Category Archives: Newspapers

From the China Daily: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is emerging as a hotbed for China’s increasing investments overseas. “DPRK provides big market potential for Chinese products … while Chinese investors have tremendous advantages in tapping the market,” … 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 →

The Olympics came in second place to another story in Beijing’s print media today, even though China got one gold medal for diving last night. Instead of gold medallist diver Peng Bo, a bus accident was used as the front … Continue reading →

Yao Ming’s image appeared on the front pages of most newspapers again today. Last night, the Chinese men’s basketball team achieved a phenomenal 67-66 victory over world champions Serbia & Montenegro. Yao had promised that he would not shave his … Continue reading →

August 22 will no doubt have special meaning for China: – The day China first won a gold medal for tennis at the Olympics; – The day China got its 100th gold medal in all the summer Olympics it has … Continue reading →

August 22 is the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth, so the Olympics were slightly neglected in today’s newspapers. Deng’s picture returned to most newpapers’ front pages. Beijing Youth Daily published a 55-page special supplement (pictured) featuring interviews with people … Continue reading →

Most Chinese remember this photo, taken by Xie Hailong who was a photographer for the China Youth Daily in 1991. The girl in the photo is Su Mingjuan, who became a spokesperson for the Hope Project, a government-funded quasi-NGO that … Continue reading →

Yao Ming is in the news again after the Chinese national basketball team beat New Zealand 69 vs 62, with 39 points of China’s points scored by Yao. China earlier lost to Spain during the first group match after which … Continue reading →