"Car parked at centre of road" from South China Morning Post

"ZHEJIANG - With nowhere to park, some Hangzhou residents have been parking their cars over the double yellow lines painted in the middle of roads to prohibit overtaking, the Today Morning Express reports. It said the problem had been going on for months, with police towing away some of the cars during the day, only for others to return at night and again occupy the middle of the road.

"Man found dead in Net cafe" from South China Morning Post

"ZHEJIANG - A 21-year-old man died at an internet cafe in Hangzhou on Wednesday, Hf365.com reports. The internet cafe owner said the man died of starvation. Police said the man only had his ID card and half a pack of cigarettes. The cause of death is being investigated."

"Property sale turns chaotic" from South China Morning Post

"ZHEJIANG" - There was chaos on Saturday when thousands of people queued up to buy properties in Hangzhou's suburban Xiaoshan district, the Beijing Times reports. A representative of the developer said they prepared to sell only 468 flats, but more than 2,000 people showed up. People were dissatisfied with the limited supply of housing and accused the developer of hoarding properties or selling some flats to staff."

"Zhejian Expressway profits up by 7.4pc on rising traffic volumes" from South China Morning Post

"Zhejiang Expressway said net profit rose 7.4 per cent to 1.34 billion yuan (HK$1.56 billion) for the first nine months against the same period last year. Revenue reached 4.79 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1 per cent. Daily average traffic volume along the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway was 39,656 vehicles, up 14.4 per cent year on year. Traffic volume along the Shangsan Expressway was 16,723, a decrease of 12.2 per cent year on year."

"Fast trains, integrated hubs point to future of transport in HK, mainland" from South China Morning Post

"Along the journey, most of the landscape was urban with many buildings or factories. In the sparse rural areas, pockets of construction activity were visible. This suggests that in coming years, the corridor between Shanghai and Hangzhou will become a common urban zone merging both cities into one huge megacity in the Yangtze River Delta."

"It also seemed to me that what was on view in Shanghai was a foretaste of what we might expect when Hong Kong's high-speed railway begins operating in 2016.

A high-speed train journey from Hong Kong to Guangzhou will then be similar to an MTR train ride from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon.

This will increase the integration between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. However, Shanghai has six-year headstart over Hong Kong in this integration process."