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shanghaiist.com — Yesterday around 3pm in Runan County, Henan, a police car veered onto the sidewalk and knocked down a lamppost, killing four and injuring three according to state media. Other sources said the man driving the car was a heavily intoxicated policeman, and that the accident led to six deaths and one injury.

www.guardian.co.uk — The Beijing propaganda bureau has taken control of two influential newspapers in the Chinese capital, prompting fears that they will be more strictly censored. Officials announced the move to reporters on the Beijing Times and the Beijing News - known for its bold reporting - at meetings on Friday afternoon.

www.chengduliving.com — Is this the end of a China dream? There's a lot to learn from public response to the Wenzhou train crash which recently occurred.

chinadigitaltimes.net — "my favorite in recent weeks is the guidance issued by the Central Propaganda Bureau about Liu Zhijun, 58, the recently disgraced transportation minister who ran up nearly $300 billion in debt creating China’s bullet train bubb…er…network. The propaganda bureau has issued this frustratingly brief guidance: “All media are not to report or hype the news that Liu Zhijun had 18 mistresses.”

globalspin.blogs.time.com — The lesson of Watergate—it's not the crime that gets you, it's the cover-up—isn't covered on China's driving test. But perhaps it should be. In recent months the Chinese public has been shocked by multiple cases of drivers killing accident victims in hopes of evading legal responsibilities.