China Scene: North

School vice-president goes on the attack

A woman surnamed Zhao, who allegedly had too much to drink, last Sunday kicked a security guard and a policeman near her home in Jilin, a city in Jilin province.

Seeing that she could not park her car correctly, a guard surnamed Zhu tried to help her. Zhao got out of the car and kicked Zhu. She then chased after a fleeing Zhu to continue her attack. Another security guard came to Zhu's rescue.

The police were notified. Zhao, while being taken to a station for questioning, resisted, and began kicking a policeman.

"Her behavior was captured by a monitor camera in the parking lot. We found out that she was a vice-president of a local college," police said.

(news.sohu.com)

Cabbies capture armed robber

A taxi driver from Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, with the help of his colleagues, managed to catch a man who had robbed him at knife-point on Tuesday evening.

The man had only recently been released from prison.

The taxi driver, Shi Xiaodong, put up a struggle with the robber, but he managed to flee. Shi used his mobile phone to summon help.

To his surprise, up to 40 taxi drivers arrived at the scene in only a few minutes. They managed to catch the robber on a remote road and handed him over to the police.

(Chinese Businesses Morning View)

Aircraft smoker lands in jail

A man surnamed Yang was put in jail for five days for smoking on an aircraft that was about to land at an airport in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, on Thursday.

"His craving for tobacco was so strong that he could not resist lighting a cigarette," a fellow passenger said. "To ensure our safety, I called a steward immediately."

When the aircraft landed, airport police took Yang in for questioning.

"He was taken into custody for deliberately violating rules governing the safety of the country's civil aircraft. Smoking is strictly forbidden," police said.

(Shanxi Youth Weekly)

(China Daily 05/06/2008 page6)