February 18, 2008
The top headline and front page picture on today’s Zhengzhou Evening Post concern the crowds of people mobbing a job fair in Zhengzhou. This is the first big job fair in the city following the Spring Festival. More than 20,000 people have visited since the fair opened two days ago; the article presents a snapshot of the difficult employment situation that currentl y exists in China.
Other headlines:
• Xie Tingxin and Li Jianying, both from Henan, won the “China’s 10 Most Moving People of 2007” award, presented by CCTV. Following the death of his wife, Xie took care his mother-in-law for 33 years. Li, a pilot, chose to sacrifice himself in a crash-landing rather than bail out and leave his plane to plow into a village.
• Kosovo declared independence, but Serbia has stated its refusal to recognize the declaration.
• China’s men’s football team was defeated by South Korea, 2:3, yesterday in Chongqing. The so-called “Korea-phobia”, which has dogged the Chinese team for 30 years, has not yet abated.
• Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai won the Silver Bear at the 58th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival. His film In Love We Trust (左右), a story of divorce and leukemia, was beaten by Jose Padilha’s The Elite Squad.