Bus driver in Nanjing drives BMW to work, a massive tuna possibly worth millions is hooked off the coast of Huizhou city, and a Sichuan resident handcuffed a burglar – it's all trending across China.
Appalling child abuse
A 10-year-old boy was beaten black and blue by his stepmother in Heyuan city, South China's Guangdong province, xinhuanet.com reported on Thursday. The boy said he was slapped and beaten with clothes hangers two or three times because he didn't obey his stepmother. His teacher reported the abuse to police after finding his wounds and the case is being investigated.
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Huge tuna caught
A 340-kg tuna was caught in the sea off Huizhou city, in Guangdong province, Southern Metropolis reported. The fish may be a bluefin tuna, the biggest kind of tuna, said Li Huiquan, a researcher at Guangdong Oceanic and Fishery Resource Monitoring Center. Last year, a 222-kg tuna was sold at $1.6 million in Japan.
Rich bus drivers in Nanjing
Wang Shuyue, 33, a bus driver in Nanjing, drives a BMW to work and it's not rare to see other wealthy bus drivers like him in his company. Some of them have several properties, and one has a Porsche, they enjoy their work and work very hard, Modern Express reported.
Shanghai street patrols
An emergency unit composed of 150 policemen and 15 special vehicles patrols on Shanghai streets. They are equipped with pistols and helmets with 4G delivery systems, which can transmit real-time images. As the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia approaches, the city has beefed up security measures, qq.com reported.
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Milk powder comes to mainland via Macao
Macao has become an option for Chinese mainland consumers who want to buy milk powder from Hong Kong, Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Wednesday. The Hong Kong government said milk powder exports to Macao increased 78 percent from March 2013 to February 2014, after the government ruled on March 1, 2013, that people leaving Hong Kong for the mainland may carry only 1.8 kg of milk powder with them.
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Dead man's stash bullets found
A 70-year-old man in Weinan reported to police that he found 3,600 bullets when he cleaned up the house of his dead brother, a gun enthusiast, Huashang Daily reported on Wednesday. The man, surnamed Gao, reported finding the 5.6 mm bullets on April 30. Police reminded him that it is illegal to possess firearms and ammunition.
Father becomes chef to get children to visit
A father in Xi'an studied cooking so he could get his adult children to visit, Chinese Business View reported on Wednesday. The man's son and daughters had complained that the food at home was lame and flavorless, and they rarely came to see their parents. The father purchased six recipe books from a supermarket and began to practice cooking, hoping to improve the taste, as well as the nutrition, of home-cooked meals.
Resident handcuffs thief; police investigate
Leshan police are looking into a case of illegal use of handcuffs, West China Metropolis Daily reported on Wednesday. A Leshan resident caught a man trying to steal his electric motorcycle early on Monday morning. He handcuffed the thief and took him to the police, who placed the resident under investigation.