1. Disputes lies in the approval of legislation to lift the ban on setting off firecrackers in Beijing
2. A Japanese high court rejects compensation appeals by 180 Chinese victims of Japan’s World War II germ warfare programme
3. The supply of the land used for economical houses will not allow to be inside of second ring road
4. The fourth round of six-party nuclear crisis talk to start next Tuesday
5. Real Madrid arrives in Beijing and causes lots of media buzz
The pictured front page is from The Beijing News. It features a photo of Tan Jialin of China, holding up a sign with his father’s portrait and a demand for an apology and compensation written in Japanese and Chinese during a protest, after a legal judgement, in front of the Tokyo High Court.