China Chronicles July 30, 2012
- 5 dead, 32 injured in coal mine blast
RELEVANT people who involved in concealing a coal mine explosion which left five dead and 32 others injured last Thursday in Yangquan City in north China's Shanxi province will be punished, local government announced yesterday.
The gas explosion, which occurred at 4:10pm in a coal mine of Yuquan Coal Industry Co Ltd in Yuxian County of Yangquan, killed five workers and injured 32 others, the government of Yangquan said it had confirmed the accident three days later.
The coal mine company didn't report the accident immediately. The rescue mission was launched around 9am the next day after the local government received tip-offs.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Local government said yesterday that relevant person will be punished in accordance with the law and regulation.
Based on rules and regulations issued by China's State Administration of Work Safety, in case of any coal mine accident, the involved company should report within one hour to local safety supervisory departments of county-level government or above, which then should report to the provincial safety supervisory administration within two hours. - We meet again // China '12
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- University sacks prof who was 3 times a fake
A PROFESSOR has been fired by his university and disqualified from China's Recruitment Program of Global Experts for copying his resume and academic articles from three other academics with the same name.
Lu Jun, 39, who was a professor with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, has admitted falsifying his educational background, work experience and published articles by copying the details from overseas professors, the Beijing Times reported.
Lu had been teaching at the university since last November. Previously, he claimed to have been working in the United States.
In April, Lu was admitted to the "1,000 Young Experts" program as part of the nation's global experts program, which was launched in 2008 to attract overseas talent to help boost the country's scientific and technical innovation.
According to the university's website, Lu was "the first professor at the school to receive such an honor." As a member of the program, Lu would receive a 500,000 yuan (about US$78,125) subsidy from the central government and also yearly research grants.
Last Friday, China's Overseas Senior Experts Recruitment Office announced that it had disqualified Lu as a member of the program.
The next day, the university said Lu had been fired.
The newspaper said Lu had been exposed by Fang Zhouzi, a fighter against pseudoscience and academic fraud, when Lu published his resume and seven academic articles in an online ad to hire assistants.
Fang said the seven articles listed were all the work of a professor at Yale University who was also named Lu Jun.
Lu's educational background and experience was also found to be a copy of other academics called Lu Jun, a common Chinese name.
"Apparently Lu had copied working experiences and academic articles from three Dr Lu Juns to form his own. That's very creative," Fang said.
"I called the office of the expert program and the officials said they were totally shocked. They acted very fast as they published! the announcement (to disqualify Lu) in the evening," Fang told the newspaper.
Fang said that the judges of the program may not have been thorough enough when checking applications.
So far, the university and program officials haven't commented further.
- Miners' 95-hour ordeal
Rescuers carry a miner from a pit in Pu'an County, Guizhou Province in southwest China. Five miners were pulled to safety last night, 95 hours after they became trapped when a tunnel at the Anlilai colliery caved in last Wednesday. The other 53 miners were rescued the next day.
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- Cross-dressing weiniang a hit at ChinaJoy
A CROSS-DRESSER playing role of Xiao Long Nu (Dragon Lady) in the game Legend of the Condor Heroes attracted lots of attention during the country's biggest game fair, ChinaJoy, which closed in Shanghai yesterday.
The 20-year-old Haoge, who only identifies himself with this one nickname, is a weiniang, a "fake lady" or cross-dresser, who often adopts the dress or manner or role of the opposite sex.
"It's my way to show the love for the characters," said Haoge, who came from Wuhan of Hubei Province to attend the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference, or ChinaJoy, held in the Pudong New Area.
"Most of them are female characters," he added.
Haoge now is the director of Alice Weiniang Group, which consists of 12 weiniangs or male cross-dressers in Wuhan. It's the most famous weiniang group on China's mainland.
While many in society still regard weiniang as a perversion, they have slowly gained popularity on China's mainland among people who have an open attitude and aesthetic concept, according to the fair visitors and sociologists.
During the game fair, Haoge played the role of Tifa, a popular female character in the console game Final Fantasy, on Friday.
During the weekend, he played the role of Xiao Long Nu, also a major female character of the popular kung fu novel the Legend of the Condor Heroes, invited by the game firm Perfect World.
Better than real girls
Haoge, surrounded by fans and photographed by dozens of visitors, was even more popular than the bikini-clad showgirls surrounding in the Perfect World booth.
The Alice group has many online fans, including about 4,000 fans in its own online community on Baidu. Haoge himself has almost 14,000 followers on Sina Weibo.
Sara, one of the fans, came from Jiangsu Province to attend ChinaJoy and see Haoge face-to-face.
"He is beautiful during role playing, even more beautiful than real girls," Sara said.
Some companies and televisions have invited them to atte! nd programs and shows. Each of them can get from 500 yuan (US$78) to 1,500 yuan every day on average during a commercial performance, Haoge told Shanghai Daily in an exclusive interview.
China is still conservative toward cross-dressing and often links it to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) issues.
Haoge is straight but there are gays in the Alice group. "Even if they are gays, so what, in this society?" he said.
Haoge admitted that he had faced pressure from parents, friends and schools since he started cross-dressing three years ago. After some "tough" conversations, he said he was better understood by his parents, most friends and his girlfriend, though she is "not willing to join me during performances."
Self-expression
Gu Xiaoming, a sociologist and Fudan University professor, said, "It's natural for everyone to want to play a character of the opposite gender in the sub-conscious."
Cross-dressing is more of a form of self-expression, rather than an indicator of sexual orientation or gender identification, such as in Peking Opera, Gu said.
Wang Peiyu of the Tianjin Peking Opera company, a female performer of male opera roles, once said, "I never really thought about my gender when I was performing."
Haoge said he spent about an hour preparing clothes and make-up for cross-dressing in nearby hotels, before going to ChinaJoy.
He said a professional weiniang should be thin, with long legs, relatively white skin, able to afford the clothes and good at cosmetics.
- Cross-dressing weiniang a hit at ChinaJoy
A CROSS-DRESSER playing role of Xiao Long Nu (Dragon Lady) in the game Legend of the Condor Heroes attracted lots of attention during the country's biggest game fair, ChinaJoy, which closed in Shanghai yesterday.
The 20-year-old Haoge, who only identifies himself with this one nickname, is a weiniang, a "fake lady" or cross-dresser, who often adopts the dress or manner or role of the opposite sex.
"It's my way to show the love for the characters," said Haoge, who came from Wuhan of Hubei Province to attend the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference, or ChinaJoy, held in the Pudong New Area.
"Most of them are female characters," he added.
Haoge now is the director of Alice Weiniang Group, which consists of 12 weiniangs or male cross-dressers in Wuhan. It's the most famous weiniang group on China's mainland.
While many in society still regard weiniang as a perversion, they have slowly gained popularity on China's mainland among people who have an open attitude and aesthetic concept, according to the fair visitors and sociologists.
During the game fair, Haoge played the role of Tifa, a popular female character in the console game Final Fantasy, on Friday.
During the weekend, he played the role of Xiao Long Nu, also a major female character of the popular kung fu novel the Legend of the Condor Heroes, invited by the game firm Perfect World.
Better than real girls
Haoge, surrounded by fans and photographed by dozens of visitors, was even more popular than the bikini-clad showgirls surrounding in the Perfect World booth.
The Alice group has many online fans, including about 4,000 fans in its own online community on Baidu. Haoge himself has almost 14,000 followers on Sina Weibo.
Sara, one of the fans, came from Jiangsu Province to attend ChinaJoy and see Haoge face-to-face.
"He is beautiful during role playing, even more beautiful than real girls," Sara said.
Some companies and televisions have invited them to atte! nd programs and shows. Each of them can get from 500 yuan (US$78) to 1,500 yuan every day on average during a commercial performance, Haoge told Shanghai Daily in an exclusive interview.
China is still conservative toward cross-dressing and often links it to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) issues.
Haoge is straight but there are gays in the Alice group. "Even if they are gays, so what, in this society?" he said.
Haoge admitted that he had faced pressure from parents, friends and schools since he started cross-dressing three years ago. After some "tough" conversations, he said he was better understood by his parents, most friends and his girlfriend, though she is "not willing to join me during performances."
Self-expression
Gu Xiaoming, a sociologist and Fudan University professor, said, "It's natural for everyone to want to play a character of the opposite gender in the sub-conscious."
Cross-dressing is more of a form of self-expression, rather than an indicator of sexual orientation or gender identification, such as in Peking Opera, Gu said.
Wang Peiyu of the Tianjin Peking Opera company, a female performer of male opera roles, once said, "I never really thought about my gender when I was performing."
Haoge said he spent about an hour preparing clothes and make-up for cross-dressing in nearby hotels, before going to ChinaJoy.
He said a professional weiniang should be thin, with long legs, relatively white skin, able to afford the clothes and good at cosmetics.
- Gome accused of price fraud
DOMESTIC electronic appliance retailer Gome is under investigation for price fraud after a branch company of Gome in eastern Zhejiang Province allegedly indicated false discounts during big sales.
Price authorities in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, said yesterday that it found the Fuyang branch of Zhejiang Gome Electronic Appliance Co was involved in price deception during an inspection starting on July 16.
Authorities told Xinhua news agency that Gome indicated false discounts by labeling three home appliance products at prices that were the same as normal. The products included electric fans and refrigerators of brands like Haier, Electrolux and Rongsheng.
Gome was among the three companies whose price offenses were deemed to be very serious by the Hangzhou price bureau and are now under investigation for alleged illegal pricing.
Hangzhou Hengji Optical Co was said to have faked original prices during a sales promotion of sunglasses and Hangzhou Guanyang priced the tickets for a swimming pool without authorization from the government.
The three companies will face fines if found guilty, price authorities said. The price check targets seasonal goods such as air conditioners, summer sleeping mats, electric fans, sunglasses, sunscreen, mosquito-repelling products and beverages. The inspection will last until August 20.
Last year, Carrefour SA and Wal-Mart Stores Inc paid a combined fine of 9.5 million yuan (US$1.49 million) across China after being found guilty of cheating consumers.
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