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.
