The above headline was used on most newspapers front pages in Beijing today. Visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attended the foundation ceremony of the new Daimler-Chrysler Sino-German joint-venture factory in the Beijing Economic Development Zone on December 6.
During his three-day visit, Chancellor Schroeder is scheduled to attend a number of functions for Sino-German cooperation projects in Beijing and Changchun, capital of northeastern China’s Jilin Province.
The pictured front page is from The Beijing News and features a photo of Schroeder raising a toast with Premier Wen Jiabao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the banned Nike TV commercial and the many different reactions to it have been all over the media. The funny thing is Beijing Daily Messenger misquoted opinions from Singapore about the same campaign. In the island city, the campaign included a ‘guerilla’ section, in which poster of the ad were smeared all over bus stations and other public areas. The contraversy in Singapore was not because Chinese people felt insulted by the concept of the ad, but because they felt annoyed at having their bus shelters covered in posters.