Front Page of the Day is a daily review of the news on the front page of one Chinese newspaper. Today’s cover was taken from the newspaper’s website.
Southern Metropolis Daily
Aug 2, 2007
Aug 2, 2007
All sixty-nine miners who were trapped in a flooded coal mine in Shanxian, Henan Province, for more than three days were rescued yesterday. Many newspapers ran this as a cover story today.
Southern Metropolis Daily‘s front page picture shows Xu Guangchun, party secretary for Henan Province, telling one victim: “You are safe now!”
The miner is blindfolded to shield his eyes from light after 3 days in total darkness.
The second headline reports that after the Shanghai Composite Index reached a new record high of 4,502.30 yesterday morning, it plummeted to 4,284.87 today, a decline of 3.81%.