Zhang Yimou issues a public apology for violating the family planning policy, rail company needs competition to improve its online sales system, and President Xi's dumpling lunch in Beijing proves popular.
Competition needed
China Railway Corp's ticket sales website gets overloaded ahead of every festival because of low efficiency caused by its monopoly status, Beijing News said in an editorial on Monday.
Another ticket sales website should be introduced to compete with China Railway Corp, or the monopoly giant is unlikely to improve its services, the article said.
Related: 'Chunyun' train tickets up for sale
Popular dumplings
More than 400 people waited in line to buy lunch on Sunday at a branch of Qing Feng Steamed Dumpling Shop in Beijing where President Xi Jinping dined a day earlier.
Many people bought the same package as Xi's lunch, traditional steamed dumplings filled with pork and green onion, a Beijing snack, and some vegetables, which cost 21 yuan ($3.50) in total, Beijing Morning Post reported.
Related: Xi joins diners for dumplings
Kids on the run
Movie director Zhang Yimou said that his three children had to “flee like guerrillas” for years because they didn't have any official identification due to his violation of the family planning policy.
Zhang broke his weeks-long silence over the issue and publicly apologized on Sunday, saying that he will accept punishment for violating the policy, Beijing News reported.
Related: Director Zhang apologizes for violating policy
Mo Yan to teach
Mo Yan, China's Nobel Literature Prize laureate, will teach online literature at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, People's Daily reported.
The school plans to train professional writers of online literature by bringing in renowned writers such as Mo, the report said.
Related: Mo Yan stresses sinology in translation work
Students duped
Capital Normal University admitted that it had lied to 70 students during the admissions process and college entrance exam two years ago, China Central Television reported Sunday.
The students were told in 2011 that they could receive undergraduate degrees after graduation, but they found that they could only get an occupational diploma, the report said.
Chinese burger in NY
Xie Yunfeng, a 47-year-old man from Luoyang city of Central China's Henan province, made a fortune by selling roujiamo, a kind of Chinese hamburger, on the streets of New York, Dahe Daily reported.
The newspaper said that Mo can make up to $800 a day, and he planned to open a 1,000-square-meter hotpot restaurant.
Baidu removes bootlegs
China's search engine giant Baidu has removed all pirated songs and movies from its website, and the company will focus more on original music, sina.com.cn reported.
Last month, the China Online Video Anti-Piracy Alliance announced a new campaign against online video piracy and criticized Baidu, which has been accused of facilitating online piracy.
Related: Baidu ordered to pay $80,000 for copyright violation
Panda pressure
The workers who took care of the pandas at a Taiwan zoo said that they suffered from heavy mental pressure after a panda gave birth to a female cub in July, China Times reported.
In December 2008, the mainland donated two pandas – Tuantuan and Yuanyuan -- to the zoo, which was the first time that the island had pandas.
Related: First panda born in Taiwan is female
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