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For the People's Daily, this is a special year! It's the 83rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the PRC's 55th anniversary, the 70th anniversary of the Long March, and the 100 anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birth. The CCP's birthday is on July 1, so the People's Daily has started publishing a series of editorials, called 'Classical China', on new China's progress and achievements.

Splendor always stays and becomes even newer
(An editorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence)

- Today's brilliance starts from here
(an editorial on Shanghai's progress)

- The production of summer grain crops in Henan increases and the income of peasants increases accordingly

Top photo: The Bund in Shanghai;
Bottom photo: The venue of the first CCP conference in Shanghai.

Headlines from other newspapers are below:

Beijing Morning Post 北京晨报
延安精神永放光芒提前开展
Exhibition of "the Yan'an spirit will shine for ever" starts early

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报
重大火灾现场将有新闻发言人
News spokesperson will appear at the scene of big fire disasters

Beijing Daily Messenger 北京娱乐信报
随身行李超5公斤不许登机
Passengers whose hand luggage overs 5 kg will not be allowed to board planes

The Beijing News 新京报
北京高招严禁递条子
Sending notes [i.e. favoritism] is banned during college recruitment process

Headlines of yesterday's evening newspapers:

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
6000人今天聆听“健康”
6,000 people listen to "health" report [at the Great Hall of the People]

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
三代讲解员眼里的兴业路
Xingye road [where the first CCP's conference] -- 3 generations of tour guides

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