Modern Express
January 31, 2008
January 31, 2008
The top headline in today’s Modern Express announces that the State Council has established a disaster relief center in response to the current winter storms. According to an address by Zhang Guobao, vice director of the National Development and Reform Committee, the center will improve the response to future crises as well.
The front page photo shows an armored vehicle breaking up the ice on the surface of a highway (which the paper does not identify). According to a related article, Hunan Province has dispatched about 100,000 soldiers to assist local authorities in their efforts to recover from the storms.
Other headlines:
- The average monthly pension of retirees in Nanjing has been increased to 1,368 yuan;
- Nanjing will face another snowfall tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, according to the Jiangsu Weather Station;
- Gu Chujun, former head of white goods giant Kelon, faces 10 years in jail and a 6.8 million yuan fine on charges of embezzlement and improper handling of company information. The trial took place in Foshan, Guangdong Province; he will appeal.
Modern Express is Xinhua-affiliated metropolis daily distributed primarily in Jiangsu Province.