Meanwhile, the Global Times reports on a luxury car with new military licence plates seen on the road, days after new regulations were introduced aimed at preventing misuse of military license plates.

BBC: China media: Internet rumours

To be clear, however, even 30 years ago, before banks became quite as big and global as HSBC, it was never easy for the authorities to strip a bank of its licence.

BBC: Are some banks too big to jail?

Lastly, new licence plates for military vehicles will be issued from 1 May to stop "wannabe army drivers" from using fake military licence plates to skip parking fees and road tolls and run red lights, says Global Times.

BBC: China media: Mekong justice