New Life Post , March 10, 2008

The front page photo of today's New Life Post features a kid getting his head shaved. Yesterday was the second day of the second month in Chinese lunar calender, known as 龙抬头 ("the dragon raises its head"). Traditionally, people go to barbershop to have their hair cut on this day, believing that it will bring them good luck throughout the following year.

The main headlines announces that the Ministery of Labour and Social Securities has said that the pension insurance system will be extended to cover an entire province-level region over the next two years. The current pension system is limited to within a single municipal administrative district.

Other headlines:

• Stephen Chow's CJ7 had a disappointing opening in the US over the weekend. It made just US$41,098 on nineteen screens in New York and LA.

• The National Collage Entrance Examination Overview for 2008 was published yesterday.

• Liu Xiang won the 60-meter hurdles at the world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain. Liu previously drew criticism for competing while the CPPCC sessions, of which he is a member, are going on.