Tag Archives: Modern Express

Three policemen die in shootout and car chase in Tai’an

Posted on 2011-01-05 by Eric Mu

Modern Express: Shootout and chase in Tai’an leaves three policemen dead

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Blue Paper: 85% of families can’t afford to buy a house

Posted on 2010-12-08 by Alice Xin Liu

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) released their “Economic Blue Paper,” the Blue Paper shows that this year the figure for income and all towns and cities across the nation is 8.76, which is 0.46 higher than last year. This is the equivalent of normal families saving for 8.76 years without eating or drinking, and buying a house. The Blue Paper also made predictions about the trend of real estate prices next year, if regulation relaxes, then prices will rebound, and prices might increase a further 20-25%, maybe even more.

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Proper escalator etiquette

Posted on 2010-10-04 by Joel Martinsen

The Modern Express can’t find anything newsworthy to feature on the front page.

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New rules on dress and speech for teachers in Jiangsu

Posted on 2010-09-15 by Joel Martinsen

A dress code and a speech code are intended to protect teachers’ image, say authorities.

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Lightning strikes Nanjing

Posted on 2010-09-03 by Joel Martinsen

Two street-cleaners killed in Nanjing.

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Cao Cao’s tomb is a fake

Posted on 2010-08-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s Modern Express reports that a tomb in Anyang, Henan Province excavated late last year that was claimed to contain the remains of legendary warrior Cao Cao is fake.

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Spot the newspaper that reported the Nanjing factory explosion

Posted on 2010-07-29 by Alice Xin Liu

One paper prints a huge picture that no other does.

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Floods and 20 million in Beijing, but not much about the oil spill

Posted on 2010-07-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Typhoons and flooding in the south, but not oil slicks, are on many Chinese newspapers front pages today.

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Bawang shampoo and its cancer-causing chemical

Posted on 2010-07-15 by Alice Xin Liu

The Xinhua-run Modern Express today goes with a sensational, eyeball-grabbing front page. Jackie Chan is depicted, cartoon-style, holding a bottle of Bawang shampoo that he has endorsed for many years. Faye Wong posing next to him. What’s wrong with the shampoo? It contains dioxane (二恶烷), a cancer causing agent, which here is a black ghost with the characters ‘二恶烷’ etched on its body.

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Jiangsu’s exam cheater ousted

Posted on 2010-07-06 by Alice Xin Liu

… because he copied another writer word for word.

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