Category Archives: Newspapers

On the eve of the Asian Football Cup quarterfinal match between China and the surprisingly solid Iraqi national team, local sports newsapaper Soccer News launches a desperate warning to the Chinese team, with a headline that screams INJURIES! Many key … Continue reading →

China Youth Daily has been in the news lately because of a long-winded but pleasantly anti-establishment open letter written by one of the paper’s editors: a veteran reporter from Sichuan named Lu Yuegang. China Youth Daily has been publishing since … Continue reading →

Junk news is the leading feature of today’s Beijing newspapers. Both The Beijing News (left) and Beijing Daily Messenger published the same story (with photo) on their front pages: police attempted to stop a taxi driver who broke a traffic … Continue reading →

There is a new rumor nearly every day about the Tom Group acquiring or doing deals with Mainland media companies. The latest one, reported in the South China Morning Post, says that Tom is in talks to take a 49 … Continue reading →

Story of the day: Air China’s “hijacking” incident The “hijacker” Yang Jinsong is a librarian at Xiangtan University in Hunan and has a record of mental illness. When he was arrested, he said “I am joking, I am joking”. But … Continue reading →

Story of the day: The Chinese national football team beat Qatar 1 – 0 last night in the Asian Football Cup match. China is on well on the way to the next round, ranking first in their group. On the … Continue reading →

Most Beijing newspapers today led with the 9/11 Commission, but the content was very superficial, comprising mostly quotes from news agencies. Another story in the news was the Beijing government’s early warning system for city surface subsidence. Years of over-exploitation … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s Beijing Morning Post reported that the world’s first beauty pageant specially women who have had cosmetic surgery (artificial beauties) will take place in November this year. More than 20 women have already applied to participate, including some foreigners. The … Continue reading →

China’s crushing 5-0 victory over Indonesia at the Asian Football Cup last night was covered in most newspapers today. China has now moved to the top of Group A with 4 points. People in News Footballer Shao Jiayi who scored … Continue reading →

China’s 2004 Athens Olympic delegation is the focus of today’s newspapers. The delegation consists of 407 athletes and 226 officials, who will participate in more than 200 events in 26 sports. This delegation is supposed to be the largest and … Continue reading →