{"id":6349,"date":"2010-08-16T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T05:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danwei.webfactional.com\/?p=6349"},"modified":"2010-08-16T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T05:59:04","slug":"newspapers_observe_the_zhouqu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/front-page-of-the-day\/newspapers_observe_the_zhouqu.php","title":{"rendered":"Newspapers commemorate the Zhouqu landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lanzhou Morning Post<\/i>, August 16, 2010<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Media across China went black and white yesterday to mark a national day of mourning for the victims of the landslides and flooding in Zhouqu, Gansu Province. Disaster struck<\/a> on Sunday, August 8, and heavy rains continued throughout the week.<\/p>\n

The Lanzhou Morning Post<\/i>, a commercial newspaper from the provincial capital, commemorated the 1,248 victims with a headline reading “Zhouqu is unbowed” (\u821f\u66f2\u4e0d\u5c48<\/span>), a declaration inspired by the homophony of qu<\/i> \u66f2 in the county’s name and qu<\/i> \u5c48 meaning “surrender.” Many newspapers, both yesterday and today, used this line.<\/p>\n

Other newspapers discovered different forms of wordplay:<\/p>\n

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Shanxi Evening News<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wuhan Morning Post<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As an individual word, zhou<\/i> (\u821f) means “boat.” Shanxi Evening News<\/i> referenced this in its headline, a classical expression: “Weathering storms in the same boat” (\u98ce\u96e8\u540c\u821f). The Wuhan Morning Post<\/i> played on both syllables of Zhouqu’s name: “An unyielding boat” (\u4e0d\u5c48\u4e4b\u821f).<\/p>\n

The day of mourning was observed nation-wide, but like the Shanxi Evening News<\/i>, many newspapers ran photos of the national flag flying half-staff in Tiananmen Square. A minority of papers showed images of the ceremony at the scene of the disaster:<\/p>\n

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Southern Metropolis Daily<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Henan Legal Daily<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

State leaders also observed the day of mourning: <\/p>\n

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Oriental Morning Post<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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People’s Daily<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The People’s Daily<\/i> had to make up for its front page<\/a> on the actual day of mourning, which accented its somber black-and-white layout with a color photo of a smiling Hu Jintao.<\/p>\n

Lastly, there’s the Oriental Guardian<\/i>, which made the bizarre decision to appropriate the cover illustration from Jimmy Liao’s When the Moon Forgot<\/i> (\u6708\u4eae\u5fd8\u8bb0\u4e86) for its front page:<\/p>\n

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Oriental Guardian<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When the Moon Forgot<\/i> (\u6708\u4eae\u5fd8\u8bb0\u4e86) by Jimmy Liao (\u5e7e\u7c73)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Links and Sources<\/div>\n
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