Today's China news rock star is the 'mobile phone probe dog', an apparatus that monitors mobile phone signals in examinations room to prevent cheating by mobile phone text messages. This new 'dog' will be used in upcoming college entrance examinations for adults in China.

Other news:

- The first NBA China Gameswas featured in most Chinese media, especially because Yao Ming was playing. Matches between the Yao Ming-led Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings will starts in Shanghai and Beijing in a few days.

- The kidnapped Chinese engineers in Pakistan are still very much in the news.

The pictured front page is from the Beijing Youth Daily.