China Scene: East

Domino display holds ground-breaking record

Tamkang University of Taiwan students pieced together over 100,000 dominos, setting a new island record.

It took the forty students 62 hours to complete the project on Monday. They worried the campus display would be affected by the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Taiwan earlier that day. Fortunately, the dominos, which showcase on-campus and world famous scenery, were not impacted.

(China News Service)

Man tries to scoot away with stolen property

A man surnamed Zhang from Feixi county in Anhui province has been apprehended by police after attempting to steal two electric bicycles.

Patrolling police pulled Zhang over after he was spotted carrying the stolen items on his tricycle. After carefully checking the electric bicycles, police found a namecard in one of the trunks, showing the contact information of the electric bicycle retailer.

Following an investigation, police managed to return the bicycles to their rightful owners.

(Hefei Evening News)

(China Daily 06/05/2008 page6)