China Scene: Central

Porcelain lover to build museum

After gathering more than 100,000 pieces of porcelain over the past five years, Huang Zhiping is putting his collection to good use.

The 40-year-old has plans to build a porcelain-themed museum in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.

He also wants to use the museum to educate people about the history of Chinese porcelain.

The museum is expected to be the first of its kind for the central province.

(Changsha Evening News)

Officer helps aging mother rest easy

A kind-hearted policeman has helped a mother's paralyzed daughter get an identification card, which secures the daughter access to her mother's pension.

The mother surnamed Li and her daughter were moved to tears after officer Fu Xinghai helped Li's daughter obtain an ID card in Caidian, Hubei province.

Li's husband died years ago, and since then she and her 50-year-old daughter have depended on each other for survival.

But, the aging 70-year-old mother worried what would happen to her child after she died. Li was concerned her daughter wouldn't be able to access her pension without an ID card.

Fu immediately offered his service when he found out about Li's family situation.

Fu helped Li's daughter complete the procedures for a new identity card, and then he drove Li's daughter around the city after learning she had not left her home in over a decade.

(Wuhan Evening News)

Cheat burned by conmen sent to prison

A man caught for buying fake banknotes will spend five years behind bars in Shiyan, Hubei province.

The man surnamed Li, who spent 50,000 yuan 50,000 yuan ($7,163) on the forged papers, was sentenced Tuesday.

Li met two conmen at a railway station last year. The men offered Li "perfect copies" - but after Li paid them off he realized he had been cheated - most of the copies were waste paper.

Li then reported a fabricated case to police, pretending he was robbed of 50,000 yuan.

Following a police investigation, Li and the two other conmen were all detained.

(Changjiang Commercial News)

Embezzler-turned-monk arrested for past crime

Yue Jieshi knows all too well - Buddha never blesses those who are sinful.

The former embezzler-turned-monk was detained for stealing 170,000 yuan ($24,355) from a credit co-operative he worked at four years ago.

But, back then, police never managed to catch Yue.

Over the years, Yue worked on turning his life around. He left home to become a monk at a Linfen county temple in Henan province.

He worked hard - and won support from other monks and the temple's abbot.

Yue was even set to become an abbot of the temple.

But, police were recently led to Yue's whereabouts and detained him for his past crime.

(Dongfang Jinbao News)

(China Daily 06/06/2008 page6)