set-database-occupy-police-violence

Hong Kong’s protests are over, but the fight over free speech has just begun
Quartz, December 16, 2014
http://qz.com/311287/hong-kongs-protests-are-over-but-the-fight-over-free-speech-has-just-begun/

Media (媒体)

无国界记者：中国囚禁记者人数全球最多(Reporters Without Borders: China imprisons most reporters worldwide)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141216_journalists_prisoned

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China is said to have freed jailed Uighur Linguist
中国提前释放获刑维族语言学家
The New York Times, December 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141216/c16xinjiang/dual/

China's anti-ISIL rhetoric aims to globalize Uighur crackdown, say experts
Al Jazeera, December 15, 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/15/china-isil-uighur.html

Three hurt in knife attack in China's Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 16, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30490727