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(China Daily) Updated: 2017-04-24 07:43

Jiangxi

Student scammed out of 60,000 yuan

A master's student in Nanchang was scammed out of 60,000 yuan ($8,700) after she received a phone call from a swindler saying that she was a suspect in a money-laundering case. The student had previously lost her ID card, so she believed it was likely that the card was misused by identity thieves for money-laundering purposes. She called a phone number the scammer told her was a police hotline. She gave personal details and sent pictures of her naked body to the swindler to prove her identity and that she was not the suspect police were said to be looking for.

Ncnews.com.cn

Discovery of coins spurs silver rush

A tiny village in Ganxian county has recently attracted attention after workers and residents took silver coins unearthed during a local highway expansion. A total of 236 coins with an estimated value of more than 100,000 yuan ($14,500) were found and taken by local villagers and diggers over about five days starting from April 9. The coins are believed to have been minted during the Republic of China period (1912-49). Changluo township's deputy head Liu Jiang urged the return of the coins to the government since they belong to the State.

Xinhuanet.com

Sichuan

Dish helps man to find his real parents

An online post about how a local delicacy helped a man find his biological parents has attracted public attention. It said a 33-year-old man tried Sichuan-style spicy grilled fish for the first time a few years ago and loved it. He began to wonder why his family never ate such dishes and always cooked plain food. He suspected that he may have been abducted as a child and that he was not living with his biological parents. He uploaded a childhood photo of himself on a website that seeks to reunite missing children with their biological parents. It matched a photo that his biological parents had uploaded to the database. They were reunited in March.

Chengdu.cn

Shaanxi

Woman found in strangers' house

A penniless woman surnamed Lei was given a train ticket home after she was brought to police in Shaanxi's provincial capital, Xi'an, on April 17. The 17-year-old, who was five months pregnant, was detained after a man surnamed Zhao discovered her asleep in his bed after she had bathed in his home. Lei admitted to climbing through the window into Zhao's home because she was broke and tired. She said she had recently been fired and could not contact her boyfriend.

Huashang Daily

Woman's thumb cut off in washer

A woman surnamed Wang had her right thumb reattached after her washing machine cut it off in Xi'an on April 19. The incident took place when Wang, who was in a hurry, opened the washing machine and reached in to take out the clothes immediately after pressing the off button. Doctors said people should wait at least 3 seconds after turning off their washing machines to reach inside.

Huashang Daily

Shanghai

Surrogate mother works for family

A young surnamed Chen recently earned more than 200,000 yuan ($29,000) as a surrogate mother. The native of rural Guizhou province delivered a healthy daughter in March. She said she will use the money, which is equivalent to a white-collar worker's annual salary, to support her younger sisters' university tuition fees, which their parents cannot afford. Chen graduated from university in 2012.

Chongqing Morning Post

Chongqing

Man tries to hide affair and falls

A man suffered serious bone fractures when he fell from a third-floor balcony after the husband of the woman he was having an affair with unexpectedly returned home. A witness said the man fell when he tried to climb over the balcony and reach the ground via a water pipe.

Chongqing Times

Thief switches borrowed iPhone

A man surnamed Zhang sought police's help after he lent his new iPhone to a pedestrian, who switched it with a fake, in Jiulongpo district on April 18. The stranger claimed his phone's battery was low, and Zhang let the man use his phone. The stranger ran away after a short call and then gave Zhang the counterfeit phone.

Chongqing Evening News

Brothers injured in separate accidents

Two brothers were injured in separate traffic accidents that occurred in the same place within five minutes of each other in Jiulongpo district's Baishiyi township on April 16. The elder brother was hit at 9:40 am at the same location where his younger brother was hit at 9:35 am. He was hurrying to see his brother after hearing about the accident. Both were rushed to the hospital. The elder sibling sustained serious injuries, while the younger brother's were minor.

Chongqing Times

Jiangsu

Rare 'stones' found in goat's stomach

A 62-year-old barbecue-restaurant owner named Ma Erdan was delighted to learn five large "stones" he found in the stomach of a goat he slaughtered are actually bezoars worth over 10 million yuan ($1.45 million) at the local traditional Chinese medicine bazaar. The masses are said to dispense heat and toxins from the body, while reducing convulsions and phlegm.

Modern Express