China’s top authorities are seeking to launch a special campaign to crack down on fake and shoddy agricultural products in 2013, according to a report published by the State Council on Friday.

Confrontations between rival camps on a range of controversial issues - including reports of infiltration by gangsters and what to do about a disgraced former party chief - are expected at the annual congress of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) today.
As well as reports of gangsters joining the party as nominal members and the planned return to the party of former president Chen Shui-bian, now in jail for corruption, a motion by younger members seeking a revision of the party's cross-strait policies is also likely to raise tempers.

Media outlets took a relatively low-key approach yesterday to commemorating the late Xi Zhongxun , a reformist party leader and the father of President Xi Jinping , on the 11th anniversary of his death.
Many news portals ran an article on their home pages featuring a quote in the headline saying Xi Zhongxun had "never made the mistake of being a leftist in his entire life". The article first appeared in China Newsweek for the 10th anniversary of his death.

Yang Biao has spent every weekend for the past two months at job fairs. The 25-year-old, who will finish a Chinese literature degree at Beijing University of Technology in July, has also sent out nearly 200 job applications.