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...their predecessors," says Horgan, the APCO consultant. So the state propaganda machine has been working flat out to show how officials are trying to ease the crisis. The main China Central Television channel regularly airs a special program called "Battling the Blizzard." An often repeated news clip shows Premier Wen Jiabao picking up a bullhorn and apologizing to a crowd of disgruntled travelers trapped in the train station in Changsha, the icy capital of Hunan province. (Even the Premier was inconvenienced by the weather: his plane couldn't land in Changsha and was forced to divert to Wuhan, 180 miles...
...With tens of millions still on the road and forecasts predicting more bad weather, Wen may have committed the political sin of overpromising. But one political sin can often be expunged by another: deflecting the blame. A news clip airing on state television features an interview with a young migrant worker who insists loudly - and to the beaming approval of the collected cadres - that the crisis is "a natural disaster, not caused by administrative or leadership problems." True enough, but in a country where the public is constantly reminded of the omnipotence of the central government, some citizens...
...should not ask who will outdo whom.' WEN JIABAO, Chinese Premier, on China and India's joint pledge to increase military ties and expand trade to $60 billion...
Upasana Unni ’11 lives in Canady Hall. Tiffany E. Wen ’11 lives in Stoughton Hall. Both are members of Harvard Students for Hillary. Clay A. Dumas ’10, a Crimson editor, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. He is a member of the steering committee for Harvard Students for Hillary...
...push their cause ahead. In addition to Shi Zhengrong's solar energy, another story is worth TIME's coverage: Ni Jie and his company Luyuan Electric Vehicle are producing about 300,000 electric bicycles a year to provide Chinese consumers with an affordable, less polluting alternative to cars. Wen Yong, Beijing...