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(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-12-02 09:38A college student pays dearly for her one night stands with AIDS infection, Zhang Yimou will be fined for having three children, and train passengers can soon pick their own seats when booking online.
Director fined
Local family planning authorities in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, said they hoped film director Zhang Yimou will declare all his income, which will be used to calculate his fine, chinanews.com reported.
The director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers admitted on Sunday that he has two sons and one daughter with his wife, Chen Ting.
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Holiday plans
Seven-day holidays for both Spring Festival and National Day received the most support from the public in a poll by the country's holiday authorities.
The country started soliciting public opinions last week on three draft plans for public holiday arrangements for 2014.
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AIDS infection
A female university student in Wuhan, Hubei province, who planned to go abroad, became infected with AIDS after she had one night stands with eight overseas students.
A total of 3,885 people became infected with AIDS in Wuhan over the past 25 years, since the first case appeared in 1988, Wuhan Evening News reported.
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Online booking
A new version of 12306.cn, the country's only online agency selling train tickets, is expected to offer seat selections. The new website, which is not online yet, will also have a mobile phone version, dbw.cn reported.
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85m private cars
At present, China has 85.07 million private cars, a 13-fold increase from 2003, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The country's private cars now account for more than 82 percent of total passenger cars, it said.
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Treasure sold
An imperial seal from Emperor Qianlong, who ruled China for much of the 18th century, was auctioned for 500,000 euros ($679,150) in France in November, Xi'an Evening News reported.
The treasure was suspected of being stolen from the Chinese emperor's Summer Palace, and Chinese netizens called for a cancellation of the auction.
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Good Samaritan dies
A woman who helped victims of a traffic accident was killed along with another person while still at the scene. The woman, named Liu, was driving her high school daughter home when they saw an accident on their way to Taizhou. Liu called police and assisted the victims. After the ambulance left, Liu, her daughter and an employee of a nearby vehicle administration office were talking about the accident when a truck hit them, killing Liu and the guard.
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Fire in women's prison
A fire broke out at about 4:45 pm on Saturday at the Shanghai Women's Prison in Songjiang district, Oriental Morning Post reported on Sunday. The fire started in a storeroom on the roof of a five-story dormitory and burned an area of about 300 square meters. The prisoners were evacuated, and no casualties were reported.
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