Every day Li Yizhong translates and puts into brief perspective the headlines of the Shanghai Morning Post's daily newspaper, Shanghai's largest morning newspaper

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Traffic problems, unexpected hail combined with misleading weather reporters have finally pushed the students, their parents and educators over the edge. They have finally started to think real hard about having the college entrance exam take place on a weekend instead of a working day. If you think about everything that goes into the preparation of these exams, helping parents make sure their kids arrive smoothly at the test centers should be a top priority. After all, wasting years of study just because you were 5 minutes late is too harsh of a reality to accept. Having the test over a weekend would be a big help.

Other Headlines Today

• The real estate market in Shanghai is said to have gone crazy with people waiting in line to buy apartments. See the front page picture. With talks of the beginning of another real estate bubble. But do you believe that? Who’s buying? Maybe the developers themselves.

• Terminator 4 is playing right now. And the original terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said he will try to help the two reporters being detained in Korea regain their freedom. Wow, we have Terminator in Mission Impossible 4. Who will take top seat in the box office?