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 topic of the Asian Football Cup, a director from ZenithOptimedia pointed out the Cup’s shortcomings in this week’s China Business newspaper: unreasonable ticket prices, no consistant communication strategy etc.
People in News
A football fan’s family is the star of today’s newpapers. The Beijing News (pictured) and the People’s Daily published photos of this 3 member fan-family, but did not name them.
Other stories in the news:
“Probe No. 2” satellite successfully launched. There’s more on this story on Xinhua here.
Chinese business woman attacked by officers of US Customs and Border Protection
Most media express anger about this incident. Xinhua has a report about it here.