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The trial of five men charged with running pornographic websites in central China has begun. One of those sites reportedly enabled millions of clients to chat with naked young women online for a fee.

Police in Hubei Province closed more than 180 pornographic websites and 23 erotic chat rooms early this month. Local officials told the Global Times newspaper that it was perhaps the biggest internet bust the office has ever made. One of the five men facing trial last week was 29-year old billionaire Zheng Li.

Recently, the government of Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province, announced a change in working hours for civil servants. The new work schedule will be from 9:00 to 12:00 in the morning and from 2:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon, giving them a six and a half hour working day.

That total is 30 minutes shorter than before the new rules. Officials say the move is aimed at easing rush hour traffic. The cut in working hours mimics other provinces such as Guangdong, Fujian, and Hebei.

A survey by information website, infzm.com carried out a poll asking people their opinion on the shorter work hours for these public servants. Seventy-six per cent of the respondents said shortening the working day shows the current workload of public servants is not enough, and so there should be staff reductions.

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The Great Firewall of China stops a lot of material from getting through on the Internet. But the founder of Fenbei.com, a music site that promoted several household name songs, found a way around it. He was recently sentenced for running the nation’s largest nude chat room network.

Now, just how many hours a week do you work? Well here in China the official forty-hour work week has been in place over 15 years. Back in 1995 it was decide to abolish the practice of half day work on Saturdays and introduce the five day week with 8 hours work per day. In theory working beyond this should be compensated with overtime. But is that really the case? With so much competition for jobs today who is going to risk losing their coveted position for complaining about working extra hours?