Every day Li Yizhong translates and puts into brief perspective the headlines of the Shanghai Morning Post's daily newspaper, Shanghai's largest morning newspaper

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The bomb warning yesterday was proven false, but that searching process almost cause everyone on board their lives. As the plane turned back from the Wulumuqi International Airport, it experienced wind shear as it was trying to land in Kabul International Airport. If it wasn’t for a bit of luck and the pilot’s strong grip, everyone on board would probably be flying to a much higher altitude right now, or to a much higher temperature.

Another point is I don’t know if you also thought it was a bit weird for a possible bomb threat to be front page news. I mean the Chinese government reacted as if there was a nuclear bomb sitting right inside the airport when the plane carrying the possible bomb hasn’t even landed on the ground. It turned away the plane into the hand of Mr. Wind Shear, and basically told everyone in the world that China is on high alert. Okay, I get it. No disruption to the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC allow! Say it louder and my ears might hurt.

Other Headlines Today

• A Mr. Zhou is found and confessed to be responsible for sabotaging the license plate auction system on the 18th of last month. The motive: he just wanted to ensure a low price, so he can buy a new plate for his car. But this doesn’t make sense at all, because that auction actually was bidding at a fairly low price level for Shanghai plates. Too greedy or too stupid, you decide.