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Beijing Media Top Stories: gasoline, personal income tax, Typhoon Damrey ...

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Beijing Morning Post' cover features a picture of Typhoon Damrey hitting Hainan.

1.The gasoline supply in Beijing is adequate;

2. Twenty citizens spoke at a public hearing on personal income tax baseline; half of them thought the baseline should be higher than 1500 yuan (USD185);

3. Typhoon Damrey made landfall on the southern island province of Hainan, knocking out power and leaving at least six dead in the strongest storm to hit the island in over 30 years;

4. A doctoral student in Tsinghua University is not satisfied with school's education system, and wants to quit;

5. The majority of construction of Beijing Airport's new terminal will be finished at the end of this year.

 
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