September 25, 2008
The top headline in today’s Sanjin Metropolis News, a Taiyuan-based newspaper, reads “Premier Wen moved the United States with genuine feelings.” The article reported on Premier Wen Jiabao’s speech, delivered during a luncheon hosted by “friendly American organizations” in New York on September 23. Wen is on a six-day trip to the city to attend a UN meeting.
In his speech, Wen reviewed the progress of the relationship between China and the US. He also commented on the milk scandal, saying “entrepreneurs should have morality running in their veins.” And in a review of his career as Premier, he remarked on the legacies he wants to leave behind when his tenure is over:
First, never flinch in the face of disaster but face it square-on. Be strong, courageous, and confident to lead the people to conquer difficulties. Second, the government should have no special powers apart from being a clean, responsible, dedicated servant of the people. Power belongs to people and is for the people….I hope after I die, people would remember me for sticking to these principles.
September 25, 2008
Shenzhou 7 is set to lift off today between 9:07 and 10:27 pm carrying three astronauts, one of whom will perform China’s first space-walk. Those astronauts made the cover of the Sanjin Metropolis News and most of the country’s other newspapers today.
Typhoon Hagupit swept the southern province of Guangdong yesterday.
Zhujiang Evening News, a Zhuhai-based newspaper, reported that farmed saltwater crocodiles and alligators escaped their cages in Zhuhai with the typhoon’s help. Armed police were called upon and ten of the animals had been caught by the time the newspaper went to print. It was not yet clear how many had escaped in total.
According to newspaper, one Zhuhai resident died in the typoon, and the direct economic loss to the city caused by the storm is estimated to be half a billion yuan.
- Sanjin Metropolis News (Chinese): Wen Jiaobao: entrepreneurs should have morality running in their veins
- Zhujiang Evening News (Chinese): Typhoon came and crocodiles fled