Politics
Global Times
President Xi Jinping stresses creating jobs as paramount task.
Southern Metropolis Daily*
The National Reform and Development Commission has become a  "small State Council".
People's Daily*
Some officials have an ideological "calcium deficiency".
Economic Observer
Policy makers are split over the pace at which smaller cities should expand.

Civil society
Caixin*
Gaokao-registration is set to continue to fall to its lowest level in almost a decade..
Beijing News
Seven men have been sentenced to prison for illegally detaining petitioners in Beijing.
Radio Free Asia
Chinese police beat Tibetan monk to death over banned cassettes.
Xinhua
Hainan schoolmaster, official face child molestation charges after initial contradictory police reports.

Economy
Reuters
EU to warn China it may levy duties against Huawei.
Caijing*
Beijing rents have nearly doubled over the last five years.
Bloomberg News
Audi holds on to demand as luxury auto sales slow.
Caijing
Hukou reforms could become China's new growth engine, says an analyst.

Foreign affairs
Times of India
China reacts cautiously to Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan.
Financial Times
The Arctic Council is set to rule on China's status.
Time
In Cambodia, China fuels deadly illegal logging trade.
Radio Free Asia
Myanmar's 88 Generation group of former dissidents holds first talks with China.

Defence
Foreign Policy
How China is revolutionising warfare online.
The Atlantic
traces Chinese participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
China Post
Fishing boat returns to Taiwan after being intercepted by Vietnam in the South China Sea.