a picture from the Youth Daily

media - How often can Andrew Lau get shot dead?

Quite often, if we believe this story in the Youth Daily, translated by ESWN. It is a nice story, because it tell a lot about the way media work in China.
The fake paper is sold almost every day at train and subway stations in Beijing, where sales teams use sensational and untrue stories to sell the paper. Since the people in Beijing now know the trick, the teams focus on the migrants coming from outside Beijing.
The official news agents deplore the loss of their business:

A Mister Zhang told us about the "industry information" that the tabloids yielded better profits. He said: "We receive Beijing Times at 3.80 RMB and
we earn 1.20 RMB. When the weather is warm and there is no rain or snow, we can sell seventy or eight copies. That is the bestselling newspaper. We get Legal Evening News and Beijing Evening News at 30 cents and we earn 20 cents. Where's the profit for us? Of course the street vendors are doing better!"