Shenzhen has just announced a car purchasing restriction requiring buyers to get new car plates by lottery or auction. Shenzhen is the seventh Chinese city to adopt purchase restrictions. The restrictions were placed as a measure to tackle rising congestion and pollution.
Does it make sense?
Topic2 Zombie factories in China
Across the vast expanses of China, thousands of companies in heavy industrial sectors are plagued by chronic overcapacity that should be going bust instead being propped up by local ?governments.
Are the achievements in one's political career more important than the heavy industrial companies' operation?
Topic3 Working priorities shift for new graduates
For Chinese college students, jobs in the Chinese government or at State-owned enterprises, government-funded institutions and NGOs have become less and less appealing in the past three years.
Recent survey of online jobs site Zhaopin.com found that only 36 percent of Chinese college students still want to work within the "system", which refers to governments or government-related organizations.
Do you think there's such a trend? Does the survey accurately reflect graduates' preference?
Topic4 Poor-quality business text translation of bullet train export
Chinese railway corporations have picked up the speed of overseas expansion, as Premier Li Keqiang took it upon himself to promot high-speed rail technology during his many overseas visits. However, language has become a barrier to communication between Chinese corporations and foreign railway authorities.
Does the language barrier really affect Chinese bullet train export?
Topic5 No more pants with patches
A primary school student in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province has been criticized by his teacher for wearing pants with patches.
According to the father of the student, who posted the matter online questioning the criticism, the teacher asked the boy to stop wearing these pants as they compromise the image of the whole class and the school.
What happened?