Some important decisions were made to supervise Beijing's hospitals at a city 'hygiene conference' yesterday. They include: revenue from selling drugs in hospitals will not be allowed to exceed 48% of their total revenue; hospitals must provide an itemized expense list to each patient.

2. Nestle baby formula milk power was found to contain excessive iodine

3. First evaluation of safety status of Beijing subway

The safety concerns lie with unqualified staff, old carriages and problems at station exits.

4. A Chinese passenger died during a United Airlines flight

The sudden death might cause by the burst of heart disease. A discussion raises because the corpse was moved to the plane's toilet by the airline staff. It is not a humane behavior in most Chinese eyes.

5. China has a total 0.791 million drug addicts

The pictured front page is from The Beijing News 新京报, and features a photo of two Chinese astronauts in intensified training. The brown boxes a the bottom of the page are a real estate ad for an apartment development: the top line of copy reads: 'Is your vision internationalized enough?'