A new edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao, better known as the Little Red Book, will be republished in November for the first time since the cultural revolution (1966-76) to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong.

The founding father of the People's Republic of China and a founding member of its Communist Party, Mao led the republic until his death in 1976.

The book, a selection of sayings from Mao's speeches, became required reading in China during the cultural revolution. More than a billion copies were printed, making it the second-most printed book in the world after the Bible.

According to the publisher, in addition to original content the republished book will include previously unpublished sayings of Mao as well as rectifying distorted quotes and quotes wrongly attributed to him.

By 2015 the number of Chinese travelling abroad will hit 100 million, according to the UN World Tourism Organisation.

In 2012 Chinese citizens overtook those of the US and Germany as the world's top tourism spenders, with 83 million people spending a record $102 billion (£63bn) on international tourism. And in response to all this the Chinese government's first tourism law came into effect this month.

Earlier this year Vice-Premier Wang Yang called on his nation's tourists to improve their manners, stressing the importance of projecting a "good image of Chinese tourists."

Article 14 of the tourism law states: "Tourists shall observe public order and respect social morality in tourism activities, respect local customs, cultural traditions and religious beliefs, care for tourism resources, protect the ecological environment and abide by the norms of civilised tourist behaviour."

In the wake of a globally publicised incident earlier this year, when a Chinese tourist was photographed defacing a stone sculpture in an ancient Egyptian temple with graffiti, point eight in the first section of a guidebook for tourists reminds visitors to respect historical relics and warns: "Do not scribble on, climb on or touch them."

Chinese tourists are also advised not to leave footprints on toilet seats.

The Chinese government has ordered the entire management of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to surrender their passports. The move is seen as part of President Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption, from low-ranking "flies" to high-ranking "tigers."

Securities Daily reported that about 1,000 middle and senior-ranking executives will be affected.

It said that four top CNPC officials, including deputy general manager Wang Yongchun, are currently under investigation for corruption.

Critics of the move claim that it will be ineffective, as crooked officials can easily buy a false passport and many already have more than one. But they overlook the fact that in this high-speed digital age it only takes seconds to put somebody and his or her photograph on a nationwide watch list.

A viewing tower built in the shape of a giant puffer fish has caused a storm of protest on Weibo, China's version of Twitter.

The tower, soaring 15 storeys above the ground in eastern China's Jiangsu province, one of the most indebted in the country, is encased in 8,920 copper plates and cost about £7 million.

The People's Daily reported that the province is promoting the puffer fish as the world's biggest metal construction in terms of volume.

The protests come at a time when President Xi Jinping is promising to cut waste of money by governments at all levels.