Author Archives: Eric Mu

No exciting news in Beijing today. This was the lead headline of most newspapers today: The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) scheduled to convene between September 16-19 Other news: Age … Continue reading →

Today’s Beijing news: – Olympic gold medalists visit Hong Kong The pictured front from Beijing Youth Daily shows Hong Kong people giving the athletes a hero’s welcome. – Fake famous brands are banned at XiuShui market Silk Alley or Xiushui … Continue reading →

Most of today’s Beijing newspapers led with the the current clampdown on porn. According to this newest law issued by Supreme People’s Court and Procuratorate of China, from September 6, someone who make use of the Internet or mobile communications … Continue reading →

Three pictures on the front page of today’s People’s Daily show three different meetings: Hu Jintao meets Chinese athletes back from Athens Olympics This was the lead headline of most Beijing newspapers today Jiang Zemin meets the President of Philippines … Continue reading →

The Olympics just won’t go away: even the gala reception to welcome Chinese medalists from Athens is getting a lot of media coverage. But today, let’s take a look at some other people in the media: Handicapped people ride motorcycles … Continue reading →

The lead headlines for most Beijing newspapers today are about the Olympic five circle flag coming to Beijing along with the reurning Chinese athletes. The pictured front page is from the Beijing Morning Post. Another media star today is the … Continue reading →

“Holding an economical Olympic Games is our consistent principle“, said Liu Qi, the secretary of Beijing’s municipal Party Committee. This statement was the lead headlines of most of today’s Beijing newspapers. So, does this mean they are going to avoid … Continue reading →

The closing ceremony of Athens Olympic Games is the highlight of today’s Beijing newspapers. The focus is not the variety show at the ceremony, but the flag handover ceremony: the Olympic flag was passed from the mayor of Athens, Dora … Continue reading →

While most Beijing’s newspapers use lots of front page ink to welcome the gold medalists back from Athens, The Beijing News featured a picture of a yellow wasteland near Beijing on its front page. The accompanying article explains the causes … Continue reading →

Airplane crashes in Russia took the place of yesterday’s Beijing bus accident as the front page photo of choice for today’s newspapers. But the headlines’ are slightly different among the different newspapers. Let ‘s have a look: Beijing Youth Daily: … Continue reading →