 China Scene: West
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-03 07:35 Dreams of lucky lottery numbers The lottery number that won a man surnamed Chen, a resident of Chongqing municipality, 5 million yuan ($735,000) last Thursday, came to him in a dream. "I am a migrant worker from Guangdong province, and have been buying lottery tickets for five years. I choose my numbers very carefully, often because they feature in my dreams. I finally dreamt the right one," Chen said. (News Express) Wild leopards spotted in Yichuan, Shaanxi Sightings of leopards in the mountainous area of Yichuan county, Shaanxi province, have been recently reported. Zhang Jiandong of the county's Xialiyuan village claims that a leopard killed his dog on his land at about 8:00 pm last Monday. "It all happened so fast," Zhang said, "By the time I went to see what the dog had been barking about it was lying dead after being attacked by the leopard, which had run away." Another villager Wang Liuyi claims days earlier to have seen four leopard cubs . There have been no sightings of leopards, an endangered species, since 2002. Their return to the area may be attributed an improved local environment and implementation of wildlife protection policy, experts said. (Huashang Daily) Obscene language counts as sexual harassment An amendment to legislation regarding the protection of women's rights, stipulating that obscene language constitutes sexual harassment, has been made in Yunnan province, . The amendment includes verbal abuse along with written texts and pornographic images or pictures of women, as constituting sexual harassment of women. The amendment also calls for the setting up of crisis centers for women who are regularly subjected to domestic violence. (Metropolis Times) School brats assigned community service A group of pupils considered difficult and rebellious received a special lesson on Monday. A local social organization in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, assigned these recalcitrant pupils to work in the local community helping poverty stricken seniors with their housework . These pupils have been frequently disciplined for truancy, fighting and even robbery, according to the Guizhou provincial association of civic and moral construction. It is hoped that this activity will serve the dual purpose of helping those in need and correcting antisocial behavior. (Guizhou Metropolis Daily)
Brave kitty saves owner from snake attack A woman surnamed Ding, a resident of Chongqing municipality, owes her life to her cat after it protected her from a snake attack on Tuesday morning. "I saw a 1.5-m long snake at my window and fell to the ground, frozen with fear. As the snake advanced my cat suddenly jumped between it and me and began spitting and snarling. I took the chance to phone the local police, who soon came and took the snake away from my home. I am so grateful to my cat," Ding said. (Chongqing Commercial Daily) Lottery loser snatches and runs A man robbed the owner of a lottery ticket purchase point in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, last Wednesday after an unsuccessful gambling experiment . The previous day the man had bought a lottery ticket that won him 500 yuan ($74). He came again the next day and spent all his winnings on lottery tickets, hoping to win even bigger money. Upon losing, he snatched the purse containing the owner's lottery ticket takings and ran off. Local police are still looking for the man. (Xinjiang Metropolis Daily) (China Daily 07/03/2008 page5) |
