Across China: Shanghai

Napping worker set on fire

A 27-year-old man who was set ablaze by his colleague on Monday while napping in the office was still in a critical condition yesterday. Doctors said 98 percent of the man's body suffered third degree burns, and that it would take at least one month for the man to recover, if he did.

The suspect, surnamed Wu, confessed to the police shortly after the incident that he poured gasoline on his colleague and set him on fire to take revenge against him over a series of trivial disputes. Police have detained the man.