Author Archives: Eric Mu

Shandong electricity cuts to power the Olympics

Yantai Evening News (烟台晚报): China’s Shandong Province is struggling with an electricity crunch which is the “worst in 15 years”.

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Peninsula Metropolis newspaper claims 55th largest global circulation

Today’s Peninsula Metropolis Daily ran a big headline celebrating the newspaper’s recent ascent to “the 55th strongest newspaper of the world”.

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Blow your whistle when you see a terrorist

Information Times (信息时报): Today, the front page of Information Times shows a taxi driver in Guangzhou displaying his new counter-terrorist equipment: a whistle.

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Shenyang Evening News makes news in the Shenyang Evening News

Shenyang Evening News (沈阳晚报): Shenyang Evening News printed a photo on the front page showing the Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho receiving a Chinese calligraphy scroll as a present from the newspaper.

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Wen Jiabao shoots hoops

Today’s Henan Business Daily prints a photo of the handsome premier playing basketball.

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Olympic baby boom

Information Times (信息时报): Some expectant mothers in Guangzhou are asking their doctors to rearrange the delivery date for their babies to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8.

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Will SARFT save us from annoying ads for quack tonics?

Beijing News Post (北京晨报): China’s media regulator SARFT has vowed to step up its efforts to clean up illegal and distasteful commercials from television broadcasts.

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The price of keeping a pet dog

Keeping a legal pet dog can be an expensive proposition in Guangzhou; a license to own a dog costs 10,000 yuan and each year a dog owner must pay an additional 6,000 yuan for a medical “check”.

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Police destroy 14,277 ‘illegal’ motorcycles with bulldozers

Daily Sunshine (晶报): 14,277 confiscated “illegal motorcycles” were destroyed by bulldozers in Yungang district, Shenzhen as part of the city’s “motorcycle ban”.

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Police raid in Shilong village

China Business News (华商报):After two years of ongoing dispute over development plans for a reservoir near Shilong village, the Shaoyang government resorted to violent means to quell villagers’ protests; on July 3, 440 police raided the village arresting 23 villagers.

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