Weekly supplement of China Youth Daily shutdown

Weekly supplement of China Youth Daily shutdown

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the ''Freezing Point''weekly supplement of the mass circulation China Youth Daily which has stopped publication because of a rift between its editors and Chinese authorities over story content. The paper's editor-in-chief, Li Datong, said that the Communist Party Youth League ordered the four-page, full-color broadsheet supplement to stop publishing as of Jan. 25, when an issue would normally come out.

Gov't counts on help from 'Tama-chan' to clean up rivers

Gov't counts on help from 'Tama-chan' to clean up rivers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's construction office in Yokohama said Nov. 12 it will prepare about 54,000 copies of a four-page pamphlet featuring a popular but elusive wild seal named ''Tama-chan'' (shown in photo) for help in a campaign to clean up rivers. The bearded seal was spotted in the Tama River, the Tsurumi River and the Katabira River in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures.

Weekly supplement of China Youth Daily shutdown

Weekly supplement of China Youth Daily shutdown

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the ''Freezing Point''weekly supplement of the mass circulation China Youth Daily which has stopped publication because of a rift between its editors and Chinese authorities over story content. The paper's editor-in-chief, Li Datong, said that the Communist Party Youth League ordered the four-page, full-color broadsheet supplement to stop publishing as of Jan. 25, when an issue would normally come out. (Kyodo)

Gov't counts on help from 'Tama-chan' to clean up rivers

Gov't counts on help from 'Tama-chan' to clean up rivers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's construction office in Yokohama said Nov. 12 it will prepare about 54,000 copies of a four-page pamphlet featuring a popular but elusive wild seal named ''Tama-chan'' (shown in photo) for help in a campaign to clean up rivers. The bearded seal was spotted in the Tama River, the Tsurumi River and the Katabira River in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. (Kyodo)