标题: Beijing Flood [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 7-24-2012 10:22 标题: Beijing Flood (1) Josh Chin, Beijing Faces Flood Questions; Some are skeptical about official death toll as scale of damage on city's outskirtsbecomes clearer. Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2012. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 45020100937242.html
(2) Josh Chin, Lesson Learned? Beijing Defends its Flood Numbers. China Real Time, July 24, 2012. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... -its-flood-numbers/
("It’s unusual for Chinese government officials to engage with the public and the media as much as Ms Wang [Hui] has in recent days. Indeed, the [Beijing Municipal government] spokeswoman’s performance stands in marked contrast to that of former Ministry of Railways spokesman Wang Yongping
My comment:
(a) Both Vincente (the name of the typhoon) and Vincenzo are Italian form of Vincent, which ultimately derives from Latin vincere, conquer.
(b) Hog Kong is different, which like Taiwan is inured to typhoons.