China Daily and Beijing News report family members of a Japanese car owner who was attacked during an anti-Japan protest in northwest Xian city are suing local police for compensation, accusing the police of dereliction of duty.
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Also on Thursday's China Daily is the news that Bill Gates - co-founder of Microsoft - has confirmed that a company he helped found is co-operating on the development of a new type of nuclear reactor in China.
DreamWorks Animation yesterday forged a strategic cooperation agreement with the Yurun Holding Group of China to bring dragon arena shows to the country, according to an advertisement by Yurun today in the China Business News daily paper.
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China Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing that China has "expressed our regret" over Pyongyang's declaration.
Turning back to China, Liberation Army Daily and the Beijing News report that China successfully carried out a land-based, mid-course missile interception test at an undisclosed location within its borders, but says the test did not target any country.
National China Daily and People's Daily Overseas Edition report the news on the front page.
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Hong Kong's Oriental Daily News hails China's Second Artillery Unit for "flashing a 'trump card' to deter the US and Japan" by deploying new missiles within "striking range" of Okinawa in Japan.
Internet users cheered the fleet for posting a New Year calligraphy couplet before setting sail that read: "Golden dragon soars and sweeps away Japanese devils", followed by "Silver snake dances vigorously to display might of China", Oriental Daily News and Haixia Dushi Bao report.
The alliance agreement was signed on Friday, according to a report in the China Business News, a Chinese daily newspaper.
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The Beijing News and China Youth Daily call on authorities to introduce free medical treatment for bird flu victims who are less well-off.
Some provincial authorities appear to have exaggerated economic growth figures last year by more than 5 trillion yuan, according to The Beijing News and China Youth Daily.
Oriental Daily News and South China Morning Post say central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan may avoid mandatory retirement and remain in office for another year or two to steer China through the global financial crisis.
In other domestic news, China Daily says authorities in Baishan in northeast Jilin "lied" in under-reporting the number of deaths in the first of two explosions at a coal mine on 29 March in order to evade harsher penalties.
There is also a lot of upbeat coverage in The Beijing News, China Daily and other media on a mooted Brics reserve fund, as well as a development bank that will finance infrastructure projects among the five members as well as developing countries.
The news of Mr Shi's recognition triggered a heated debate in academic circles, China Youth Daily notes in an article republished by Xinhua news agency.
China Central Television, the front page of Liberation Army Daily and major news portals prominently report the foreign ministry's stance that China had taken unspecified but "legitimate and reasonable" actions against the boat.
Xinhua news agency, China Daily, Global Times and other state mouthpieces see Apple boss Tim Cook's apology for any misunderstandings that had led to the perception that Apple's attitude was arrogant in its dealings with Chinese consumers as better late than never and call for an end to "double standards" and privileges for foreign companies in China.
In other international news, Xinhua and China Daily highlight calls by Chinese and US officials and experts for more cyber-security co-operation and less "blame or accusations without evidence" of state-sponsored hacker attacks, during the US-China Internet Industry Forum in Beijing.
Newspapers including the Chongqing Economic Times and China Daily published only a report by the official Xinhua News Agency in their inside pages, without further commentaries.
In other international news, Liberation Army Daily says China impressed Middle Eastern countries with its missiles, warships, drones and other weaponry at recent expos in Abu Dhabi.
But both South Korea's Yonhap News Agency and China's People's Daily describe these defectors as lumberjacks.
His arrival in Chengdu, the financial and trade center for southwest China, was front-page news in the Chengdu Economic Daily.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Oriental Daily News features a photo of a "Diaoyu Islands are China's" lantern on display in Meishan in Sichuan.
Over in Taiwan, Central Daily News says the Philippines is using the "one-China" policy as an excuse to avoid issuing a formal government apology.
Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily dismiss recent allegations of China-based hacker attacks by US newspapers as an excuse by the US to engage in "'pre-emptive' cyber-attacks'".
In international news, a People's Daily Overseas Edition commentary rejects doubts over China's second successful anti-missile test on Sunday.
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