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Editorial. Comments on the issues around the consolidation of power by Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao. Former party leader Jiang Zemin's ceding of effective command of the armed forces to Hu; Arrest of Chinese journalist Zhao Yan out of suspicion that he had helped a “New York Times” reporter get an advance report that Jiang was about to retire; Hu's tightening of media controls.

Focuses on the Chinese publication "Caijing," a business journal published twice monthly and reports on government and corporate corruption. Comments from the journal's editor, Hu Shuli, regarding never crossing the line that will prompt the government to close down the publication; Reasons why the Chinese government is granting greater latitude and press freedoms to business news outlets and media; Comments from Western observers regarding the journal, suggesting it is the best at what it does in China yet has toned down its investigations into government practices; Exposé's published in "Caijing" that received widespread attention China.

The article reports that the "People's Daily Online" misinterpreted a spoof in the satirical newspaper "The Onion," reporting that the North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un is the 2012 sexiest man alive. According to an editor at "People's Daily Online," the news organization already understand that the story they picked up was satire. It adds that the "People's Daily Online" decided to delete the story and the slide show with 55 photos.