Headlines from the Chinese press
DECEMBER 18 NEWSPAPERS

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报
First SARS case this winter in Taiwan
今冬首例非典现台湾
A man of 44 who is from Taiwan military hospital SARS prevention institute doing SARS research was infected with SARS in a laboratory on December 5. On December 7 he went to Singapore for an academic meeting. The SARS diagnosis was confirmed on December 17. Since there has not yet been a conclusive diagnostic test for SARS, how seriously do we need to take this?

The Beijing News 新京报
SARS appears again in Taiwan
台湾又出现SARS

People's Daily 人民日报
Solve the problems of agriculture, countryside and peasants in new period, make effective efforts to promote fast increase of peasants' income.
切实解决好新阶段农业农村农民问题
采取有效措施促进农民收入较快增长
Yeah.

Nanfang weekend 南方周末
Two provincial committee secretaries order investigation into injustice against billionaire
两任省委书记批示 亿万富豪沉冤初雪
Eight years ago in Deyang, Sichuan province, real estate tycoon Xiao Anning was put into prison without a proper trial by the local government after he was cheated by a local bank. His private property was taken away. In September 2001 his lawyer wrote to the Sichuan Provincial Committee secretary Zhou Yongkang. Zhou ordered an investigation. A year passed and nothing happened. The lawyer wrote to Zhou again. Zhou demanded another investigation. In November 2002 the court decided to hear the case again. Xiao is now appealing to the court again and apparently confident about his future.

Beijing Morning Post 晨报
General Secretary visits disaster area's communal kitchen
总书记走进灾民灶房
New Year's Day and Spring Festival is coming, Hu Jintao is
thinking about people in disaster areas.

Beijing Star Daily 信报
Global warrant for the arrest of three Japanese in orgy scandal
全球通缉日本仨色狼
Three Japanese citziens are wanted by the police in connection with the Zhuhai prostitute affair.

11 AM INTERNET
Sina
Supreme People's court to day hear Shenyang Liu Yong's case
最高人民法院今日提审沈阳刘涌案
Liu Yong is a gangster from Shenyang.

Sohu
Supreme People's court to day hear Shenyang Liu Yong's case
最高人民法院今日提审沈阳刘涌案

DECEMBER 17

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
Three systems watching respiratory disease in the city
本市三套系统监测呼吸道疾病
Some middle schools and primary schools have a lot of students running a fever. This has caught the attention of the public and is being monitored by the 'three systems' put in placer to counter publoic health threats such as SARS.

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
'No him no us'
“没有他就没有我们”
Li Wenlong, the former soccer star, is seriously sick. His students went to see him and collected money for him. He still cares about soccer in Shanghai. Yeah.