Trending topics on weibo CCTV annual gala Chinese New Year celebrations New Year vows Speculation about Zhang Ziyi Photo of three elderly women spending New Year's Eve at KFC Year of the Horse Sydney Morning Herald Those born in a year of the horse are going to have a particularly difficult year . China Post (Taiwan) The truck driver who rammed into the Presidential Office last Saturday was allowed to return home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with his family . Beijing Times* Editorial : A [Chinese] dream rooted in a freedom and rights Jakarta Post Editorial : To everyone, Gong Xi Fa Cai. Politics Southern Metropolis Daily* Chinese Acadamy of Social Science scholar recommends removing "fraudulent fund-raising" as a capital crime . Asahi Shimbun A year after a huge censorship row broke out at the Southern Weekly newspaper, things have gone from bad to worse concerning press freedom in China . Wall Street Journal Ruling against Chinese units of the "Big Four" audit firms is already rippling through plans by Chinese companies aiming to list in the US , like JD.com. Free Tibet Photographs show a large military deployment in Luhuo County , Sichuan province, on two-year anniversary of shooting. Society Tea Leaf Nation "One hundred and thirty four days later, I returned home. My wife said I looked thin, and a bit tired," said a weibo post attributed to New Citizen Movement participant Wang Gongquan . Economist The Dongguan, Guangdong, health bureau acknowledged that the city “is entering a high incidence period of HIV/AIDS" . CAFA Art Info Artworks of young Chinese contemporary artists from the Long Collection. China Dialogue Despite ever-growing supply of domestic waste, China's recycling factories still depend on imported waste, says Adam Minter . Economy Wall Street Journal - China Real Time Report Hong Kong is the world’s most-visited city for international travelers , thanks to a growing influx of visitors from mainland China, according to a new study. Businessweek Even with last year’s restrained growth, sales during the Chinese New Year were more than twice the amount Chinese consumers bought during the festival in 2008 . Tech in Asia WeChat’s online savings fund rakes in 800 million yuan in deposits on first day . Michael Pettis' blog I would argue that China’s GDP is overstated by the value of these hidden losses , and over time these losses will be worked out. Foreign affairs Time Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kenichiro Sasae, has called on the two countries to remain cool-headed and stop provoking each other. The Atlantic China was more of a topic of US presidential State of the Union addresses in the 1890s and 1960s than it is these years. Quartz China just became the biggest investor in Laos. Chosun Ilbo North Korea's ambassador to China warned South Korea and the US against upcoming joint military drills in a rare news conference. * denotes articles in Chinese language.