From the Chinese press

Heroic deeds demand better reward

A villager in Laiyuan county of Hebei province stopped a moving train from running into a section that had been blocked by mudslide. For his selfless bravery, which saved many lives, he was awarded 10,000 yuan ($1,616.14) by the railway authorities, not enough to even cover the loss of his flock of sheep in the torrential rain and the resultant mudslides that have wreaked havoc in some part of the country. Though he was awarded 250,000 yuan later by the authorities, the incident calls for a change in regulations for such acts of valor, says an article in Beijing News. Excerpts:

Lu Wei abandoned his flock of about 20 sheep as he ran along the rail tracks to wave to a fast-moving train to stop, which otherwise would almost certainly have crashed into the mud-rock flow ahead. The loss he suffered in the process was at least 40,000 yuan, far more than the first reward he later got from the railways for his heroic deed.