March 6, 2009
This year’s eight-and-a-half-day long “Two Sessions” is still under way, with yesterday’s “highlight” being Premier Wen Jiabao’s delivery of the government’s annual report to the NPC.
As a result, the premier’s inspiring presence graced most of today’s front pages, but Liaoning-based Shenyang Evening News wins out for its unique design: a cutout image of the premier with four Chinese characters “中国信心” (China Confidence).
Despite the fresh design of the front page, the story it illustrates is a let-down: the newspaper did what provincial newspapers have to do, which is to publish Xinhua pieces, mostly excerpts of Wen’s lackluster speech.
As you may have found, the nameplate of the newspaper is mysteriously absent from the image. Danwei doesn’t subscribe to all of the newspapers we feature here, and most of the front page images, including this one, are from Abbao a wonderful archive of the day’s papers. We checked today’s image against the digital paper on the newspaper’s own website, which has the same problem.
We do not accept responsibility or liability for damage or harm caused by the digital image’s possible deviation from the print version.