Beijing Times
October 26, 2007
October 26, 2007
The top headline of today’s Beijing Times announces than the train departure interval on the Batong subway line has been reduced by 30 seconds to 3 minutes, 30 seconds now. This is the shortest possible interval at present, say subway officials. Following the move to low-cost, 2 yuan fares on October 7, passenger volume on the Batong line is 47% more than at this time last year.
The front page photo shows people crowding round to see a new “statue” on the pedestrian street at Wangfujing. The statue, of Lao She’s famous rickshaw puller Xiangzi, is actually a real person wearing special bronzed clothing. He’s there as part of a cultural festival that runs for nine days at Wangfujing.
Other headlines:
- The Chang’e I satellite successfully completed its first orbit maneuver yesterday. According to the article, the satellite needs to conduct ten orbital maneuvers during its flight. It is expected to enter the earth-moon transfer orbit on Oct.31, and to be in orbit around the moon on November 5;
- A journalist found that one small shop in Dongba, Chaoyang District, has been selling expired food from Wal-Mart for the last two years. According to the article, the shop’s supplies come from Wal-Mart’s Zhichun Road branch. A Wal-Mart PR official stated that they contract another company to destroy their expired food, and hence they know nothing about this.