China's Standing Committee members are continuing to work the storm-hit masses. One has to admire propaganda chief Li Changchun (B). Here's a man who doesn't just direct from on high, but who takes a real hands-on approach to his portfolio:

That's a lot of happy people in the snow with cabbages (Imagethief will accept all suggestions for captions). Li was also spotted chatting up strandees (yeah, I know it's not a word) in one of Wuhan's railway stations. From the China Daily (but also appearing on Xinhua and probably everywhere else, for obvious reasons). Also spotted on the road recently, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao and Li Keqiang.

Good for them. They can't be doing any worse than George "Heckuvajob, Brownie" Bush.

In fact the current crisis has been a golden opportunity to dust off some classic propaganda imagery, such as this shot from the front page of today's People's Daily of Zhejiang militia members shoveling snow with a conveniently placed banner:

I can't quite make out the characters, but I'm sure it's inspirational.