Most Chinese newspapers have the picture of bear bile extraction on a farm on the front pages, with a company giving a live show of the practice amid public protests connected to animal welfare.

Beijing Times

NBS: Falling property prices show policy is working

A senior official with China's National Bureau of Statistics says the skyrocketing property prices have been effectively curbed by the government's year-long campaign to restrain the sector.

He also says domestic demand contributed a lot to China's economic growth last year.

Xiamen Economic Daily

Oil price surge

Experts are now suggesting the authorities here in China are going to be under a lot of pressure to hike domestic oil prices, given the recent spike in international crude prices. Reports of hording are already emerging in the city of Xiamen.

Beijing Business

Today Hospitals under reform

The central authorities are now set to conduct reforms in urban public hospitals in 2015.

As part of the plan, a new compensation regime will be established to curb the practice of excessive drug sales, which is now common to maintain hospital revenues.

Xiaoxiang Morning Post

Income benchmarks released

The authorities in Hunan's capital Changsha have released salary benchmarks for nearly 300 professions.

Skills, educational background, and work experience are the most important factors to differentiate incomes.

Global Times

South Sudan expels Chinese executive

A staffer in the China National Petroleum Corporation's office in South Sudan's capital Juba says the basis for expelling Liu Yingcai, head of Chinese-Malaysian oil consortium Petrodar, is groundless.

South Sudan's government says Liu is being kicked out of the country because of a "lack of cooperation"

Shanghai Daily

IPAD in Court

Apple's dispute with a Chinese company over the iPad trademark has been heard in a Shanghai court, but without any ruling.

The Chinese company is looking to expand a ban on the sale of Apple's iPad here in China. Beijing Morning Post Relic restoration starts Cultural authorities here in Beijing are beginning a large scale restoration project starting today.

The project includes the rebuilding of city walls and the preservation of historical parks and museums.