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 The Beijing News
July 8, 2008 Over 20 video websites were "reprimanded" and asked to "stop infringement" by China's Copyright Administration, today's Beijing News reported. These websites are accused of broadcasting "Olympic-related content" without legal authorization.
The newspaper says that "Olympic-related content", including video footage of the Olympic torch relay, has been found on these websites, with one of them being identified as Pomoho.com.
The Copyright Administration, Ministry of Information and Industry, and SARFT held a joint press conference yesterday to announce a "ban on illegal Olympic broadcasting" and crackdown on pirated "Olympic-related" content.
According to the newspaper, China's state-owned CCTV is only media in China that has the broadcast rights of the Beijing Olympic Games. Any other media must be authorized by CCTV before they can broadcast "Olympic-related" content.
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 The Beijing News
July 7, 2008 A tornado-like wind struck Beijing's suburban Shunyi County on Friday July 4. A poultry farm suffered heavy losses with about eighty thousand of its ducks killed when their pen collapsed. The big image on the front page shows the devastated poultry farm.
The farm is a main supplier to Beijing's well-known Peking duck chain Quanjude. It is not yet clear if this incident will have any effect on the price of Beijing famous roast duck.
According to Liu Chengzhi, manager of the farm, the twister struck on July 4 at around 6:10pm during a rain storm.
"It was a black one, as big as ten village houses. Trees were ripped out from their roots" recalled Liu. According to him, about 100 acres of duck pens collapsed. The estimated losses are about 3 million yuan.
The farm has since taken measures include sterilization to prevent a possible poultry epidemic break-out.
"Luckily 12,000 ducklings were in another place and survived" said the manager, "so there is hope that we will restore the farm in a month."
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 The Beijing News
July 4, 2008 Today's Beijing News reported a violent death of a farmer in Ligezhuang, a village of Beijing's suburban Miyun county. The big image on the front page of today's Beijing News shows the son of the dead man crying on his knees.
Wang Zaiying was found dead in front of his torn-down house on the morning of July 13. According to an eyewitness, he was chased and beaten by three unidentified men.
It is believed Wang's death has to do with an on-going demolition project for further real-estate development in his village. Villagers were asked to give away their houses on terms that they wouldn't accept. Wang for one refused to sign the contract. Nevertheless, on May 1, his house was torn down. Wang had been keeping vigil outside of the ruins of his house since then.
Wang's son believes that the village leader was the real murderer: "These guys were sent by the village Party secretary, because my father wouldn't sign the contract." The newspaper says that the village secretary has been taken away by the police for further investigation.
A villager confirmed that some villagers who refused to accept the compensation plan had their windows broken and had bricks thrown at them.
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 Information Times
July 3, 2008 Another police officer who was attacked in July 1st's stabbing spree in Shanghai was confirmed dead, which increases the number of fatalities to six. The condition of the other three injured officers and the security guard are not yet clear.
The suspect, a 28-year-old who is identified by the newspaper as Yang Jia (杨佳) is under police's custody now.
On July 1st, around 9:40 a.m, Yang ignited three home-made Molotov cocktails and caused a fire in the police building located in Zhabei district. Taking advantage of the chaos, Yang entered the building and carried out the crime.
It may seem unbelievable that so many officers were attacked in a police station. The newspaper says that all the officers who were attacked were office staff and, according to police regulations, were not armed. In the newspaper article, a policeman named Wang was quoted as saying that the standard training a police officer recieves doesn't explain how to deal with this kind of scenario.
The police at first announced on their website that Yang's motive for the crime was "revenge." When Yang last visited Shanghai in last October, he was accused by local police for buying a stolen bicycle. Yang was later proved to be innocent. Disgruntled by the way he was treated by the policemen, Yang demanded compensation. His demand was denied.
This piece of information was shortly taken down from the website. The explanation provided was the information was told from the suspect's point of view and deemed inappropriate for the website.
A newspaper article provides a brief background description of the suspect: Yang's parents divorced when he was a child and he was brought up by his mother and was still living with her before his arrest. This fact, according to the paper, may explain why none of the victims in the crime were female. Yang had an unsuccessful marriage and had been unemployed. He was described by those who know him personally as amiable, introverted and a law-abiding person. This is the first crime he's ever committed.
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 Beijing Times
July 2, 2008 The top headline of today's Beijing Times announces the details of the tax rebate that will go out to drivers affected by the new Olympic traffic control rules. (see Danwei's previous report for details). These laws, intended to reduce pollution and ease traffic jams during the Olympics, will come into effect on July 20 and continue three months. According to the article, a Beijing resident who owns a typical sedan will receive around 450 yuan in tax rebate.
The photo on the front page shows police investigating a crime scene in Shanghai. Yesterday morning, a male suspect wielding a knife broke into the Zhaibei branch of Shanghai Police Department, and stabbed nine police officers and a security guard killing five, before he was restrained.The article says that revenge was likely the motive for the attack. The suspect is now in police custody and the investigation is ongoing.
Other headlines including:
- The Ministry of Public Security has published a new regulation yesterday requiring all entertainment venues to prominently display a sign prohibiting drugs, gambling and prostituting.
- Parents have accused a kindergarten teacher in Haidian district of Beijing of abusing kids. The teacher denies the accusation and the Local Education Commission will begin their investigation soon.
- The staff of the Shaanxi Forestry Bureau have been ordered not to talk about the Fake tiger debacle any more.
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 The First
July 1, 2008 The top headline of today's The First has a feature on the a tourist group from mainland China planing to visit Taiwan. The National Tourism Administration has announced that the first tour group to Taiwan will board their planes to Taipei on July 4. The tourists, who fly out of Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xiamen and Guangzhou, number around 760. The group includes some mainland official inspectors and journalists but over 70% are 45-60 year old tourists.
Unrelated to the Taiwan story, the front page picture shows Chinese armed polices using Segways during a counter-terrorist exercise called "Taishan 2008" that took place yesterday in Jinan, Shandong Province. See more pictures at Xinhua article.
Other headlines including:
- The upper-left photo shows Chinese tennis player Zheng Jie. She continued her superb performance in Wimbledon 2008. Yesterday she entered the quarter-final with 6-3, 6-4 win over the 15th seat, Hungary's Agnes Szavay.
- Effective today, the central government has increased aviation fuel surcharges on domestic flight ticket prices from RMB 60 to RMB 80 for air routes shorter than 800 kilometers and from RMB 100 to RMB 150 for longer flights.
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 Yangzi Evening News
June 30, 2008 Most of today's newspapers featured the results of the investigation of the South China Tiger photograph incident on their front page.
Yesterday, the Shaanxi province government called a press conference to release the results of their lengthy investigation. The investigation officially confirmed the public suspicion that the photos on the tiger were forged.
According to Beijing News: The tiger appearing in the photos taken by Zhou Zhenglong in October 2007 was in fact a photograph of the tiger cut out of a poster and planted in the jungle. Using his faked photos, in October of 2007 Zhou claimed to have documented a wild South China Tiger, long thought to be extinct in the wild. He received 20,000 yuan from the local forestry department for his "discovery". To make his story more credible, Zhou also photographed fake "tiger's footprint" he created with a wooden model of tiger's claw.
Zhou Zhenglong is now being held in police custody; 13 government officials, among them two vice directors of the province's forestry department, have been punished for "negligence" or "inappropriate expression of opinions". Six of them have been dismissed from their positions.
Despite what the government has done so far, suspicions remain that the long-overdue release of the investigation's results and the punishment of the participants is unlikely to finalize the case. The Beijing News quoted a lawyer, Li Guifang saying that these officials could face further criminal charges.
Many believe that Zhou the farmer photographer is only a scapegoat in the fraud and the local government has a deeper involvement.
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 Chongqing Times
July 27, 2008 The Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision launched a hotline yesterday that enables citizens to report corrupt activities in the public service.
The new toll-free hotline is supposed to replace and centralize the existing hotlines in provincial-level administrations.
By dialing 12388, anyone that can tell their stories which will be recorded by computer.
This week is also China's tenth annual 'Corruption Reporting Week' with this year's theme being "rely on people, focus on prevention and punishment".
Danwei has previously reported the death of a whistle blower Li Guofu. According to recent reports, Zhang Zhi'an, the government official who was suspected of being involved in the whistle-blower's death, has been suspended from office and is under investigation.
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 Shenyang Evening News
June 26, 2008 According to today's Shenyang Evening News, Zhou Zhenglong, the Shaanxi farmer who cooked up a fake tiger photo last year may be under arrest.
In 2007, Zhou claimed that he had found a living South China tiger, a species that is believed to be extinct in the wild. He was rewarded 20,000 yuan from the Shaanxi Forestry Department for this "discovery". Despite strong online dounts and questions about the authenticity of the photo that Zhou used as evidence, the Shaanxi Forestry Department and Zhou himself both insisted that it was genuine.
The article says that villagers in Zhou's village confirmed they haven't seen Zhou for more than a month.
According the same article, some government officials in the Shaanxi Forestry Department have been interviewed by police as well.
Also on the front page of the newspaper: Wang Xuming, spokesperson for China's Education Department responded to the firing of Fan Meizhong (aka 'Runner Fan'), the middle school teacher who abandoned his class and fled out the classroom for life when the earthquake hit. Wang said "shamelessness should not be tolerated". This article is from Danwei.org
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 Southern Metropolis
June 25, 2008 The Shaolin Temple not only teaches the secrets of Kung Fu, it's also got stuff to sell.
Today's Southern Metropolis Daily has an article reporting that Shaolin is now selling a series of books called"Shaolin Kung Fu and Medicine Secret" (少林武功医宗秘笈) for 9,990 yuan a set on its online store, "Shaolin Stage of Joy".
The "Secret" series is allegedly compiled by Shi Yongxin, the celebrity abbot of Shaolin, who has been earned the moniker "CEO monk" because he runs Shaolin like a business.
Some have questioned the originality of the work; parts of the new series can be found in other, older books. In response to these accusation of plagiarism, Qian Xiangpeng, the superintendent of Shaolin online business, explains that throughout history, lots of Shaolin secrets were "leaked out and spread to the society".
The books, which were published by Zhonghua Book Company, are also available on other online book sellers - and at much lower price ranging from 6,600 to 8,000 yuan. Actually, since May 22 when the site was launched, only a handful of inexpensive items listed on the Shaolin website have been sold. None the less, according to Qian, part of the profit from the store is donated to charity
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Southern Metropolis
June 25, 2008 The Shaolin Temple not only teaches the secrets of Kung Fu, it's also got stuff to sell.
Today's Southern Metropolis Daily has an article reporting that Shaolin is now selling a series of books called"Shaolin Kung Fu and Medicine Secret" (少林武功医宗秘笈) for 9,990 yuan a set on its online store, "Shaolin Stage of Joy".
The "Secret" series is allegedly compiled by Shi Yongxin, the celebrity abbot of Shaolin, who has been earned the moniker "CEO monk" because he runs Shaolin like a business.
Some have questioned the originality of the work; parts of the new series can be found in other, older books. In response to these accusation of plagiarism, Qian Xiangpeng, the superintendent of Shaolin online business, explains that throughout history, lots of Shaolin secrets were "leaked out and spread to the society".
The books, which were published by Zhonghua Book Company, are also available on other online book sellers - and at much lower price ranging from 6,600 to 8,000 yuan. Actually, since May 22 when the site was launched, only a handful of inexpensive items listed on the Shaolin website have been sold. None the less, according to Qian, part of the profit from the store is donated to charity
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 Chongqing Times
June 24, 2008 Every year around this time, the newspapers focus their attention upon the students who scored the highest in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao.
Today's Chongqing Times ran a full-page special on the "Gaokao Stars". The smiling faces of the three students who received the highest score in this year's gaokao in Chongqing appeared on the front page of the newspaper
The newspaper also announced that two of these gaokao stars along with their parents and teachers will be available for an hour to talk to interested readers over the phone.
Those readers who wanted more details were satisfied: the newspaper provided details, including their "secret" for preparing for the exam, their hobbies, and their parents and teachers' opinions on them.
The Beijing News also ran a front page story on "gaokao stars" from Beijing, along with an inside page featuring brief biographies.
In a country where it seems one cannot overstate the importance of education and scoring high on exams, these are stars indeed. This article is from Danwei.org
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 Modern Express
June 23, 2008 Last weekend, Premier Wen Jiabao made a three-day trip to Shaanxi and Gansu, two earthquake-affected provinces, to inspect the reconstruction work. Today's Modern Express has a big photo on the front page showing Premier Wen sharing a meal of potato and corn with local farmers in Longnan, Gansu Province.
Today's Beijing News also reported on the Premier's trip. Here is a translated excerpt describing Wen's visit to a rural preliminary school:
The temporary school is set up in a big tent. More than 30 pupils from the first grade to the sixth grade study here. On the morning of June 20, the classes are having a discussion about their feelings after the May 12 earthquake. Wen Jiabao walks into the temporary classroom. He puts his hands on the teacher's desk, bends forwards slightly, and talks to the pupils:
"The earthquake is a most vivid, most realistic lesson, a lesson that you will never forget. You have gone through so much and heard many stories from others. All of them reflect the strength and solitary of the people of our nation, and the spirit of friendship they demonstrate when they help each other. Do you understand?" "Yes." the pupils answer in a loud, uniform voice. "We should keep those moving stories in mind, and transform them into strength to study hard. Today we are learning the skills from books in order to make our home a better place tomorrow. Am I right?" "Right." the pupils answer again. "You are all very strong in the face of the disaster. Hardship only makes one stronger, do you remember?" "Yes we do." the pupils answer the third time.
As the Premier was about to leave, he caught sight of tears in the eyes of the students and stopped. He offered to lead the class in song: "If everyone contributes a little bit of love, the world will be a better place."
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 The Beijing News
June 20, 2008 Beijing is set to implement its long-discussed traffic control rules in hopes of cleaning up the air and reducing traffic congestion during the upcoming Olympic Games.
Today's Beijing News announces the new rules on the front page. Some of these rules, which will be in effect from July 20 to September 20, include:
Vehicles registered in Beijing with license plates ending in an odd number will only be allowed on the roads every other day. On days when odd numbered license plates are allowed, vehicles with license plates ending in an even number are prohibited. Taxis, Ambulances, mail vans, and other public vehicles are exempt. The PLA forces and government will also cut down on their vehicle use inside Beijing.
Trucks and other heavy vehicles will not be allowed in central Beijing; their access will be limited to the outer ring roads.
Stricter regulations on vehicles driving in Beijing with registrations from outside the city will also come into effect.
Authorities estimate the new rules will reduce traffic in Beijing by 70%.
As a measure of compensation, auto owners affected by the new rules will be exempt from three months of auto tax, which will cost the government an estimated 1.3 billion yuan in revenue.
Though the method was tested last year for four days and the result was deemed satisfactory, worries remain about the effect the new rules will have on Beijing's already over-burdened public transportation system.
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The Beijing News
June 20, 2008 Beijing is set to implement its long-discussed traffic control rules in hopes of cleaning up the air and reducing traffic congestion during the upcoming Olympic Games.
Today's Beijing News announces the new rules on the front page. Some of these rules, which will be in effect from July 20 to September 20, include:
Vehicles registered in Beijing with license plates ending in an odd number will only be allowed on the roads every other day. On days when odd numbered license plates are allowed, vehicles with license plates ending in an even number are prohibited. Taxis, Ambulances, mail vans, and other public vehicles are exempt. The PLA forces and government will also cut down on their vehicle use inside Beijing.
Trucks and other heavy vehicles will not be allowed in central Beijing; their access will be limited to the outer ring roads.
Stricter regulations on vehicles driving in Beijing with registrations from outside the city will also come into effect.
Authorities estimate the new rules will reduce traffic in Beijing by 70%.
As a measure of compensation, auto owners affected by the new rules will be exempt from three months of auto tax, which will cost the government an estimated 1.3 billion yuan in revenue.
Though the method was tested last year for four days and the result was deemed satisfactory, worries remain about the effect the new rules will have on Beijing's already over-burdened public transportation system.
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