A villager in Laiyuan county of Hebei province stopped a moving train from driving into a section that had been blocked by a *mudslide. For his selfless bravery, which saved many lives, he was awarded 10,000 yuan by the railway authorities, not enough to even cover the loss of his *flock of sheep in the *torrential rain and mudslides. Although he was awarded 250,000 yuan later by the authorities, the incident calls for a change in regulations for such acts of *valor, says Dong Ping in an article in Beijing News.