Author Archives: Eric Mu

A leaky toilet reveals corruption

Today Evening News (今日晚报): Yesterday marked the opening of the trial of Yan Dabin, the former director of the transportation bureau in Chongqing’s Wushan county, and his wife in Chongqing Second Intermediary Court.

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Buffalo BMW protest

The July 16’s Southern Metropolis Daily reported on a woman in Guangzhou who hitched her BMW to a water buffalo and led the beast around downtown to protest the car company’s refusal to replace her defective car.

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Government landmark for sale

Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报): Chengdu government called a press conference announcing that the centre is going to be auctioned to raise funds for the reconstruction in the earthquake area.

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China’s first jailed sexual harassment offender?

Chengqing Times (重庆时报):Quite a few today’s newspapers reported on the court’s ruling over a “sexual harassment” case: a man was sentenced five months in jail for sexual harassment in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

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Mother asks for leniency for man who murdered her son

The Beijing News (新京报): Tolerant spirit overrules death sentence in a murder trial.

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A miracle girl

Yangtse Evening Post (扬子晚报): A story about a high school leaver’s nonstandard admission to a foreign university is found on the front pages of quite a few newspapers. First published by Chutian Metropolis Daily, it was reprinted by many others. Here is a translated excerpt.

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Western ad industry as bad as Western media?

A series of outdoor ads for Amnesty International are circulating on the China’s Internet forums.

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The blog of the cop killer

Daily Sunshine (晶报): The newspaper today printed on its front page a photo of Yang Jia, the 27-year-old man who murdered six police officers in Shanghai July 1.

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A younger, thinner and taller president

A painting portrays China’s leaders in the earthquake zone.

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Whole country rushes for the Olympic bank note

Beijing Morning Post (北京晨报): The big image of today’s Beijing Morning Post shows an old couple proudly displaying their Olympic bank notes. The old man Mr. Xing said all members of his family – five in all – went to exchange for the notes and every one got one.

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