Headlines from the Chinese press
JANUARY 17 NEWSPAPERS (print editions; headlines may not be the same on the publication's websites)

People's Daily 人民日报
Ji Mountain
and
Jian Lake
harmonious
稽山鉴湖气祥和
The harmony of the development of the city and countryside of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It's poetry. Not, unfortunately up to the standards of Shaoxing native Lu Xun, who was probably China's greatest twentieth century writer. You can find biographies of Lu Xun at Wikipedia here and on a Finnish literary site here. Here is a picture of Lu Xun.

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报Beijing strictly inspects poultry today
京城今日彻查可疑禽类
Summary: 26 highway onramps (access routes from rural areas outside Beijing) will have checkpoints. Travel agents have not reported any cancellations of tours to Vietnam, Japan and Korea (where there have been bird flu cases), but tour operators in those areas are requesting ginseng and chicken to be removed from local menus.

The Beijing News 新京报
5 leaders of districts answer questions about 'aspirations'
5 区长同题答问说“抱负”
The new leaders of the 5 districts of Beijing answer the questions from Beijing News journalists about their plans. (Sorry, not enough time to tell you what those questions and answers were. But I don't expect it was about the new Free Love in Ritan Park concert next year.)

Beijing Star Daily 信报
Dean of Central Academy of Drama Acting Department involved in case and arrested
中戏表演系主任涉案被拘
Star Daily tries to behave like the tabloid it is supposed to be. The case in question concerns one Zhang Mo, son of famous actor Zhang Guoli. He allegedly beat up a female university student, but other reports have indicated that Acting Department Dean Huang Dingyu was involved. There is no further information subsequent to the arrest.

Beijing Morning Post 晨报
Beijing economy grew 10.5% last year
北京去年经济增长10.5%

12PM INTERNET

Sina
Chen Shuibian announces two projects of the so-called ' 320 peaceful referendum'
陈水扁公布所谓”320和平公投“ 两个题目
Whatever it is, it is a so-called something.

Sohu
Chen Shuibian announces two projects of the so-called ' 320 peaceful referendum'
陈水扁公布所谓”320和平公投“ 两个题目

JANUARY 16 NEWSPAPERS

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
Overtime work during Spring Festival cannot be undercompensated.
春节加班费发少了不行
Government regulations require Spring Festival overtime to be compensated at 300% of normal wages instead of the the usual 200% for ordinary overtime.

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
Treasure Gourd challenges Harry Porter
宝葫芦挑战哈利 波特
The Secret of the Treasure Gourd', a story written by Zhang Tianyi in the 1950s, will be adapted for a movie. J.K. Rowling must be quaking in her boots. Mini bio of Zhang Tianyi :

Zhang Tianyi (Chang T'ien-yi, real name Zhang Yuanding)
1906-1985

A writer of short stories known for his satiric wit. Born in Nanjing, his family had to move house several times because of straitened circumstances and this provided him with contacts with different social classes and dialects which he later used in his writing when he moved to Peking. Before the Sino-Japanese War he worked as a teacher, journalist and minor official. He continued to write through the war and after the establishment of the PRC he held various official posts, including the editorship of Renmin wenxue [People's Literature].

The bio is pinched from www.renditions.org/.