Category Archives: Newspapers

Some respect for migrants

Posted on 2004-05-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s Front Page of the Day is from The Beijing News. The headlines are: [Women from outside Beijing] don’t need to apply for permit from their home province when having a baby in Beijing (There are many stories in today’s … Continue reading →

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You can’t blame da youth of today

Posted on 2004-05-28 by Tsingsong

Today’s Front Page of The Day is the Beijing Youth Daily The headlines are: Beijing will solve more real problems for minors ‘Moneybags’ cop sentenced to death at first trial (with photo) Beijing 2008 Olympic spectators to reach 7 million

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Traffic fines, plastic surgery babe rejects beauty pageant’s offer

Posted on 2004-05-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s Front Page of The Day is the Beijing Morning Post. The headlines are: Drivers who break traffic laws should be fined at least 50 Yuan Beijing plans to renovate 500 old elevators this year ‘Paddle’ again after 50 years … Continue reading →

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Police crimes, watermelon king

Posted on 2004-05-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from today’s Beijing News: Beijing plans to build 18 emergency crisis centers this year Two policemen beat people to death, and buried the bodies corpse in police stations Real estate developer besieges household by boarding up doors and windows … Continue reading →

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Tigers; WWII laborers lose in Japanese courts

Posted on 2004-05-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from today’s Beijing News: Water rates to be decided in public hearing next Thursday National Theater needs second safety check American tiger coming to Beijing (It’s an Indian tiger from an American zoo; with photo) Chinese [WWII] forced laborers … Continue reading →

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China Daily gives Danwei a welcome back present

Posted on 2004-05-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The website of China’s insufferably boring state-owned English daily newspaper makes unauthorized use of an article from local listings rag That’s Beijing. The piece was written by Lu Xiaojing and Danwei founder Jeremy Goldkorn. The article is a review of … Continue reading →

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Beijing passenger killed in Paris airport roof collapse

Posted on 2004-05-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s Beijing Morning Post headline: French airport roof collapsed, a passenger from Beijing died Most other Beijing newspapers ran the same story and photograph. Other headlines from the Beijing Morning Post include: – Carmen concert on stage yesterday – Media … Continue reading →

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Diaoyu Island

Posted on 2004-03-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY The Beijing News wins for its arresting image. The headline is: “7 Citizens Detained by Japanese Police on Diaoyu Island”. The photo shows a demonstrator standing in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing with … Continue reading →

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Fingerprints, beautiful women, viewing podiums – it’s all bad

Posted on 2004-03-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

No front page of the day today, because they are all bad. The Beijing News has some really boring headlines, although we must remember that their editor-in-chief is in jail , so we can’t be too critical. The headlines are: … Continue reading →

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Yassin all over

Posted on 2004-03-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY The Beijing Youth Daily gets the prize for a good mix of local and international stories. The headlines are: ESTABLISH 3 IMPORTANT TASKS TO PROTECT THE MINORS Concern about youth morality (probably caused by recently … Continue reading →

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