Chongqing
4 family members get liver cancer
Doctors have warned that some cancers may be contagious after four members of a family contracted the same form of the disease. A man surnamed Tan, 50, from Yubei district, has liver cancer, and his wife, son and mother-in-law all died from the disease. The US medical journal Cancer Cell has published a research paper that says cancer is contagious.
Chongqing Evening News
SICHUAN
Question about sex divides students
A question in a sex education exam has caused controversy at Sichuan Normal University. The question asked students to consider whether some people used online chat apps to find sex without emotional attachment. Some students approved of the question as they felt it reflected real life, while others said the subject was vulgar and should not have been included in an exam paper.
Southern Metropolis Daily
Jiangsu
Drunk flees with cash from police
A drunk who threatened to kill himself ran off after receiving 10,000 yuan ($1,608) from police. The man climbed onto a platform at a construction site on Sunday and said he was going to jump because he had been cheated out of all his money by a woman. Officers tried to calm him down by giving him their money, and he fled with the cash. Police are searching for him.
Modern Express
Kind gesture wins Internet praise
A young woman in Suqian won praise after she helped an elderly man to sell vegetables on a cold evening. Zhou Lei, 23, the general manager of a medical firm, saw the 79-year-old selling vegetables on Sunday and decided to help. A story about her was posted online with photos, and many people were moved by her actions.
Modern Express
GANSU
PLA school enrolls math girl, 9
A 9-year-old girl who is skilled at zhuxinsuan — a traditional form of mental arithmetic — was enrolled by the Military School of Economics of the People's Liberation Army last week. Zhuxisuan is regarded as one of the country's intangible cultural assets. The girl, Ding Liqun from Lanzhou, learned the technique when she was 6 and achieved a high standard. She will got to the school in March to receive further training.
Lanzhou Morning News
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