China Scene: North

Honesty is the policy for Beijing subway workers

A man surnamed Li lost and retrieved 3,000 yuan ($438) in cash on Sunday on the Beijing subway. The money, the amount of his daughter's school fees, was in a waist bag that he placed on the seat beside him. But he forgot it when he got off at the subway stop near his daughter's school.

Fortunately, Ding Zhaoying, a woman train attendant, found the bag while cleaning the carriage. Upon opening it to find clues to its owner's identity and seeing such a large amount of cash she handed it in to the stationmaster.