China Scene: East
Flower-shaped turtle draws a crowd
Last Wednesday, an old man in downtown Huaibei, Anhui province, drew a big crowd as he tried to sell a hyacinth-shaped turtle.
Xu bought the strange tortoise last year at a flower and bird market in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, for 80 yuan ($11). He said he planned to sell it in Huaibei for a higher price.
(www.photobase.cn)
Farmer comes out as knife flashes
On the morning of April 20, a villager surnamed Dong in Suichang, Zhejiang province, had a mental breakdown and attacked several people with a knife.
As Dong was about to hurt an eight-year-old boy, Zhu Liancai, a woman farmer, rushed to the scene to help. Although Dong slashed her 40 times with the knife, she managed to save the boy and is now out of danger herself.
Other villagers captured Dong, and police were investigating what caused the attack.
(Qianqiang Evening News)
(China Daily 05/06/2008 page6)
