Front Page of the Day is a daily review of the news on the front page of one Chinese newspaper, selected from a newsstand in Beijing's central business district.

The Beijing News
August 10, 2007

On odd-numbered days (Friday and Sunday), only vehicles license plate numbers ending in an odd numeral will be allowed on the roads; on even-numbered days, (Saturday and Monday), even numerals are the key. About 1.3 million vehicles - nearly half of the total 3 million in the city - will be ordered off the roads, according to the article.

The second headline announces that two bank employees in Handan who used bank funds to buy lottery tickets have been sentenced to death (earlier cover photo here).

The first headline in the sidebar reveals that Beijing's temperature was the year's highest: 39.8 ºC. The headline disavows any connection to "man-made weather."

The front page picture shows a smashed car window. The property management company at Xinjinhai International Community, Chaoyang District, charges owners high fees to park their cars, so many of them have park outside the community. Yesterday, more than 10 of those cars had their windows smashed in. The police are currently mediating between the two parties.

A similar story inside the paper tells of a scuffle between guards and students at a dorm in Haidian District. The students allege that guards repeatedly removed water faucet knobs from inside the dorm to force students to pay for water from the local bathhouse. When they requested that the water be turned on, the guards turned violent. (link)