China Chronicles January 20, 2013
- 2 dead, 3 injured in Guangxi road accident
TWO people were killed and another three injured in a seven-vehicle pileup this morning in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local police said.
At about 4:30am, a truck carrying bananas turned over on a section of Guangkun (Guangzhou-Kunming) Expressway in Baise City in Guangxi and caused a pileup on the road, killing two.
Medical workers have been dispatched to the site to rescue the injured, according to local traffic police.
The accident caused a traffic jam on the section, and police has sent a crane to move away the truck.
The cause of the accident is under further investigation.
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- Pig farmer 'forced into psychiatric hospital'
A COURT in northeast China has begun to hear a case in which a farmer is suing government departments in an eastern city, claiming they forced him into psychiatric hospital.
Liu Gang, who ran a pig farm in Linyi City in Shandong Province, said he was admitted to a hospital's mental illness unit on September 19, 2008, reported the People's Court in Beizhen City, Liaoning Province.
Liu, a native of Beizhen, had been trying to file a complaint over the sudden deaths of his pigs following epidemic control measures by local authorities, the court heard.
Liu said he was released from the hospital on October 8, 2008, but sent there again on January 6, 2009, after asking for an "explanation" from the bureau of complaints and civil affairs over the first admission. His second stay lasted 36 days.
On Friday, the defendant and plaintiff argued whether Liu's personal freedom was illegally restricted and whether he suffered from mental illness. Both parties agreed for Liu to take psychiatric tests.
- Beijing may cut car numbers when air bad
BEIJING is looking to restrict the number of vehicles on its roads on days when air quality is bad, under a new regulation released for comment yesterday.
This proposal to tackle pollution came as air quality in Beijing Municipality reached dangerous levels again, after a few days of blue skies.
Smog began to cover the city on Friday night, with PM2.5 readings of 300 and 400 micrograms per cubic meter of air, or Level VI, a dangerous level, said Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center statistics.
PM2.5 refers to fine particulate matter that are 2.5 microns or less in diameter. These tiny particles are considered among the most harmful as they can travel deep into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs. Exposure is linked to respiratory and other problems.
Air quality is considered good when readings are 50 or below but hazardous at between 301 and 500. The Beijing weather forecast bureau issued yellow alerts for fog and haze yesterday.
Visibility in the city's southern region was less than 500 meters yesterday. Beijing environmental protection departments advised residents, especially the elderly and children, to stay indoors.
Under the Beijing Municipal Air Pollution Control Regulation draft released by the municipal government, a certain number of vehicles would have to stay off the road during heavy air pollution in order to protect the health of residents.
The draft stipulates emergency preparation, forecasts, alerts and a response system for heavy air pollution.
Under such circumstances, the municipal government will issue air pollution notices and take emergency measures, such as suspension of factory production and a reduction in the number of vehicles on roads, the draft says.
The regulation is jointly drafted by the municipal government and the city's people's congress.
Snow was forecast overnight for Beijing, which should improve air quality.
Beijingers had endured heavy smog for a week until Wednesday, when! winds and a cold front dispersed it.
Air quality indices exceeding the "maximum" level of 500 were recorded in the capital and other cities in central and north China.
Air quality in Shanghai was rated at slightly polluted yesterday by the city meteorological station.
At 9am, the air quality index stood at 148, while the PM2.5 reading was 125.2mcg per cubic meter, said officials.
The highest readings were recorded in Yangpu District and the lowest in Putuo District, they added.
- Pig farmer 'forced into psychiatric hospital'
A COURT in northeast China has begun to hear a case in which a farmer is suing government departments in an eastern city, claiming they forced him into psychiatric hospital.
Liu Gang, who ran a pig farm in Linyi City in Shandong Province, said he was admitted to a hospital's mental illness unit on September 19, 2008, reported the People's Court in Beizhen City, Liaoning Province.
Liu, a native of Beizhen, had been trying to file a complaint over the sudden deaths of his pigs following epidemic control measures by local authorities, the court heard.
Liu said he was released from the hospital on October 8, 2008, but sent there again on January 6, 2009, after asking for an "explanation" from the bureau of complaints and civil affairs over the first admission. His second stay lasted 36 days.
On Friday, the defendant and plaintiff argued whether Liu's personal freedom was illegally restricted and whether he suffered from mental illness. Both parties agreed for Liu to take psychiatric tests.
- Beijing may cut car numbers when air bad
BEIJING is looking to restrict the number of vehicles on its roads on days when air quality is bad, under a new regulation released for comment yesterday.
This proposal to tackle pollution came as air quality in Beijing Municipality reached dangerous levels again, after a few days of blue skies.
Smog began to cover the city on Friday night, with PM2.5 readings of 300 and 400 micrograms per cubic meter of air, or Level VI, a dangerous level, said Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center statistics.
PM2.5 refers to fine particulate matter that are 2.5 microns or less in diameter. These tiny particles are considered among the most harmful as they can travel deep into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs. Exposure is linked to respiratory and other problems.
Air quality is considered good when readings are 50 or below but hazardous at between 301 and 500. The Beijing weather forecast bureau issued yellow alerts for fog and haze yesterday.
Visibility in the city's southern region was less than 500 meters yesterday. Beijing environmental protection departments advised residents, especially the elderly and children, to stay indoors.
Under the Beijing Municipal Air Pollution Control Regulation draft released by the municipal government, a certain number of vehicles would have to stay off the road during heavy air pollution in order to protect the health of residents.
The draft stipulates emergency preparation, forecasts, alerts and a response system for heavy air pollution.
Under such circumstances, the municipal government will issue air pollution notices and take emergency measures, such as suspension of factory production and a reduction in the number of vehicles on roads, the draft says.
The regulation is jointly drafted by the municipal government and the city's people's congress.
Snow was forecast overnight for Beijing, which should improve air quality.
Beijingers had endured heavy smog for a week until Wednesday, when! winds and a cold front dispersed it.
Air quality indices exceeding the "maximum" level of 500 were recorded in the capital and other cities in central and north China.
Air quality in Shanghai was rated at slightly polluted yesterday by the city meteorological station.
At 9am, the air quality index stood at 148, while the PM2.5 reading was 125.2mcg per cubic meter, said officials.
The highest readings were recorded in Yangpu District and the lowest in Putuo District, they added.
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