中国Power !!!

[Pfizer]

70% of young people against rough wedding horseplay

China Daily, November 19, 2014

70.7 percent of young people said they would boycott vulgar horseplay at weddings as it violates ethical standards, a survey by China Youth Daily showed on Tuesday.

A research center affiliated with China Youth Daily and mobile news network 3g.qq.com jointly conducted the survey last week, which involved 21,155 participants.

Some regions in China have a tradition of rough horseplay at weddings. Newlyweds are put through a series of tasks, and outrageous pranks that allude to sex in the bridal chamber are played on them.

79.2 percent of those surveyed have participated in or witnessed rough horseplay at weddings, and 60.9 percent of respondents said they detest it. 10.9 percent said, "The elder generation's involvement in sexual pranks is immoral."

The top two reasons for boycotting rough horseplay are: people may go too far and give offence (52.9%), and the sexual innuendos are obscene and insulting to the newlyweds (37.9%).

74.3 percent said the practice does nothing to contribute to a harmonious marriage, which is one of the supposed traditional functions of wedding horseplay. In fact, 17 percent said it has negative effects.

Those born after 1990 made up 44.4 percent of respondents, while people born between 1980-1989 account for 34.8 percent, those born between 1970-1979 account for 11.2 percent and people born before 1969 made up 9.5 percent.

 

[VPutin]

I love Crystal Meth but gay phone tops anything else.

 

[ChinaSux]

Chinese gay flirting app Blued valued at US$300m

Staff Reporter
2014-11-17

A screenshot of the Blued website homepage. (Internet photo)

Blued founder Geng Le speaks at the one-year anniversary of Chinese recruitment website Lagou in Beijing on July 20. (Photo/CFP)

Chinese gay flirting app Blued is now valued at an estimated US$300 million despite having not made a single dollar of profit, reports Shanghai-based outlet the Paper.

Blued, launched in 2012 by former police officer Geng Le, recently announced the completion of its B series round of financing valued at US$30 million from American venture capital firm DCM. The company's A series round was completed last December courtesy of Chinese venture capitalist Crystal Stream, following a 3-million-yuan (US$490,000) infusion in March 2013 from the Shanghai-based angel investor Zhonglu Group.

Though Blued currently does not have any money-making mechanisms, the company's value has already been pegged at around US$300 million given the rapid growth of China's LGBT community and the fact that 20% of the app's 15 million accounts belong to overseas users.

Geng said he did not intend to make money with the app in the beginning and had only wanted to tell homosexuals in China that they are not perverts or abominations. Geng was responsible for setting up China's first gay website Danlan — meaning "light blue" in Chinese — in November 2000, which he sustained with his own money and donations until 2007, when the website finally began to make a profit through advertising and cooperation deals.

Even when Geng moved to Beijing in 2009, his company only had 10 people, with each of them only making 2,500-3,000 yuan (US$405-$490) a month, though the entrepreneur said they didn't care because they were like "a big family."

For Geng, the turning point was when he met with then-Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang in 2012 after receiving an invite from China's National Health and Family Planning Commission. The meeting is believed to have gone a long way in alleviating the concerns of investors in putting their money into a legally cloudy enterprise.

Blued came at a time when there were no location-based dating apps available on the Chinese market and gained a million users in its first six months. Geng said he was never concerned about the number of users the app would attract, only whether he had the technology to support the rapid growth. Geng also claims that the average Blued user opens the app more than 20 times a day, significantly higher than most other apps. He added that the company has been poaching top-quality developers to work on version 4.0 of the app, which he expects to be released no later than early 2016.

Though Blued has not made any money yet, that will soon change after the the latest round of financing, with the company set to announce new value-added member services and cooperation deals with e-commerce and online gaming businesses.

The growing investment potential of China's 70-million-strong out LGBT community and the increasing acceptance of homosexuality in the country is attracting more and more businesses to this sector. According to gay and lesbian market research firm Community Marketing every dollar invested in the LGBT community receives a 180-fold return. The consumption power of the LGBT community is also estimated to be five times that of the straight community.

Geng says he plans for Danlan to continue reducing its advertisements and to eventually turn into a charitable organization supporting China's LGBT community. In return, however, he hopes that Blued will continue to grow with the support of the Chinese government, and that his ultimate goal is for the company to one day list on the Nasdaq.

 

[Droideka]

I love Crystal Meth but gay phone tops anything else.

disgusting

 

[Arizona]

China’s Cheating Saga: Shanxi School Monitors Exams with Outdoor Telescopes, HD Cameras, Ladders

陕西一高校80名老师用望远镜监考1200学生 (图)

各地新闻新华网2014-11-16 12:08

上千人同场开考 网友称“最霸气考试”

上千人同场开考 网友称“最霸气考试”

上千人同场开考 网友称“最霸气考试”

一天组织了三次考试，每次都是1200名学生同时坐在室外考试，每场考试动用监考老师80名，甚至还用上了望远镜、人字梯、高清摄像头、扩音喇叭等装备。这样壮观的考试场面，11月13日，就发生在位于宝鸡一所专修学院。

华商报记者赶到了帖子中所说的学院。 “是真的，13号才考过。”在校园里，一名护理专业的杨姓同学说，他们学校确实组织了这次考试，一天内共考过三场，每次都是上千学生同时考试。

该学院教务主任李兰说，而之所以组织这么宏大场面的考试，有两个目的：一是通过震撼的场面，让学生感受到考试的严肃性;另外就是杜绝考试作弊。李兰说，他们学校的专业，毕业后都是包分配的，但每年各用人单位所需的名额却是固定的，那么如何分配就成了难题。为了确定挑选用人单位的“优先权”，或者让来学校的用人单位有个参考依据，他们便用毕业考试成绩的排名来决定顺序。所以，为了考试成绩的真实有效，也为了杜绝学生考试作弊，因此他们便将考场搬到了操场或校园广场。而这样的考试，他们已经组织了10年，每年春秋两季分别组织一次。返回腾讯网首页>>

nation of cheaters

 

[ChinaSux]

6 nurses die in dormitory chopping attack

Chinadaily.com, November 20, 2014

Seven people died and another was injured in a chopping attack when a man stormed a hospital dormitory for females early Thursday morning in Qinhuangdao city, North China's Hebei province, local police said.

The hospital dormitory for females where a chopping attack took place.[Photo/news.qq.com]

Six nurses and a management worker died in the rampage and another nurse was wounded. The assault took place at 3:26 am, at the Beidaihe Sanatorium of Beijing Military Region. The injured nurse was later reportedly in a stable condition.

The suspect, Li Xiaolong, 27, was caught. He works at the hospital and is said to have a history of mental illness, according to local police.

Li said that he had mental disease and received mental treatment in Beijing in 2006.

His motive is unknown and the case under investigation.

 

[ChinaSux]

'Magical doctor' sentenced to 15 years

China Daily, November 20, 2014

A so-called "magical doctor" in Henan province who acquired numerous followers for his unconventional treatment methods was sentenced to 15 years on Wednesday for illegally practicing medicine after his actions caused the death of a college student.

Hu Wanlin, 65, who has no doctor's certification and who has never received medical training at a school, rose to prominence in China in the 1990s after he was portrayed by some publications as a magic doctor who could cure diseases such as cancer.

Hu was sentenced just three years after being released in December 2011 following an 11-year sentence for the same crime. He was arrested in 1999 after the deaths of several people who received his treatments, including Liu Famin, the former mayor of Luohe.

As part of Wednesday's verdict at the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court, Hu was also ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 yuan ($32,000).

Three other people accused of the same offense received punishments ranging from fines to 11 years in prison for working with Hu to organize medical training and treatment classes.

Under the Criminal Law, a person who practices medicine without a doctor's certification, and whose actions result in serious consequences, has committed a crime punishable by more than 10 years' imprisonment.

After his release in 2011, Hu instructed Lyu Wei to open an account on Sina Weibo to promote his treatment methods on the Internet, according to a statement released by the court.

Lyu claimed Hu's treatment methods had miraculous effects in treating diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS and cancers, according to the statement.

In August 2013, Lyu and Tang Mengjun and He Guizhi organized a training class attended by about a dozen people suffering from diseases or who were obsessed by traditional Chinese medicine, including 22-year-old college student Yun Xuyang.

Hu promoted his methods to the class and treated them with "five-taste soup" at two hotels in Luoyang and Xin'an county, the statement said. Following Hu's instructions, the members drank the soup, which consisted of coffee, sugar, salt, soybean sauce and vinegar. Then they drank water in large amounts until their stomachs were full and they vomited. They were instructed to drink large amounts of water again and vomit repeatedly. Hu told them the technique can help get rid of viruses in the body, the court said.

Many members of the class reacted badly to the treatment, and Yun, the student, suffered convulsions and went into a coma. Yun died on Aug 31 of dehydration and respiratory failure, the statement said.

 

[AdmiralMotti]

I shag her once. Nothing fantastic so i wondered why all the hype.

 

[wzvsce]

I shag her once. Nothing fantastic so i wondered why all the hype.

U got no class lah

 

[BalanceOfPower]

Firefighter rushes to aid woman in labor; fails to spot it's his wife

CNA
2014-11-17

Proud father Chen Min-nan. (Photo/CNA)

Chen's wife Kuo Wan-ting and their newborn daughter. (Photo/Chen Min-nan)

A 36-year-old firefighter was so intent on helping a pregnant woman in labor in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan county that he committed an embarrassing faux pas — he failed to recognize that the woman needing assistance was his wife.

Chen Min-nan, a qualified emergency medical technician and a division chief at the Taoyuan County Fire Bureau, was responding to an emergency call to the fire department one night recently from a pedestrian who reported seeing a pregnant woman in pain.

He rushed to a public park close to where he resides to help her, and as he began performing standard rescue procedures, he could not help remarking, "it's incredible how much you look like my wife," he said.

"Are you tired? It's your daughter who is coming," the woman replied, according to Chen, who admitted that the comment shook him "awake."

Chen explained that when his team arrived at the park it was already 8:30pm and quite dark, and it did not occur to him that the woman could be his wife because she was not expecting to give birth until a couple of weeks later.

Chen's wife gave birth safely after being rushed to a nearby hospital that night.

Helping up a family member during an emergency is an unusual experience, Chen said, but he noted that he has had four such experiences including the latest incident.

He drove his mother to the hospital three times, and she passed away after the third trip, Chen recalled.

He said the job has taught him that "nothing in life is permanent," making him cherish his family more and feel delighted to fulfill his duty.

According to Chen, he has been on the job for 14 years and answered more than 4,000 emergency calls.

 

[VPutin]

I shag her once. Nothing fantastic so i wondered why all the hype.

You got no standard and class!

 

[AngerManagement]

Peking University punishes teacher for molestation

Source: Xinhua Published: 2014-11-21 0:14:03

An associate professor at one of China's top universities has been expelled from the Party for having improper relationships with one of his students.

Yu Wanli, an associate professor with School of International Studies of Peking University, enticed a foreign female student into unlawful sexual intercourse.

University authorities confirmed the news on Thursday and said Yu has already been expelled from the Party according to the regulations of the university.

China's Ministry of Education issued a guideline on ethics for university teaching staff on Oct. 9, including a ban on "improper" relationships between teachers and students. College staff are banned from sexually harassing students or improper relationships between teachers and students, and those in charge of colleges will be held responsible for staff violations, according to the guideline.

 

[flickr]

China seizes 20 tons of narcotics in past decade

Xinhua, November 27, 2014

Chinese customs authorities have confiscated almost 20 tonnes of smuggled narcotics over the past decade, the general administration of customs (GAC) announced on Thursday.

The drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and opium, were seized in a total of 3,978 cases involving over 4,400 suspects, according to data released by the GAC.

Over 370 tonnes of raw materials for drug-making, such as ephedrine and acetic anhydride, were also seized.

Narcotics smuggling has soared in recent years. Customs authorities confiscated 5.1 tonnes of smuggled drugs last year alone, 11 times the total in 2005. Meanwhile, smuggling cases hit 466 last year, three times the number in 2005.

A global customs enforcement operation, codenamed "SKY-NET" organized by the World Customs Organization in close cooperation with the GAC in 2012, resulted in the discovery of 9.5 tonnes of illicit products.

The GAC said that the customs will maintain a rigid stance against drug smuggling as narcotics use is expanding. Customs authorities will also initiate a seven-month campaign on drug smuggling from December.

Drug use and drug crime is on the up in China. Public security assistant minister and drug control bureau chief Liu Yuejin said earlier this month that registered drug users numbered 2.76 million, but the actual number of users could be over 13 million.

 

[Pfizer]

Ketamine bust

Source: CFP Published: 2014-11-28 0:43:01

A police officer arranges bags of the drug ketamine, on display in Huizhou, Guangdong Province on Wednesday. More than 1,700 kilograms of ketamine were confiscated during a recent series of operations, with three drug plants busted and 53 suspects arrested. Photo: CFP

 

[Lotto]

Maid thought expensive watches were trash; honesty pays at shop with no staff; boy runs away after iPhone refusal

PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 29 October, 2014, 3:46am
UPDATED : Wednesday, 29 October, 2014, 3:46am

Customers wait in front of a shop to buy Apple's latest smartphones. A student in Hangzhou ran away from home after his mother refused to buy the latest iPhone 6. Photo: Xinhua

Anhui

Jailed for killing daughter

A father has been jailed for five years by a local court in Susong county for killing his schizophrenic daughter, the Anhui Business Daily reports. The man told the court his daughter's condition had not improved since she was diagnosed in 2006, and so he decided to end her life in February by giving her an overdose of her medication. He buried his daughter and turned himself in.

Burglar 'drops in'

Hefei police have arrested a man they allege stole cash and valuables worth more than 3 million yuan (HK$3.8 million) over the past eight months, the Anhui Business Daily reports. Police claim the 35-year-old broke into more than 30 flats at night by abseiling down ropes he fixed to the tops of buildings.

Beijing

Maid denies theft

A 38-year-old maid has pleaded not guilty in a Chaoyang district court to stealing six expensive watches and a pair of cufflinks worth nearly 1 million yuan, the Beijing Times reports . The woman said she thought her employer no longer wanted the watches because they were found under a couch or in discarded boxes. The court has yet to give a verdict.

Parents and pupils vent

A counselling centre for emotional health located at a school has received a stream of both pupils and their parents in the two months since the new semester started, the Beijing Evening News reports. One middle-school pupil protested he thought school was unnecessary because his family owned 14 investment properties, which would be more than enough to support him. Another high-school pupil wanted her parents to divorce because her father was putting her under too much pressure to study.

GUANGDONG

Hornets kill gardener

A 21-year-old gardener died after he was attacked by giant hornets in Dongguan , Xkb.com.cn reports. Chen Feng, head of Kanghua Hospital's emergency department, said treatment of the victim was hampered when his ambulance became stuck in traffic for an hour. He died of organ failure 12 hours after being admitted to intensive care. Asian giant hornets, Vespa mandarinia, kill dozens of people on the mainland each year, particular in central provinces. It was the first death in Dongguan by hornet sting in more than five years.

Girlfriend slashed

A severely injured woman who was stabbed by her boyfriend in Guangzhou on Saturday has regained consciousness and told police the two had quarrelled before the attack, Xkb.com.cn reports. She was beaten by her boyfriend after she refused to give him more money while gambling at home. Her brother, who was at home at the time and also stabbed, remains in a coma. The woman suffered a number of deep cuts and lost two fingers on her left hand. The boyfriend has not been found.

Hunan

Honesty pays

A grocery shop in a Changsha residential community with no shop assistant is making a profit two years after opening, the Sanxiang Metropolis Daily reports. The shop stocks more than 1,000 items with the price tags attached. Customers leave money in an "honesty" box. The most expensive item is worth about 600 yuan. The shop owner said she made several thousand yuan a year.

Rule targets barbecues

Provincial authorities have drafted a regulation to curb air pollution that will raise fines for factories and vehicles, the Sanxiang Metropolis Daily reports. It also contains a provision for fines of up to 2,000 yuan for open-air barbecues.

JIANGSU

Teen's sentence cut

A teenager, 17, in Wuxi has seen his prison sentence for robbing a convenience store reduced from three years to 22 months Chinanews.com reports. The teen was armed with a knife and made off with 300 yuan last year. On Monday, the court reduced his sentence after considering his age and cooperative attitude.

Web addict in hospital

A migrant worker suffering from seizures was rushed to hospital in Suzhou after spending two straight days in an internet cafe, the Yangtse Evening News reports. Staff at the cafe said the man had previously coughed up blood after spending extended hours there. Doctors at the hospital said they treated seven or eight such cases a year.

Shaanxi

Bid to reverse water

Xian has blocked more than 2,000 wells since 2011 in an attempt to raise groundwater levels, Xinhua reports. The move is also part of a broader effort to prevent the further tilting of the city's Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Construction of the pagoda began in 652AD and withstood an earthquake of 1556, the deadliest yet recorded. It leans a metre to the northwest.

Illegal gunmakers busted

Police in Yulin have arrested two men for making guns with parts they bought online, Xiancn.com reports. One suspect, 31, bought metal parts that could be assembled into two guns, as well as 1,200 bullets, through different online shops over three months. The other suspect was also found of spreading information on how to assemble guns. The two were arrested for illegal firearms possession.

SHANDONG

Woman delays traffic

An apparently mentally ill woman caused a traffic jam in Yantai at the weekend when she started dancing at an intersection, forcing cars to stop and pedestrians to curse, Iqilu.com reports. The woman eventually ran off after police arrived at the scene.

Baby abandoned

A 20-day-old baby girl in poor health was abandoned at Qilu Hospital in Jinan after her father left her with a nurse in the emergency ward, Iqilu.com reports. Doctors said the infant had a congenital heart defect, and two circular wound marks were found on her head. A representative of the hospital said the girl would be sent to an orphanage after her condition stabilised. Police are searching for her parents.

Zhejiang

iPhone runaway

A 15-year-old middle school pupil in Hangzhou ran away from home after his mother refused to upgrade his iPhone 5s to the latest iPhone 6, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The pair quarrelled on the way to the son's boarding school after the mother refused to give him 3,000 yuan for a new phone. The school contacted the mother when the son did not show up for class. Police found him that night in Gongshu district.

Queues and pees

A primary school in Hangzhou with 740 pupils was found to have just a single toilet, with queues often forming with more than 200 pupils and teachers between classes, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. Some pupils have gone as far as to refuse to drink water during class to avoid waiting in the long lines. The school is trying to work around the problem by arranging restroom schedules for different classes and grades. The principal said the school was built in the early 1980s, and was not equipped to handle such a large number of students. He did not say whether other bathrooms would be built, or portable toilets installed.

 

[flickr]

China to stop harvesting organs from executed prisoners from next year

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 12:50pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 12:56pm

Alice Yan [email protected]

A doctor carries a container used to transport donated organs. China has one of the lowest voluntary organ donation rates in the world. Photo: Corbis

The mainland – which has long been criticised by international human rights groups for using organs harvested from executed prisoners as its main source of organ transplants – will completely ban the practice from next year.

All organs used in future transplants must be from donors, the Southern Metropolis News quoted Dr Huang Jiefu as saying. Huang is former deputy director of the health ministry and director of the China Organ Donation and Transplant Committee.

Major transplant centres had already stopped using executed prisoners’ organs, said Huang, who chaired an industry forum in Kunming on Wednesday.

About 10,000 organ transplants are performed on the mainland each year and about 300,000 patients are on waiting lists, he said.

China has one of the lowest voluntary organ donation rates in the world. Just 0.6 people out of every one million citizens have signed up to donate their organs when they die, the doctor said. This compares with Spain’s high rate of organ donors – 37 donors for every one million citizens.

“What we can’t deny is that there are two reasons behind the slow development of organ donation in China,” he said. “Besides the lack of enthusiasm … due to the traditional mindset, people have concerns about whether the organs will be allocated in a fair, open and just way.”

The doctor added that there were just 169 hospitals on the mainland qualified to carry out transplants. The number was far from ideal, he said.

But Huang remains optimistic about the future, he said, because voluntary organ donation rolled out across the country last year had seen some results.

“Only 1,448 people donated from 2010 to 2013, but that number [from January this year until now] has risen to 1,500. I believe the situation will get better and better,” he said.

 

[Yazoo]

Police: 3 raped in schoolgirl vice ring

Shanghai Daily, December 5, 2014

Following reports that schoolgirls in southwest China's Yunnan Province were sold for sex after being given alcohol and spiked drinks, police have confirmed that three girls were raped.

It is suspected that more girls aged around 14 and 15 may have been victims of a vice ring.

Police in Yunxian County have held two suspects in connection with the case, the Legal Evening News reported yesterday.

Officers did not reveal the identities of those held nor what they are being held for.

This follows a Yunnan TV program that claimed that a woman surnamed Xu, who is in her late 20s, enticed students from Yunxian Minzu Middle School to visit a karaoke parlor.

Xu would give the girls alcohol and sometimes spike their drinks, the program said. The girls would then be raped by customers, it is claimed.

One student told the program that she managed to get away when several months ago Xu took her and schoolmates to a room where 20 men were waiting and who plied them with drink.

The girl said she didn't know what happened to her schoolmates after she left.

"Xu is evil," the girl's mother said.

"She forced students to become prostitutes, and after sex each was paid 50 (US$8) to 100 yuan," she added.

Yunxian Minzu Middle School head teacher Chen Hexin said 11 to 12 girls were suspected of being victims.

 

[flickr]

Boy clubs teacher with hammer

Shanghai Daily, December 5, 2014

A 17-year-old schoolboy has been detained for attacking his English teacher with a hammer following a dispute over a late assignment, police said yesterday.

Teacher Yuan weeps in her hospital bed yesterday as she recalls being assaulted by a pupil. — Yang Yi

The incident happened when the boy, an 11th-grader at the Shanghai Tonghe Middle School in Baoshan District, went to the teacher's office about noon on Wednesday.

The teacher, a 37-year-old surnamed Yuan, had earlier reprimanded the unnamed pupil, who turns 18 on Sunday, for not handing in his homework.

Yuan told police that the boy went to her office about lunchtime and for awhile simply stood outside the door. When she asked him about his missing homework, he reached into his bag, pulled out a hammer and began hitting her.

Yuan said she did not know how many times she was struck.

A witness said he heard screams coming from Yuan's room and several teachers ran to investigate. They found her lying on the floor with blood coming from her head, and spotted the teenager fleeing the scene.

A colleague called the emergency services and Yuan was taken to the Shanghai No. 10 People's Hospital.

Her doctor told Shanghai Daily yesterday that Yuan was dazed and confused on arrival, and was unclear as to what had happened to her.

An examination showed Yuan had eight lacerations to her head, and had suffered a small fracture near her scalp.

The doctor said she was also concussed, and that internal bleeding had resulted in bruising to her left eye.

Despite the severity of the attack, Yuan is in stable condition and should not suffer any long-term memory loss, he said.

According to police, the boy turned himself in to police on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by his father.

He also proffered the weapon he used to attack Yuan, which police said was a small round-headed iron hammer with a 10-centimeter shaft.

The hospital said the boy's parents visited Yuan yesterday to apologize.

The teacher told police she has worked at the school since 1999. Her attacker was in the "elite class," though English is one of his weaker subjects, she said.

According to colleagues, the boy is introverted, but generally well-behaved.

Police said he has been detained for intentional injury, while the case remains under investigation.

Children aged 16 to 18 can be charged with intentional injury, though if found guilty tend to be given sentences that are more lenient than those handed down to adults convicted of the same crime.

 

[TellMeWhy]

Man calls police to help find missing trousers, carpenter builds 'armoured' jeep from wood

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am
UPDATED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am

Folk artist Han Xiaoming demonstrates painting with his tongue in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters

CHONGQING

No gambling on the job

A Communist Party commission for Bishan district has told reporters about officials gambling and watching TV dramas on the job in the hope of ending such behaviour, the Chongqing Morning Post reports. The party's commission for discipline inspection listed as examples school principals gambling on the job, a director taking a government car on a holiday to Sichuan , and a government worker who watched TV dramas at work to "educate himself about the revolution".

Loses pants, calls cops

A 23-year-old drunkard in Banan district phoned police after he couldn't find his pants, Chinanews.com reports. After a bout of heavy drinking with friends, the man stumbled into someone else's living room dressed only in a down jacket and his underwear. The homeowner called police and the drunk man left. He then called the police the next morning saying he couldn't find his pants. They were found in the dog kennel of the house he stumbled into the night before.

GANSU

Police beat women

Two police officers have been disciplined after they assaulted two women for refusing to drink with them, The Beijing News reports. The two off-duty officers were out on the town in Huan county and tried to get two women, who were dining at a barbecue restaurant, to go drinking with them. When the women refused, the officers smashed a beer glass over one woman's head and broke the finger of the other woman. The officers paid the second woman, who lost the tip of her index finger, 40,000 yuan (HK$62,000) for medical expenses.

It's boys. Four of them

A woman in Wuwei has given birth to male quadruplets, People.cn reports. The woman, aged 32, is a first-time mother. The first three boys weighed around 1.8kg each but the last one weighed only 980g, so they are being kept in hospital for observation. The chance of having quadruplets of the same sex was about one in 3.5 million, the report said.

GUANGDONG

New expressway

Driving time from Guangzhou to Longyan or Zhangzhou in neighbouring Fujian province will be shortened by half an hour when the second stage of the Meizhou to Dapu expressway opens soon, the Yangcheng Evening News reports. It is the third expressway linking the two provinces. At present it takes more than seven hours to drive from Guangzhou to Longyan.

Office to protect women

An information centre on women's rights has opened in Guangzhou as a part of a government campaign to tackle domestic violence, the Yangcheng Evening News reports. The centre will work with the city's civil affairs department, non-governmental organisations and social workers to help victims of domestic violence and abuse.

HEILONGJIANG

Bank executive probe

Provincial discipline inspectors have launched a formal graft investigation into the deputy party secretary of Longjiang Bank, Chinanews.com reports. Yang Jinxian is accused of abusing his position and corruption, including receiving more than 20 million yuan as a gift for his daughter's wedding. Yang's wife and daughter, who are also in detention, allegedly have overseas passports. Yang was expelled from the party.

Blizzards close schools

Recent heavy snowfalls have closed schools and several highways, the New Evening News reports. An airport in Suiyuan was closed and covered in 10cm of snow.

HUBEI

Bank details disclosed

A 24-year-old man in Jingmen has been given five days in detention for disturbing public order, Chinanews.com reports. Police said the man put information about the delivery times of armoured bank vans and other details on social networking sites. The man claimed that he did not know that putting such information online was illegal, the report said.

Phoney honesty

A young woman in Wuhan who found a new iPhone 5s in a taxi has refused a 1,000 yuan reward from its owner, Cnhubei.com reports. Instead, she has demanded a phone of the same model - worth 4,000 yuan - before she returns the lost one. The owner, who lost the phone on Tuesday, told police she went to pay the woman the reward but was shocked by her demand. The incident sparked an intense discussion among internet users. Police are investigating the case.

LIAONING

Carpenter's wooden car

A carpenter in Shenyang has put the finishing touches to a jeep built from wood, Chinanews.com reports. He spent four months and about 20,000 yuan building the vehicle complete with an ornamental radar system and missiles. The car - the man's second wooden vehicle - weighs 350kg and travels at up to 50km/h.

Shower fee for students

A university in Shenyang has started charging students per minute for showers this week, the Shenyang Evening News reports. Students at China Medical University are not at all pleased, saying that an hour in the shower will set them back 18 yuan, though others say it could make the shower queues shorter. A spokesman for the school said that in the past some students would shower for one or two hours, making other students wait in line. The new pricing scheme has already reduced water usage in the showers by 60 per cent.

SICHUAN

Free night at hotel

Starting from next year, visitors from overseas will be eligible for one free night in a hotel room if they are transiting at Chengdu airport, the Chengdu Economic Daily reports. The airport is expected to handle more than 37 million passengers this year, which would make it the fourth-busiest airport on the mainland following Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Gamer targeted in hack

Police in Dazhou are investigating a possible hacking case in which 19,000 yuan of a young man's in-game equipment was allegedly stolen within 30 minutes, the West China City Daily reports. The man, who spent more than 20,000 yuan and the past five years upgrading his virtual equipment, found his laptop had been accessed remotely.

ZHEJIANG

Tongue art

Folk artist Han Xiaoming has a novel way to paint his artworks - using his tongue and live fish, China National Radio reports. Han used his tongue to paint a picture of a horse in about 30 minutes and later smeared ink on live fish, which he then pressed against a piece of paper to make a likeness.

All's well that ends well

A woman in Ningbo has withdrawn her request for divorce, despite previously saying that her husband was lazy and married her solely for her looks, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The woman also said her husband was addicted to playing video games. After she filed for divorce he left for a holiday with friends, saying he didn't want to be at home. However, the pair reconciled and the wife withdrew her application after she gave birth to a son.

 

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