Besides worsening air quality, the Southern Metropolis Daily flags up a government survey showing that over 90% of the nation's groundwater is polluted to varying degrees, with severe pollution found in over 60% of the sources.
Following a recent series of scandals of officials using multiple identities to buy property, the Southern Metropolis Daily says authorities in various cities across the country are requiring owners to provide more personal information when publicly registering properties.
The newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, known for its aggressive reporting, said the accident occurred in a factory building where chickens were being dismembered.
Editorials in the Beijing Times and Southern Metropolis Daily discuss a decree issued by the cabinet this week scrapping hundreds of business regulations.
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"Africa is victimised by agricultural neo-colonialism, " said the ministry's spokesperson, Hong Lei, quoted by the China Daily and Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily.
Papers including the Shanghai Daily and Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily report seven local officials in Shaanxi province have been punished for their role in the forced abortion case in Zhenping county.
The editorial of Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily says Mr Wen has expressed a sense of steadiness and boldness for reform.
However, Southern Metropolis Daily calls the dismantling of the railways ministry bittersweet for the public since they will have to pay higher ticket prices.
Internet users have also questioned data released by Zhoukou authorities showing that more than 50% of locals support the tomb removal campaign, says Southern Metropolis Daily.
Southern Metropolis Daily and The Beijing News urge the public to heed the government's ban on unauthorised volunteers entering disaster areas and adding to the road congestion.
Southern Metropolis Daily reports that the newly-established National Railway Bureau will keep 130 former railways ministry staff and transfer hundreds of other staff to its commercial arms or local branches by June.
Over 100, 000 people have already signed a petition on the White House website alleging that Zhu Ling's former Tsinghua roommate, Sun Wei, be deported from the US and face investigation, says Southern Metropolis Daily.
Also in Guangdong, Zhao Haibin, a former policeman nicknamed "House Grandfather" for allegedly buying 192 properties with fake identification, has been "double fired" from his posts in the Communist Party and job in the police on suspicion of forgery, Southern Metropolis Daily reports.
Shanghai Morning Post said Mr Zhao's short comedy was a "fixture" of the national live telecast, while Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily said his annual play was an "essential dish" in everybody's New Year's Eve dinner.
Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily says parents have been questioning why Meiji refuse to recall the same products in China, while 21st Century Business Herald suggests that the problem could actually lie on "parallel traded" stocks.
Southern Metropolis Daily notes that many internet users are "a little pessimistic about the prospects for reform" after seeing the limited extent of the downsizing, and says a desire for a "small government, big society" is growing among the public.
Besides the pork and mutton scandals, the Public Security Ministry says there have been at least another 10 meat scandals recently involving pigs and chickens, Southern Metropolis Daily notes with alarm.
But Southern Metropolis Daily warns in an editorial that people should not make Ms Zhao a heroine, and urges the government to provide more means for the supervision of those in power.
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