Category Archives: Newspapers

One Communist Party document and two sports stars

Today’s Beijing newspapers are mostly concerned by one Communist Party document and two sports stars: – Chinese Communist Party publishes key policy document on governance capabilityThis news was the leading headline of all newspapers in Beijing – Former world number … Continue reading →

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Brazil, India, Germany and Japan in the UN Security Council? China is poker-faced.

International news dominates today’s newspapers. The headline of the day: Four states [Brazil, India, Germany and Japan] promise to support each other to get permanent membership of UN Security Council Other local news making headlines: – The first part of … Continue reading →

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Countdown clock for Beijing Olympic Games

With four years to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, a giant clock was been erected yesterday in Tiananmen Square, the very heart of the city. The clock shows the official countdown to the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing. … Continue reading →

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Praise for and by Hu and Jiang

Today’s front pages are all about yet another meeting – the enlarged meeting of the CPC Central Military Commission (CMC). At this meeting, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin highly praised each other: – President Hu Jintao praised Jiang for “historic … Continue reading →

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A Red Day

The front pages of today’s newspapers are covered with photos and articles about the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee which took place from September 16 to 19. The important results and decisions of this conference include: – … Continue reading →

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I hotly love you Beijing Tiananmen

Tian’anmen Square featured in almost all of Beijing’s newspapers today, for two main reasons: – The 50th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress (NPC) On September 15, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC … Continue reading →

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Batman in Buckingham Palace

This story happened from Britain caught The Beijing News‘ attention and became its front page image today: a man dressed as bat warrior broke into Buckingham Palace. Five hours later, he was forced to come out by police. Other hot … Continue reading →

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Clamping down on travel agency contracts

The hottest news today in Beijing is about “overbearing articles” in contracts between consumers and the travel agencies. These 11 articles apparently violate consumer rights. The offensive article include items that deny travelers any claim on compensation for injuries and … Continue reading →

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New regulations for senior managers of state-owned companies

Today’s lead headlines for most newspapers in Beijing are all quite different. The most popular news items were the following: Senior managers of state-owned companies must be audited before they take leave New round Legislative Council election in Hong Kong … Continue reading →

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Bomb In Jakarta

A photo of the bombed Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia is on the front pages of most newspapers in Beijing today. The attack killed nine people and wounded at least 156 people, of whom there were at least four Chinese … Continue reading →

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