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Chinese are calling for the ressurrection of the long fogotten home leave,after a draft law urges people to visit their ageing parents more frequently. Home leave is a period of state agencies and institutions,but is currently poorly implemented.Some people suggest the benefit be renewed and even be turned into a mandated.Exports,however,say trying to adapt a worn-out regulation ,last used when people worked 6 days a week with no annual paid leave, will be problematic.

China is trying hard to revive interests in its ailing stock market, but some investors are instead shelling out big money on an asset they can holdin theplam of their hands--walnuts.
Once the toys of China's imperial court,the walnuts--which when rotated in one's palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation--are making a comeback among the wealthy,some of whom see them as not only a place put their cash, but as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.