Author Archives: Tsingsong

Accident becomes the hottest news today. At 6:50 pm of this Tuesday, a tank truck carrying 35 tons of liquefied chlorine ran out of control with a flat tire and rammed into a cargo truck on the Huai’an section of … Continue reading →

Most newspapers in Beijing followed this template on their front pages today: Leading headline: College students can get married without the approval from schools; Front page photo: scenes of Indonesian earthquake disaster. In the past, the college students who got … Continue reading →

Chiang Pin-Kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang party (KMT), visited the Guangzhou Huanghuagang Martyr Cemetery Tuesday morning. It is KMT’s first formal visit to the mainland since the group fled to Taiwan in 1949. Today the Chiang Pin-kun’s trip … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, Beijing police inspected an illegal dog market in Changping county. Most vendors were very scared, they tried many ways to escape: some ran as fast as they could, while some threatened the police by claiming their dogs were … Continue reading →

Any news about the 2008 Olympics is popular in Beijing newspapers. Yesterday, Qiang Wei, the Beijing’s Deputy Party Secretary gave details of its Olympic security scheme, which will play an over-arching role in preparations for the sports gathering. The whole … Continue reading →

Different newspapers have different highlights in their leading headlines today. Junky tabloid Beijing Daily Messenger (left, click to enlarge) features a big photo showing a young guy who wanted to kill himself by jumping off a 15 meter-high outdoor billboard, … Continue reading →

Most newspapers put pictures of an “anti-corruption exhibition” that opened in Beijing yesterday on their front pages. In the photo on the front page of The Beijing News (pictured left), a visitor stops in front of photos of Bi Yuxi, … Continue reading →

Any news about the Beijing Olympics is popular, and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has learned to listen to voices from the Chinese and international public. After selecting the logo, mascot and slogan … Continue reading →

The above headline is today’s big news. See more detail in China Daily here. Another star in the news is former United States president, Bill Clinton who visited AIDS patients in Beijing for the second time. Xinhua has details here. … Continue reading →

“Snow hits lanterns in Yuanxiao Festival” was the most popular headline for today’s newspapers. It snowed heavily in Beijing yesterday evening — the Lantern or Yuanxiao Festival. This was the seventh time it has snowed on this festival in the … Continue reading →