Headlines from the Chinese press
DECEMBER 19 NEWSPAPERS

Beijing Morning Post 晨报
[New technology] may stop fake ID cards
假身份证 今后有望杜绝
From March next year Beijing, Shanghai and some other big cities will start a new type of ID card that uses anti-counterfeit technology.

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报
Beijing implements SARS prevention plan
北京激活防非预案
After Taiwan reported a new SARS case, Beijing began a prevention program, including monitoring of body temperatures of people leaving and entering, especially those from Taiwan and Singapore.

The Beijing News 新京报
People with body temperatures above 38˚c will be sent to fever wards
体温超过38˚c 即送发热门诊
Same as above

People's Daily 人民日报
Xinjiang Production and Construction Regiment: open the farm door to see a bigger sky and land
新疆生产建设兵团：拓宽农门天地阔
Xinjiang Production and Construction Regiment is an army unit engaged in various non-military tasks, mostly involved with agriculture. This article says that they will start getting involved in industrial projects too. Seems to run counter to a previous ban on military units doing business, but then again, perhaps the usual rules don't apply in Xinjiang.

11 AM INTERNET
Sina
Liu Yong case finished, final sentencing will be probably happen in two or three days
刘涌案提审完毕 两三天内可能最终判决
Northeast gang / corruption case

Sohu
Singaporean who was on the same flight with the Taiwan SARS patient enters Shanghai
一名与台湾非典患者同乘航班的新加坡人进入上海

DECEMBER 1８ NEWSPAPERS

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
Beijing: various SARS prevention measures
北京多种措施严防SARS
Beijing Disease Prevent and Control Center working 24 hours to monitor collect information.