Politics
1. Details of the new National Security Commission announced
2. Increasing unrest in Xinjiang
3. Briefings point to conclusion of graft investigation into Zhou Yongkang
4. Weiquan activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison for « gathering a crowd to disturb public order »
5. New rules on cadre promotions and appointments
Economy
1. Temasek to be model of SOE reform?
Culture
1. The 2014 CCTV New Year Gala
Hong Kong
1. Middle-class backlash over welfare spending?
2. 45% are pessimistic about the passing of HK political reform for 2017 CE elections
Taiwan
1. First official cross-strait government meeting?