Taiwan's Kuomingtang Honorary Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung in Beijing
People's Daily Overseas Edition*
Wu's visit raises "new hopes" in Taiwan.
Xinhua*
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou says he'd like to set up representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou.
BBC News*
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan will debate setting up representative offices in Beijing, Taipei on Wednesday.
Taiwan Today
Ma eyes closer cross-strait relations.
China News Service*
"One country, two systems" is the best institutional arrangement for Hong Kong, says Beijing's Liaison Office in the city.

Politics
People's Daily Overseas Edition*
criticises local governments for having taken on too much debt.
Chengdu Daily*
Sichuan's capital hires 1,000 internet vigilantes.
Tea Leaf Nation
Online furor as prosecutors recommend leniency for former railways minister Liu Zhijun.
Southern Metropolis Daily*
Many cadres within China's Red Cross dread reforming the charity.

Civil society
Radio Free Asia
A Tibetan nun set herself ablaze on Tuesday during a large religious gathering in Sichuan province.
Businessweek
China's expanding life spans and waistlines.
New York Times
The Chinese pavilion at the Venice Biennale embodies the contradictions and limitations that come with being an artist in China.
Radio Free Asia
China's house church crackdown gathers pace.

Economy
The Atlantic
Can the Chinese pharmaceutical industry overcome its reputation for producing bogus medicine?
New York Times
Private equity capitalises on Chinese firms’ depressed shares.
Wall Street Journal - China Real Time Report
Huawei builds hype around its new smartphone.
Financial Times
More Chinese inventions have a global impact and are recognised abroad.

Foreign affairs
Reuters
China and the United States have reached a climate deal over the weekend.
Xinhua
A work team has been sent to Ghana to persuade Chinese digging gold in the country to return home.
First Post
India and China will discuss a border pact during Indian Defence Minister AK Anthony's visit to Beijing in July.
Asahi Shimbun
Japan's leading appliance retailer Yamada Denki leaves China.