Should a professor focus on teaching only?

Yin Xiaobing is an assistant professor at the Institute of Commerce and Tourism Management in Yunnan University and board member of three publicly listed companies.

Dispute over drunk driving penalty

In the face of law, everyone should be equal. But what if someone is truly sorry for what he has done? Should the law exercise leniency?

Billionaire runs away for love

Can money buy love? Billionaire Wang Gongquan, founder and head of CDH Investment, says no. Wang, 50 and married, wrote Monday on his Sina Weibo that he would give up everything to run away with another woman.

Pants or skirts?

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced at the beginning of this year that female players must wear skirts rather than pants at international competitions. The decision was met with objections from many countries, including China.

EU ban on Chinese herbal medicines

Traditional Chinese medicine has been banned from sale in European Union countries since May 1, following guidelines set by an EU directive passed in 2004.

Schoolboy as bureaucrat?

A 13-year-old student named Huang Yibo became an Internet sensation recently for showing an enthusiasm for politics that belies his age. Many criticized his parents’ educational method, with education specialists calling for people to diversify their learning.

Will the real plum village please stand up?

Pan Zhiyi was only 16 when he read the ancient Chinese erotic novel Jin Ping Mei, or The Plum in the Golden Vase. Now 60, Pan has spent a half-century studying the stories in the novel and trying to find the real people behind the fictionalized characters.

Dog rescue dilemma

Many dog lovers cheered the recent rescue of almost 500 dogs on a truck headed to a slaughterhouse, but the rescue came with a price. Volunteers spent lots of money and sparked a nationwide debate: how much is a dog’s life worth, and did the rescuers have the right to stop the truck?

A survey with standard answers

Residents in some communities in Chaoyang District asked to give standard replies for a culture inspection roused suspicion among the public.

When art becomes official

On April 14, a group of China’s most famous experimental artists formed the China Experimental Art Committee, listed under China Artists Association as one of its 20 committees.