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Beijing Media Top Stories: military maneuver, Nanjing Massacre exhibition and Beijing police case ...

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Beijing Youth Daily's cover, features a picture of the Sino-Russian combat maneuver.

1. The Sino-Russian combat maneuver starts from today, after the end of the second-phase of the joint military exercise;

2. A group of some 200 foreign guests visit an exhibition featuring the notorious Nanjing Massacre;

3. The trial for a fatal beating of a Beijing policeman (by another policeman) starts in Taiyuan, the relatives asks for 2,590,000 yuan (320,000 US dollar) compensation;

4. China's top legislature is to amend a law for lifting the start-line of personal income tax collection from the current 800 yuan (98.6 US dollor) to 1,500 yuan (185 US dollar) (so as to relieve the tax burden for the middle and low-income groups);

5. The project of the underground main road for the Beijing Financial street finishes

 
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