Story of the day: Air China’s “hijacking” incident
The “hijacker” Yang Jinsong is a librarian at Xiangtan University in Hunan and has a record of mental illness. When he was arrested, he said “I am joking, I am joking”. But the passengers were not impressed. Today’s Beijing Morning Post published a photo about this story (left).
People in News – Two cool Chinese armed policemen
Today’s stars are two cool-loooking Chinese armed policemen in China’s Bagdhad embassy. Both the People’s Daily and Beijing Evening News published images of the armed cops, commenting that this is the first time the Chinese government has sent special armed police to protect Foreign Ministry staff. There are six armed policemen in the embassy.
The photo is from Xinhua News Agency; left to right are Sun Bigan, current head of the Chinese mission in Baghdad, with armed policemen Li Yaguang and Su Jun.
Other stories in the news:
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing wants US outlaw punished
Li urged the United States to carry out a serious and thorough investigation into an incident occurring on July 21 near the Niagara Falls at the US-Canadian border, when Zhao Yan, a Chinese business woman from Tianjin on her first US business trip, was reportedly attacked by officers of US Customs and Border Protection.