AnhuiOfficial ‘drunk at wheel’A Fuyang city housing official was arrested after he was found drunk and asleep behind the wheel of a car without a licence, Anhuinews.self storagecom reports. The man was fined 2,800 yuan (HK$3,540) and placed in detention for 15 days last Friday. He apparently fell asleep while waiting for a traffic light to change.Woman harassed in carA woman was locked inside a car by a man after turning down his repeated requests for sex, Anhuinews.com reports. The woman had gone for a drive with the man, who she met on an online chat application, last Friday when she was repeatedly asked to have sex and sexually harassed, the report said. When the woman tried to get out of the car she was prevented from doing so for an hour while the man asked her to pay him 1,600 yuan, which he said he had spent on gifts for her.BeijingSex workers in bushesA quarter of prostitutes looking for clients on streets around the capital’s embassy compounds are male and usually solicit business in nearby bushes to dodge law enforcement, the Beijing Times reports. A survey of sex workers in the area found most were in their 20s. A few were as old as their 50s. They charged an average of 200 yuan per client.Free rein for guide dogsThe Beijing Municipal People’s Congress has lifted a ban on guide dogs travelling on public transport, China Central Television reports. The move has been welcomed as a step in liberalising laws to make life easier for the visually impaired. Only guide dogs that have been professionally trained will be allowed to accompany their owners on the city’s public transport system.GuangdongRush for HK gender testsPregnant women from Guangdong are flocking to Hong Kong to undergo tests to determine the sex of their baby, a service which is illegal on the mainland, Yangcheng Evening News reports. A number of private companies in Guangzhou that provide medical services are organising trips to Hong Kong for such tests, the paper said. Results can be obtained in two to three days after blood tests and ultrasound screenings for those who are seven to eight weeks pregnant. The cost is between 5,000 and 6,000 yuan.Migrant worker kills wifeA migrant worker was suspected of killing his wife in Foshan and attempting suicide after a quarrel on Saturday morning, the Yangcheng Evening News reports. Following the argument with his wife in their rented flat in the city’s Nanhai district, the man asked his 12-year-old son to go out for a walk. He then locked his wife in the house and stabbed her to death. He attempted suicide, but was rushed to hospital and survived. Police were still investigating the incident.JiangsuSurname spurs divorceA Nanjing couple divorced last month after a dispute over which family name should be passed down to their newborn son, the Jinling Evening News reports. The couple had been married for a year when the woman stole her husband’s identity card and secured a birth certificate for their son under her family name.Bulldozers move on homesResidents of Jiangsu’s Huaian city who had been refusing to obey an eviction order were forcefully dragged out of their homes at 4am yesterday morning to make way for bulldozers, Chinanews.com reports. It comes after residents of the city’s Yunnan village in Qingpu district were dragged from their houses early on Saturday morning by 100 people in p迷你倉lice uniform.ShaanxiRobot made by 3-D printerUniversity students in Xian have designed and made a remote-controlled robot that can be assembled by a 3-D printer and do household chores, the news portal Ifeng.com reports. Yang Xudong, a second-year engineering student, put together his own 3-D printer with materials costing 3,000 yuan. The printer is able to print a plastic rose in seven hours. Some of Yang’s fellow students then borrowed the machine to print the parts for the robot.Fishermen killed by fishThree men drowned while illegally fishing in Hengshan county, after their boat was dragged down by their catch Huashang Daily reports. The trio was on the Dongfanghong reservoir in a pedal boat last Tuesday when they were dragged into the water by their net, which was weighed down by an estimated 100kg of fish, according to county police. They became tangled in the net in the water and drowned.ShanghaiBaby missing from homeA four-month-old baby is missing after being taking from her home yesterday morning, state media reported. The baby sleeping in her home near the city’s Husong highway at around 9am when she went missing. There were four adults in the apartment at the time. All worked as breakfast vendors outside the building. Police are investigating the incident.Sperm quality no goodA report has found that Shanghai is facing a shortage of quality sperm, with only one-third of donated sperm meeting international standards, Cyol.net reports. Local experts cited blamed environmental pollution for bringing down sperm quality.SichuanDrunk kills familyAn alcoholic man killed his wife, stepdaughter and daughter-in-law in Xujia, a town in Fengan county in Nanchong , following a drunken argument with his stepdaughter over one yuan, China Central Television reported. The man used a pocket knife for the murders and killed himself afterwards.Chengdu rail line to openA new high-speed rail line expected to open by the end of the year will take people from Chengdu to Shanghai in less than 12 hours, Newssc.org reports. The line will be served by second-generation CRH express trains that will run at 200-250km/h, slower than the nation’s flagship high-speed train that runs at 350km/h.YunnanMan asked to slap himselfA Kunming bus driver was asked to slap himself as punishment for swearing at three men over a traffic dispute, Yunnan.cn reports. The incident happened after a private car blocked the way of the bus as it was approaching a station on Saturday afternoon. The bus driver swore at the three men in the sedan, but later apologised. The men berated the driver for an hour after the incident and asked him to slap himself three times, but he refused. The trio then approached the bus company to demand an apology from the driver’s supervisor.Disbelief over frugalityClaims by the Yunnan government provincial procurement bureau that it spent no money on official receptions, government cars and overseas trips for cadres in the first 10 months of the year have been widely received with scepticism, Chinanews.com reports. The bureau insisted that the reported figures were accurate, saying it did not send cadres on any overseas trips or use government vehicles for official travel. The claim contrasted sharply with the Hunan provincial public security bureau which budgeted 15 million yuan this year for such expenses.mini storage
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