Author Archives: Tsingsong

Stampede kills at least 300 in India

Posted on 2005-01-26 by Tsingsong

Aside from reports about “two conferences” in Beijing, most media focused on another disaster in western India. From a Xinhua report: At least 300 people, most of them women and children, were killed and over 200 injured on Tuesday in … Continue reading →

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Spring Festival transport starts

Posted on 2005-01-25 by Tsingsong

“Chun Yun” (increased transport for Spring Festival) is a special concept for China, at each special time of the year, the traffic will increase to more than 10 million passengers/ times within the month. The estimated time of Chun Yun … Continue reading →

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A Red day

Posted on 2005-01-24 by Tsingsong

All leading headlines and photos on the front pages of today’s newspapers are about an important conference : the third session of the 12th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. Beijing’s mayor Wang Qishan delivered a government work status report at the … Continue reading →

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Hepatitis B carriers can serve the people now

Posted on 2005-01-21 by Tsingsong

The above headline was a big news item today. A new health standard allows Hepatitis B carriers to be eligible for civil service and also does away with old requirements on candidates’ weight and height. Hepatitis B virus carriers are … Continue reading →

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Yunnan: fight with child traffickers

Posted on 2005-01-20 by Tsingsong

The cover story of today’s Southern Weekend is a special report on child trafficking kids in Yunnan. Here is a summary: On December 10 2004, three criminals who kidnapped and sold children were executed by gunshot. It was the first … Continue reading →

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A newspaper about the great Olympic era

Posted on 2005-01-19 by Tsingsong

The First comes to Danwei.

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Fake Armani store

Posted on 2005-01-19 by Tsingsong

Danwei recently reported that a chain of stores called Louies Berry has not only copied Versace’s logo, but also fraudulently claimed to be supervised by the Italian fashion house. Another clothing brand called Poerls is doing the same trick at … Continue reading →

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The confessions of Guo Jingjing

Posted on 2005-01-18 by Tsingsong

There was no dominant news topic today, so different newspapers focused on different topics. According to Beijing Daily Messenger, Chinese diving queen Guo Jingjing made a self-criticism when she came back to national team. Guo said: “I grew up in … Continue reading →

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First special train for students takes off

Posted on 2005-01-17 by Tsingsong

Photographs of the first special Spring Festival train for students was the most popular front page image of the day, just like the “first peasant workers’ train” a few days ago. For the upcoming Spring Festival, the Beijing Railway Department … Continue reading →

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Peasant workers’ train; all highways lead to Beijing

Posted on 2005-01-14 by Tsingsong

Today’s hot news is about transportation. First peasant workers’ train takes off Most of today’s newspapers’ front pages feature a photo about the first “peasant workers’ train” which departed Beijing West Railway Station at 0:10 this morning, carrying about 2,000 … Continue reading →

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