China DIGEST

BeijingStreet racers heldPolice have detained three men for dangerous driving after reports of a car race held at night in Dongbabei in Chaoyang district, The Beijing News reports.迷你倉價錢 Police have installed a fence in the middle of the road and speed bumps to slow cars down.Defamation suitA woman executive from an oil company has sued two websites for damaging her reputation and demanded 100,000 yuan (HK$125,550) in compensation for two articles saying that an executive was involved in prostitution , The Beijing News reports. The woman said the websites refused to withdraw the defaming articles. The reports were made up by a businessman angry over a failed deal.ChongqingOnline 'friend' dupedA 27-year-old Chongqing man was swindled out of hundreds of thousands of yuan by his internet girlfriend whom he had never met and who claimed to be suffering from leukaemia, China News Service reports. The woman, 29, was married with children but claimed to be single. She also claimed to have leukaemia and four of her relatives demanded money from the man in text messages. The man discovered the fraud after going to the woman's city unannounced.Phone bill rowA man has run up large phone bills after his phone was stolen and his number was not suspended as the phone was registered under a friend's ID, the Chongqing Morning Post reports. When he got a new SIM card he was told the phone had incurred a data bill of more than 4,700 yuan. The man was angry that the telecoms operator had not been suspicious and stopped the service because he had never accessed the internet by phone. He refused to pay and the company offered to reduce the bill to 1,000 yuan, to be shared by the company and the man, and then deducted 500 yuan without his consent.GuangdongThat sinking feelingMore than 250 residents in 13 houses in Guangzhou's Panyu district have moved out after four buildings sank and tilted slightly, the Guangzhou Daily reports. Residents heard cracking sounds as the buildings sank and the ground next to them opened up. The buildings sank at least a 12cm. A commercial property being built nearby and believed to be linked to the sinking has halted construction.Choosy burglarsPolice in Guangzhou are investigating a string of burglaries involving eight car dealerships that had everything of value stolen, except cars, the Y angcheng Evening News reports. Police said computers, televisions and even mooncakes were stolen.GuangxiOne drink too manyA Russian passenger has been removed from a flight due to depart from Nanning for Hong Kong after he asked the crew for more to drink, People.com.cn reports. The passenger insisted he had not been drinking and was not a threat to flight safety.Bridge divides opinionOpinion is divided over what to do with a stone bridge which is more than 100 years old and classified as dangerous, the Nanguo Morning News reports. The bridge in Nanning's Wuming county has been set for renovation, but many residents object, saying the bridge should be protected as a heritage site and a new bridge should be built instead.HubeiGuarding privacyThe Yichang postal authority has destroyed 4.3 million courier slips to prevent personal information being leaked, China News Service reports. Twenty courier迷你倉companies sent their slips to a designated area to be destroyed and recycled. The authority said 25 million packages were sent or received via courier last year, making the protection of personal information a challenge.Youngest studentA 13-year-old girl from Shangqiu , Henan has reported to the Central China Normal University in Wuhan to become the youngest student in the school, Cnhubei.com reports. The student said she studied primary school materials at the age of two and was officially enrolled in school at three. She skipped primary school but not middle and high schools. The student said she was not smarter than other students, but simply went to school earlier.ShanghaiToo much like XinhuaA barber's shop in Jinshan district has been ordered to change its name because it looks and reads like Xinhua News Agency, Xinhua reports. The shop was reported to the district's bureau for industry and commerce by a Xinhua reporter and was told the shop's name was not the same as the one registered with the bureau. The shop has changed its name on the bureau's orders. Last year another barber's shop was ordered to change its name because it looked like the Supreme Court.Big response to job adMore than 3,000 women have applied for the job of stewardess in a local airline after its recruitment advertisement said applicants who were married with children would be favoured, the Oriental Morning Post reports. The airline says more than two-thirds of the candidates were married with children, whereas the airline currently has 68 such stewardesses, around one-seventh of the total number. More than one-tenth of the candidates are more than 40 years old and 22 are 45.TianjinLife vest thief heldA man has been detained for 10 days for stealing a life vest on a flight from Changsha to Tianjin , Xinhua reports. China Southern airlines reported that the vest was stolen, and it was found when security scanned passenger luggage. The man said he stole the life vest to use when he went swimming and did not realise it was a big deal.Hit and runTianjin is looking for a minivan driver who hit two girls riding a bicycle, Tianjinwe.com reports. The minivan hit the bicycle but did not stop even though one of the girls and the bicycle were dragged more than 300 metres. The van eventually stopped and the driver escaped. The girls were sent to hospital, with one injured on the head, arms and legs and the other suffering minor injuries.ZhejiangStudent raped, killedA 30-year-old pedicab driver in Jiaxing has been sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 21-year-old student he was taking to a railway station, the Xiandai Jinbao reports. The man raped the student and, fearing he might be recognised when light from a train shone on his face, killed her. He was ordered to pay 716,043 yuan to her family.Kindness of strangerA 79-year-old woman in Hangzhou is looking for a middle-aged woman who gave her 1,000 yuan to her when she injured her head on slippery ground, but left without giving her name, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The woman was hurt on her way to buy lunch and the stranger came up, put the money in her hand and left without saying anything. The woman was treated in hospital and wants to repay the woman.儲存