BeijingError gives man millionsA man checked his bank account on Tuesday to find an extra 6.迷你倉35 million yuan (HK$8 million) had been put in it, the Beijing Evening News reports. He reported it to the police, who told him it might have been a mistake made by his company’s cashier. He said he would return the money if that was true.Student ‘swindled sisters’A 24-year-old architecture undergraduate has been arrested for allegedly swindling two sisters out of 160,000 yuan, the Beijing Evening News reports. He gained the trust of one of the sisters he met online by telling her he was a serviceman, and after several months he allegedly asked her for about 100,000 yuan to improve his relationships with his superiors. A sister of the woman realised they were dating the same man and became suspicious.GuangdongBirth control rowA community committee in Guangzhou warned a woman it would withhold her and her husband’s social welfare payments if she did not use an intrauterine contraceptive device, the New Express reports. The woman, who has a boy, said she had no plans to have a second child and she should have the final say on what contraceptive measures she should use. The city’s family planning authority said it was not within the committee’s power to bar the couple from receiving social welfare.Neighbour ‘killed boy’A five-year-old boy in Guangzhou was allegedly strangled with a piece of wire by a mentally disturbed neighbour, the China News Service reports. The boy went missing on Tuesday, and the police said they later found his body in the apartment of a middle-aged woman living nearby. The family of the woman said she was mentally ill and receiving treatment.HubeiDating course a hitA course coaching young men how to strike up a conversation with women is catching on with college students in Wuhan , the CNHubei news website reports. The three-day course costs 3,500 yuan and is taught by a psychologist. The course organisers said it helped students build up self-confidence and let them practise chatting with women in real-life settings.Ship hits bridge pierA 9,000-tonne cargo ship struck a pier on the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan on Thursday after its engine failed, the Chutian Metropolis Daily reports. The eight crew members on board had to be rescued as the ship drifted downstream after hitting the pier. The report said piers on the bridge have been struck by ships nearly a hundred times over 56 years.JilinElectricity official sackedA provincial electricity supply official has been sacked after a video went viral online showing him using foul language and strongly criticising members of the public for never being grateful, The Beijing News reports. He made the comments when a reporter was interviewing him about an electricity safety issue raised by rural residents in Siping .Ritual money banThe government in Changchun has banned the production and sale of fake money to curb what it regards as “superstitious” ancestral ceremonies during the Lunar New Year holiday, the China News Service reports. The government said it would clamp down on factories and shops that failed to observe the ban. An inspection team will also be set up to stop people from burning fake money on the streets to honour their ancestors during the holiday period.ShaanxiPolice officer suspendedA迷你倉將軍澳police officer in Hanzhong has been suspended after he barged into a room at a bathhouse during a prostitution raid and took pictures of a married couple who were bathing together, the CNWest news website reports. The officer told the couple he was gathering evidence and continued to take pictures after they said they were married. The woman is eight-months pregnant. The officer has apologised and deleted the pictures. Prostitution cases are often reported at bathhouses across the mainland.‘Gas’ blast kills oneAn explosion at an apartment block in Tongchuan killed one man and injured 10 others, the Huashang Daily reports. Residents reported they smelled gas before the accident. A pensioner died after a wall collapsed and a young man was badly burned and is in critical condition in hospital. The authorities are investigating the cause of the blast.SichuanBogus official arrestedA 35-year-old man in Chengdu has been arrested for claiming to be a legal official to get liquor and cigarettes worth tens of thousands of yuan, the West China City Daily reports. He told a shop he worked for the judiciary, wanted the products as gifts and asked for them to be put on an expense account. The store owners grew suspicious after his third visit and called the police.Thousands of tremorsSichuan topped the list for having the most number of earthquakes and tremors on the mainland last year, with more than 43,000 incidents occurring up to December 6, the Chengdu Economic Daily reports. The newspaper quoted figures from the Sichuan Earthquake Administration saying the province experienced 231 magnitude-3 earthquakes, classed as a minor tremor on the Richter scale. The province was followed on the list by Xinjiang , Tibet, Yunnan and Qinghai .YunnanFriend killed in brawlA man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a friend during a brawl in Jinghong , the Kunming Daily reports. He allegedly hit his 21-year-old friend, whom he had met earlier at a bar, just after midnight on Monday. A group of friends called the police and the victim died later in hospital. The suspect was sleeping at home when police arrested him. The report did not say what had started the argument.Appeal for missing boyThe father of a 13-year-old boy who has been missing for two months in Kunming is appealing for anybody who knows of his son’s whereabouts to come forward, the Chuncheng Evening News reports. The boy left home one day in October to go to a nearby communal toilet and never returned. He had previously spent days at internet cafes without coming home, but his father has searched more than 100 places and was unable to find him.ZhejiangJailed for prostitutionA married couple has been jailed for up to five years in the Jiangdong district of Ningbo on prostitution charges, the Ningbo Daily reports. The man and three of his women friends could not find a job and turned to prostitution. The women, including his wife, entertained 150 clients in four days in June, making about 10,000 yuan before the operation was uncovered.Drunk falls in riverA 23-year-old man who recently broke up with his girlfriend got drunk, fell in a river and went into the wrong apartment to change his clothes on New Year’s Day, the Ningbo Daily reports. A frightened woman in the house called the police, but no charges were laid.倉
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