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What is in the minds of overseas Chinese youths?: At Asia Sentinel, Alice Poon translates Xu Zhiyuan's story of the experiences of a father and his son during their seven-year stay in Italy:

While the father fully appreciates the comfort and opportunities his new place of domicile has to offer and thoroughly enjoys his new experiences, the son struggles to find his true identity and station in life in the strange land, often depressed by unhappy personal experiences which he believes have something to do with his ethnicity.

Lao Wang is described as a typical middle-aged, pragmatic and hard-working Chinese emigrant from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, who is in the food trading business and who now lives with his son in Rome. He set up his own trading company in Rome in 2001 with a staff of about 10 persons, using his hometown as a food exporting base which employs a few hundred workers.

The controversial baby books of China’s Dr. Spock: At the Wall Street Journal's Buzzwatch blog, Maya Alexandri writes about Xiao Wu's best-selling child care manuals:

Xiao Wu is against split pants, the Chinese toddler’s traditional togs, saying they contribute to children being toilet trained at too early an age, before the youngsters can control their bodily functions properly. And she counsels Chinese parents not to expect unconditional obedience from their child because doing so interferes with the child’s development as an individual.

Taiwan's lawyers given green light for mainland: The AFP and Taipei Times report that China will allow lawyers from Taiwan to practice on the mainland following qualifying exams:

Ding Lu (丁露), director of China's National Judicial Examination Center, told Xinhua news agency that many Taiwanese want to take the exam to obtain qualifications to practice law in China.

In recent years, a number of people, including legal professionals, had enquired about China’s judicial exam and expressed a wish to take part, Ding said.

The move would help promote cross-strait exchanges and provide better legal services for "compatriots" living in both areas, Ding said.

The news will be of particular interest to Taiwanese lawyers, who have complained about a lack of access to the Chinese legal system.