Highlights from chinadaily.com.cn

Photo: A staff member from the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau inspects a quarantine area for imported pigs on Monday. For the first time, China has imported breeding pigs from the United States. The 865 pigs will help genetically improve the native breeds.

Bilingual: Visas to live and work in Britain should be sold to the highest bidder in a dramatic overhaul of the immigration system, Conservative members of Parliament said. An auction of visas among wealthy individuals and international companies would ensure that only people able to contribute to the UK economy get the visas, the MPs suggest. The proposal for a "market-based" immigration system is part of a wide-ranging plan to overhaul economic and industrial policies drawn up by a leading group of backbench Conservatives.

Language tips: If someone keeps other people on a leash, they want to keep them under control. The shorter or tighter the leash, the greater the control - and the less wiggle room available.

(China Daily USA 06/05/2013 page4)