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An excessive amount of antibiotics is present in China's major rivers, exposing millions of nearby residents and local ecosystems to grave risks.

China Central Television has recently reported that various types of antibiotics have been found in water tested from the Yangtze, Huangpu and Pearl rivers, as well as in tap water in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province.

Is there a crisis?

Topic2 Train Tickets Booking Website Leaks Passenger's Information

It's confirmed that over 130 thousand users' personal information of train ticket booking website 12306 were leaked and sold. The user information includes username, password, ID card number, mobile phone number and email address. It's not clear that if more information had been leaked. How did this happen?

How did this happen?

Topic3 Punishing measures for uncivilized passengers on airlines

China's aviation administration is considering punishing measures for passengers' "uncivilized behavior" on airlines. Passengers' bad behavior might be recorded and will affect their credit histories.

Do you think this will reduce Chinese passengers' uncivilized behavior on airlines?

Are the new measures necessary?

Topic4 Single Employee the Only One to Work Overtime on Xmas Eve

In China, being single not only means being pressured from parents and being forced to go to blind dates, it could also mean that you're the only one asked to work overtime when everyone else enjoys their holiday.

A 26-year-old female employee in Chongqing has been asked by her boss to stay and work on Christmas Eve when everyone else in the company has been given half a day off. And the reason, according to her, is that she is single.

Is it fair?

Topic5 The most emotional leave note

The Chinese lunar New Year is two months away.

While the festival is primarily about family reunion, it has still warmed the hearts of millions when a father sent his daughter an online "leave note", asking for leave during the Spring Festival.

The father says that he and his wife have their own holiday plans and they want their daughter to spend the holiday as she has always wanted, instead of having to go back home to celebrate it.

Why is the note considered touching?