China round-up: Kim Jong-il continues to dominate
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has received widespread coverage
Tuesday's newspapers across China are dominated by reports on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
People's Daily publishes a telegram sent by China to North Korea in which Kim is described as "a close friend to the Chinese people". The paper also reports that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met Pak Myong-ho, North Korea's charge d'affaires in Beijing, to express China's "deep sorrow".
China Daily describes Kim Jong-il's death on its front page as "a friend's departure", with pictures of grieving Pyongyang residents and a flag at Beijing's North Korean embassy flying at half-mast.
The Global Times runs reports from the North Korean capital that describe how people across the city broke down in tears and shops closed their doors.
Many papers reports tensions and the stock market slide in South Korea and Japan as the news was announced.
But both China Daily and the Global Times run analytical pieces which suggest Kim's death will have a "limited impact" on the relationship between China and North Korea, regional stability and the transition of power in North Korea itself.
Football scandal
In other news, the first day of the trial over China's football corruption scandal is also attracting attention.
China Daily and China Youth Daily begin their coverage with a photo showing two Chinese football fans holding placards appealing for a "rebirth" of Chinese football outside the Tieling Intermediate Court in Liaoning, where Zhang Jianqiang is standing trial.
Mr Zhang - former director of the Chinese Football Association's referee committee - is facing charges of taking bribes amounting to 2.73m yuan ($431,000; £278,000).
Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily appeals for genuine open trials in all the football scandal cases in its editorial, while Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News suggests that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has been pushing for anti-corruption efforts in the sport.
Newspapers also note that another four top referees are expected to go on trial on Tuesday at the Dandong Intermediate Court - which stands right on the bank of Yalu River that separates China and North Korea.
The Southern Metropolis Daily reports that Cheng Dawei - a Chinese fishing boat captain arrested by the South Korean coast guard for allegedly stabbed a coast guard to death - has admitted the crime. There is no reaction from either Beijing or Seoul so far.
China Youth Daily reports on a court case in Langfang, Hebei, where the verdict has been delayed for two years.
The three defendants were charged with murder back in 2001, and subsequently sentenced to death.
The not guilty verdict in their final appeal was written up by November 2009 but it was not delivered until last month, meaning the three men spent a decade in jail.
Ming Pao Daily News follows up on the stand-off in Guangdong's Wukan Village, saying that the local Communist Party secretary suddenly laid out a plan of reconciliation, but villagers refused to make a deal.
Reports suggest that villagers have been bombarded by telephone calls urging them not to march to the local government on Wednesday.
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