The capital is a cultural capital -- the Forbidden City right in the middle of our city is a dead giveaway, as is the Great Wall on the outskirts. 35 more cultural relics are part of Beijing, so yells the headliner -- this time, coming from the Capital Museum. 55 days to the Olympics (and 84 to the Paralympics), it looks like our capital is more and more -- Kultur pur, as they say in German.

Other Page One headliners:

• Not good: disasters plague the US (Iowa) and Guangxi (floods).

• Central government: 2008 has been a mix of results and disasters. The economy needs to grow. We need to get the Beijing Games in order. Unite! (Top right-hand corner slogan.)

• World Cup: Netherlands 4:1 France, Italy 1:1 Romania

• CNY 8,000 for an 8-day trip to Taiwan. The agreement was just inked yesterday; already, they want your money!

Elsewhere...

• The Beijing North Railway station is also getting in the mood for a touch-up and renovation -- the "back of the Chinese dragon" is now being built at Beijing North. (Bottom pic, page 2)

• Is your credit rating good or bad? The very first "Care For Your Credit Day" is reality today. (Page 3)

• Gas + Olympics = Olympic Gas Stations. That's one gas station to begin with... (Page 3, top-right hand corner pic)

• A snake! Holy... a snake managed to -- well, snake its way into a residential building in -- get this -- central Beijing's Xuanwu District. We guess that the mass traffic didn't spook the thing already. The police cornered it. (Page 4)

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