Talking points

A rape victim's mother takes her case against city authorities who sent her to a labour camp to court. Tang Hui was sentenced to re-education through labour centre by Yongzhou authorities last year after campaigning for harsher punishment for those who raped her daughter, then 11. The city in January rejected her demand for compensation, saying the sentence was in line with regulations and that she was released on humanitarian grounds.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrives in Beijing for talks with leaders - while controversy continues to surround his financial affairs at home. Discussion topics are expected to include China's growing influence in Africa, where France is seeking to retain its traditional connection to its former colonies. Fabius was this week forced to deny having a Swiss bank account, amid a scandal over politicians in France moving their wealth abroad.