What Chinese People's Daily Reported on Libya Crisis

The crisis in Libya have not generated much media coverage in China, for reasons one can only speculate.  Whatever little coverage on Chinese Communist Party's Official Throat and Tongue (Mouthpiece) - The People's Daily, the focus was squarely on the heroic feat Chinese government accomplished to evacuate its trapped citizens in Libya.

A typical store is 5 March story - Chinese Evacuation Efforts Inspired Fervent Patriotism (中国撤离行动激发强烈爱国热情).

The article made a incredible read and I will include the original after my translation:

On the occasion of triumphant accomplishment of evacuating 35,860 Chinese citizens from Libya, "People's Daily" on March 3rd published a long headline story "Save every compatriot's life -- a documentation of the action of evacuating Chinese citizens from Libya under the fortitude leadership of the Chinese (Communist) Party Central Committee and the State Council."  This report gave rise to intense reactions, and inspired the fervent patriotic enthusiasm in readers.

Many readers called or left messages online, claimed one after another, that the evacuation act demonstrated the philosophy of Chinese (Communist) Party and government -- "people first and governing for the people", and the country's (China's) development and stability was the solid foundation for this evacuation, and (we) must cherish and firmly seize the opportunities of important strategic development.

在胜利完成35860名中国公民撤离利比亚之际，《人民日报》3月3日在一版头条位置推出长篇通讯《珍惜每一位同胞的生命——在党中央国务院坚强领导下我在利比亚公民撤离行动纪实》。这篇报道引起强烈反响，在广大读者中激发了强烈的爱国热情。

许多读者来信来电或在网上留言，纷纷表示，撤离行动彰显了中国党和政府“以人为本，执政为民”的理念，国家的发展和稳定是此次撤离行动的坚实基础，一定要珍视并牢牢抓住重要的发展战略机遇期。

2011年3月3日晚，在约旦首都国际机场，等待出发的中国工人手举国旗。
图片：新华社发
The evening of 3 March 2011, in the Jordanian capital International Airport, departing Chinese workers waved national flags.
Photo: Xinhua News Agency