China Chronicles April 29, 2012
- 11 dead after coach plunges off cliff in Yunnan
A coach plunged off a cliff yesterday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, leaving 11 passengers dead and nine others injured, local authorities said this morning.
The accident happened around 5pm yesterday in Yunxian County in the city of Lincang, said authorities with the county government. Seven people were confirmed dead on the spot, and another four died in hospital.
Of the injured, six are in serious conditions.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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- Car show chastised over use of scantily-clad models
BEIJING authorities have issued a "serious reprimand" to a car show that is creating controversy over the use of scantily-clad models to promote vehicles.
The Beijing's Capital Ethics Development Office said on its website that the revealing clothing of some models at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition has had a "negative social impact."
The statement is believed to be referring to widely forwarded photographs of Gan Lulu, a controversial Internet celebrity, pictured wearing a deep v-cut top, and Li Yingzhi, a BMW model, clad in a skimpy, diamond-studded dress.
China's online community has showered the models with both praise and derision, with some web users saying the models have turned the event into "a breast exhibition with many famous cars."
The office criticized the "vulgar publicity" surrounding the models, saying "the event has been made use of by someone who seeks instant fame while crossing the moral red line."
The exhibition's organizers were asked on Thursday to correct the situation to ensure that it does not happen again.
The 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, which ends on Wednesday, features 1,125 vehicles.
- Kind developers
PROPERTY developers topped China's list of charitable donors in 2011, and Chinese billionaire Cao Dewang remained the most generous benefactor, according to a charity rating list published on Friday by the China Association of Social Workers. Cao, president of Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co Ltd, retained top position for donating shares fetching a market value of 3.55 billion yuan (US$563.5 million) to fund a charity last year.
- An auspicious toast
A dancer drinks rice wine while carrying a wooden dragon along Macau's streets yesterday. The Drunk Dragon Dance, designated a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, is part of a fish trade festival.
- Knife attack kills 2
THE death toll from a knife attack on Friday in Yunnan Province has risen to two, after a victim died in hospital that night, local authorities said yesterday. A man, surnamed Yin, attacked five people near a coach station in Fuyuan County. He was seized by an auxiliary police officer and a taxi driver.
- Blackmail 'media' sites shut down by authorities
CHINESE authorities have announced the closure of 42 websites involved in blackmailing schemes in which they posed as accredited media outlets and threatened to publish bogus negative information about victims.
The administrators of the websites - including www.zgzxdcw.com and www.fz-china.com.cn - masqueraded as journalists from government agencies and public welfare institutions, using fake names and fabricated press badges, a source from the State Internet Information Office (SIIO) said yesterday.
The blackmailers threatened victims that unless they were paid a sum they would invent and publish damaging claims about the individual or organization.
Facing these threats, several organizations and individuals opted to pay "hush money," said the official, who added that the sites were closed down recently.
"These odious practices have done serious harm," the official said.
The official said all perpetrators involved in the blackmail cases will be punished and urged the public to report any illegal online activity.
The SIIO also announced that 21 websites were recently closed for distributing pornography - bringing the total number of such websites to be closed by Chinese authorities since March to 107.
- Protected species trade crackdown
POLICE uncovered more than 700 cases of illegal trade in protected species during a recent crackdown on websites and antique markets, the State Forestry Administration said yesterday.
Around 100,000 police officers inspected 5,962 markets during the crackdown, the dates of which were not disclosed. They busted 13 gangs, punished 1,031 illegal traders and seized more than 130,000 wild animals and 2,000 animal products worth nearly 7 million yuan (US$1.11 million).
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1 reflector camera right - Suzhou subway starts service
Suzhou Metro Line 1 went into service at 11:18am this morning. Two trains departed at the same time from Zhongnan Street Station and Mudu Station, stopping in 24 stations across six districts, making Suzhou the first non-capital city in China to have subway service.
- Body found in flooded Guizhou colliery
A body was pulled out of a flooded coal mine today in southwest China's Guizhou province as an operation attempting to rescue 11 trapped miners entered its third day.
The deceased miner was found at about 1:40 am when the water level in the shaft dropped about 1.5 meters, and rescuers are racing to reach 10 other miners who remain trapped under the Xinsheng Coal Mine in Qiaojia township, Yanhe Tujia autonomous county.
By 2:20 pm, the water level had dropped about three meters and rescuers are pumping out water at a rate of 90 cubic meters per hour.
A rescue official previously said the inundated mine had two spaces above water that could offer refuge to the miners.
A total of 23 miners were working underground when the facility was flooded Thursday morning. Twelve managed to escape on their own.
The mine has a designated annual capacity of 90,000 tons.
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