 China Scene: North
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-25 07:28
Stray dog awarded kennel for scaring off other mutts The good reputation of a black stray bitch by virtue of warning off other strays attempting to invade a local community in a residential area of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, earned her a well-built shelter in which to whelp and raise her six pups. Upon seeing another stray dog wander into the community one day last month and bark threateningly at a terrified 3-year-old boy, his self-appointed guardian charged at the intruder, eventually forcing it to leave the district. Wang, the boy's mother said: "Since then, the black dog has protected all children in the neighborhood and so earned our respect." Residents, as a token of appreciation, built the dog a "villa" sized kennel. (Hebei Youth Daily) Disloyal wife forces man to take overdose of pills A possessive young husband from Tianjin municipality decided on Monday to test the loyalty of his wife while he was away on business in Meihekou, a city in Jilin province. He contacted her on the QQ Internet connection and pretended to be another man, chatting and flirting with her and eventually inviting her out on a one-night stand. His wife, to his dismay, eventually agreed to the meeting. The young man was so distraught at her treachery that the next day he took 40 sleeping pills at the inn where he was staying. The hotel manager, noticing the accelerating effect of the pills, rushed him to a hospital. The hurt husband was said the next day to be out of danger. (New Culture View) Kidnapper held, thanks to fake knock-out drug A young jobless man from East China's Shandong province was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment recently for kidnapping a teenager and demanding a 200,000-yuan ($29,000) ransom. Dong, 20, expected to get rich overnight when he kidnapped a boy on Dec 12 last year outside a local Internet cafe and force-fed him a knock-out drug he had bought on the Internet. To Dong's dismay, however, half an hour later the abductee was clear-headed rather than unconscious; Dong had obviously been sold fake drugs. Police caught him the next day at a remote house on the outskirts of Tianjin where he was holding the boy. (news.sohu.com) Centenarian reveals ice lollies as key to long life Zhu Yufeng, a 105-year-old grandmother from Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, swears by ice lollies, summer and winter, for good health and a long life. "This, of course, isn't the only reason for my mother's longevity," Qu Binzhang, her 72-year-old son said on Wednesday, "She lives a regular life, and generally eats well, enjoying fruit and various beverages as well as frozen lollies." Qu added that Grandma Zhu takes good care of herself as well as her family and that, "most of all, she gets along well with everyone in the family and our neighbors too". (Yanzhao Metropolis Daily) 27 sheep killed by unidentified attacker A farmer from a village near Jingxing, a county in Hebei province, lost up to 27 of his sheep, five of which are still missing, on Tuesday night after a killer worried them to death and badly injured seven. The farmer, Gao Zhouqi, found the dead sheep on the hill where he had left the flock to graze the night before. They all had their throats torn out. Investigating forest experts found hoof prints that could have been left by wild boars, though no sightings of such animals have been reported near Gao's village. The hunt for these mysterious killers continues. (Yanzhao Metropolis Daily) (China Daily 07/25/2008 page5) |
