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It's one of the most common experiences linking Chinese people. At school, teachers are allowed to use physical punishment. And while it's not especially common to get hit by the teacher, almost every Chinese person can tell stories about student beatings in the classroom. BON's Tony Zhou tells us one story that went too far…

According to Amnesty International, more than two-thirds of the world’s countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. But while capital punishment remains a controversial issue throughout the world- China has continued carrying out the practice in estimated record numbers. But now- a potential revision of the country’s criminal law may see the first reduction in the number of crimes carrying the death penalty since the law was enacted in 1979. BON’s Kelda Yuen has more.

Taiwanese businesspeople have become ever more invested in mainland China in recent years, but in some industries at least, that trend could be about to change. Rising costs and salaries on the mainland mean that Taiwanese industrialists are beginning to think about moving their factories further afield. BON's Tom Spender has more.

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