With four years to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, a giant clock was been erected yesterday in Tiananmen Square, the very heart of the city. The clock shows the official countdown to the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing. This giant clock was today’s newspaper rock star.
Other news:
– China and Russia’s relationship is in the best state it has ever been, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in an interview by the Itar-Tass news agency (the comment forms the headline of the pictured front page).
– President Hu Jintao yesterday delivered a keynote speech at a celebration rally marking the 55th founding anniversary of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing.
The pictured frontpage is from The Beijing News