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Is it surprising?

Topic2 Prohibition³ of Minimum Consumption in RestaurantsRecently the Ministry⁴ of Commerce released a management rule on the catering⁵ industry, banning restaurants from setting up "minimum consumption requirement". Restaurants are also encouraged to provide small dishes. The discussion of minimum consumption has been going on for a while. Why does the ministry release such a prohibition?

Topic3 New regulation for college teachersRecently, the Ministry of Education issued a new regulation on college teachers' ethics⁶. According to it, college teachers cannot harm the interests of the country, the schools and students, plagiarize⁷ other's academic achievements and impose sexual harassment⁸ to or have sexual relationship with students. People say that it was issued under the circumstance that many teachers violated professional ethics.

Why now?

Topic4 Beijing parks adopt noise bansTwo Beijing parks have adopted noise bans that don't allow group activities such as square dancing after 12 pm every day.

Management with the Jingshan Park and Beihai Park say park goers have been very cooperative and the results have been satisfying with noise levels within the parks dropping to 80 decibels⁹ recently from 90 last year.

The municipal park authority says the noise ban currently being piloted in the two parks might be promoted among other Beijing parks that suffer from noise pollution.

Is there a noise problem?

Topic5 Husbands not as Versatile¹⁰ as DadsMany girls see their dads as all rounders, as they can fix everything at home, including leaking pipes and burned-out lights. However, when the girls grow up and get married, some of them find their husbands are not as versatile as their dads.

Is it true?

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