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DECEMBER 2

It's all about AIDS today: A photo of Prime Minister (aka Premier) Wen Jiabao wearing an AIDS ribbon and shaking hands with an AIDS patient was splashed all over the front pages of the dailies.

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The Beijing News 新京报
Prime Minister shakes hands with AIDS patient
总理握手艾滋病


Beijing Morning Post 晨报
总理握住艾滋病患者的手
Prime Minister firmly shakes AIDS patient's hand

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报
总理握住艾滋病患者的手
Prime Minister firmly shakes AIDS patient's hand

Beijing Star Daily 信报
总理紧握艾滋病人的手
Prime Minister tightly shakes AIDS patient's hand

People's Daily 人民日报
Lijiang: The beautification of culture
丽江:文化扮靓玉壁金川
What it means: Lijiang is a picturesque town in Yunnan once beloved of Bruce Chatwin and other less talented backpackers. Now it seems the cadres have fallen for it too.

INTERNET

Sina
Ten important tasks to assure China's development and reform pointed out by Wen Jiabao
我国确定明年发展改革十项主要任务 温家宝批示

Sohu
Prime Minister shakes hands with AIDS patients one after another
总理与艾滋病人的手一一握手

DECEMBER 1

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
Migrant workers owed money: another fight breaks out
欠民工工资又打人
What it means: Another dispute between a building company and the migrant workers who do all the dirty work. The Beijing Municipal Government is introducing laws to regulate the building trade to end this kind of problem.

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
From the peasant to the general manager
从农民到总经理
What it means: Everybody wins in what the Xinmin Evening News calls 'the realization of the Three Represents' and what everyone else calls capitalism!

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