Corruption (腐败)

Party mouthpiece accuses artists of colluding in graft
South China Morning Post, February 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1703825/party-mouthpiece-accuses-artists-colluding-graft

季建业案侦查细节曝光 开始滴水不漏后来主动悔过 (Ji Jianye case unveiled: from strict reticence to active repentance)
The Beijing News, February 6, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/02/06/353003.html

新华社一记者受贿5万 获刑5年 (Xinhua News reporter sentenced to 5 years for taking RMB 50,000 in bribes)
The Beijing News, February 5, 2015
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2015/02/05/352869.html

Environment (环境)

The cost of clean air
The Economist, February 5, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21642214-measures-combat-air-pollution-are-biting-hard-industrial-areas-already-hit-economic?fsrc=rss

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Defense lawyers walk out of Suzhou evictee trial in protest
范木根抗拆杀人开审　千人声援遭警镇压
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-evictee-trial-02052015152551.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/trial-02042015091758.html

International Relations (国际关系）

U.S. tech companies press case against restrictive Chinese rules
The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-trade-groups-seek-reversal-of-restrictive-chinese-rules-1423137151

China is making moves in a disputed area of the South China Sea
Business Insider, February 5, 2015
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-manila-says-china-starts-dredging-at-another-reef-in-disputed-waters-2015-2

Internet (互联网)

Guangzhou netizen detained for posting "insulting" photo of China's President
广州网友梁勤辉因言获罪遭刑拘 网络文章被指诋毁国家领导人
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detention-02052015121022.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02052015105413.html

China less and less enamored of social media, study finds
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/05/china-growing-less-enamored-of-social-media-study-finds/

Related:
Chinese enthusiasm for social media drops sharply
Kantar, February 3, 2015
http://us.kantar.com/tech/social/2015/kantar-china-social-media-impact-report-2015/

Labor (劳工)

China labor strife rises before the Lunar New Year
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/06/china-labor-strife-rises-before-the-lunar-new-year/?mod=WSJBlog

Tibet (西藏)

China media criticise Dalai Lama-Obama meeting
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31159993

Related:
奥巴马：达赖喇嘛是位“好友” (Obama: Dalai Lama is a “good friend”)
Radio France Internationale, February 5, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150205-奥巴马：达赖喇嘛是位“好友”

Academic Exchange (学术交流)

China rebukes Norway for expelling scholar
中国使馆就挪威令中国学者限期离境提出交涉
Reuters, February 4, 2015
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/us-china-norway-idUSKBN0L805A20150204
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/china-norway-idCNKBS0L806B20150204

Corruption (腐败)

中国农业银行原副行长杨琨被判无期 (Agricultural Bank VP Yang Kun jailed for life)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150204-中国农业银行原副行长杨琨被判无期/

Environment (环境)

Air pollution is bigger killer in China than smoking, says new Greenpeace study
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1701625/air-pollution-bigger-killer-mainland-china-smoking-says-new-greenpeace

Tougher environmental law pressures China steel mills
Reuters, February 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/china-steel-environment-idUSL4N0VE3R820150204

Related:
中华人民共和国环境保护法 (Environmental Protection Law of PRC)
The Central People’s Government of PRC, April 25, 2014
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2014-04/25/content_2666434.htm

Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (Unofficial Translation)
The EU – China Environmental Governance Programme, April 24, 2014
https://www.chinadialogue.net/Environmental-Protection-Law-2014-eversion.pdf

我国通过史上最严新环保法 新法于明年1月1日施行 (In 2015, China to implement strictest environmental protection law to date)
The National People’s Congress of PRC, April 25, 2014
http://www.npc.gov.cn/huiyi/lfzt/hjbhfxzaca/2014-04/25/content_1861232.htm

中国最严格环保法修订后“出笼”　首次明确“保护优先”(China’s stringent environmental protection law (amended) focuses on conservation)
法制时报 Fazhi Shibao, April 25, 2014
http://fzsb.hinews.cn/php/20140425/137847.php

Hong Kong (香港)

Top China official in Hong Kong warns against confronting Beijing
Reuters, February 4, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-hongkong-china-zhangxiaoming-idUSKBN0L909Y20150205

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China detained more than 900 human rights activists last year
Quarts, February 4, 2015
http://qz.com/338556/

Related:
Deprivation of liberty and torture/other mistreatment of human rights defenders in China
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 3, 2015
http://chrdnet.com/2015/02/deprivation-of-liberty-and-tortureother-mistreatment-of-human-rights-defenders-in-china-partial-data-updated-6302013/

International Relations (国际关系)

菲律宾与越南就建立战略伙伴关系共同抗衡中国 (Philippines, Vietnam discuss alliance to counter China)
Radio France Internationale, February 3, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150203-菲律宾与越南就建立战略伙伴关系共同抗衡中国/

Internet (互联网)

China tightens rules on internet use, online comments
ABC News, February 4, 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/china-tightens-rules-internet-online-comments-28710314

Related:
Internet User Account Name Management Regulations
China Copyright and Media, February 4, 2015
https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/internet-user-account-name-management-regulations/#more-3885

互联网用户账号名称管理规定 (Internet User Account Name Management Regulations)
Cyberspace Administration of China, February 4, 2015
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-02/04/c_1114246561.htm

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan tells China's Communist Party to 'stop exaggerating' its forces' role in Second World War
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1701170/taiwan-tells-chinas-communist-party-stop-exaggerating-its-forces-role

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Why China’s education crackdown may be more than it seems
The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/05/why-chinas-education-crackdown-may-be-more-than-it-seems/?mod=WSJBlog

Corruption (腐败)

China to tally suicides by civil servants
中国将统计公务员非正常死亡情况
The New York Times, February 2, 2015
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150102/c02suicides/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150102/c02suicides/

Culture (文化)

Mao in demand than ever: Chinese actors line up to play leader
The Guardian, February 3, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/mao-demand-chinese-actors-lookalikes-play-leader

Hong Kong (香港)

Removal of Tiananmen crackdown story prompts questions in Hong Kong
六四密件涉赵紫阳子疑贪污 明报遭撤头版
Radio Free Asia, February 3, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/story-02032015105301.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/64-02022015081719.html?searchterm%3Autf8%3Austring=%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF&encoding=simplified

Related:
《明報》員工擱筆1小時抗議總編撤六四頭條 (Mingpao staff hold hour-long “pens-down” strike to protest chief editor’s sudden removal of June Fourth headline)
Apple Daily, February 3, 2015
http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=53401264&category_guid=6996647&category=instant&issue=20150203

教協公開信：要求見面討論明報編輯方針 (In open letter, HK Professional Teachers’ Union requests to meet Ming Pao editor to discuss outlet’s editorial policy)
Hong Kong In-media, February 2, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1031176

Ming Pao editor defends his decision
RTHK, February 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150204/news_20150204_56_1074604.htm

Ming Pao staff strike over June 4 story
RTHK, February 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150204/news_20150204_56_1074480.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

找 官 百 次 未 果 上 訪 戶 截 停 火 車 (After a hundred failed petition attempts, petitioners resort to blocking a running train)
Sing Tao News Corporation, February 4, 2015
http://std.stheadline.com/yesterday/chi/0204eo06.html