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Road rage nets driver 3 months' detention

A driver surnamed Su who threw a cup of coffee at a moving car was sentenced to three months' detention for dangerous driving by the Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing on Wednesday. The case drew widespread attention after a video of the incident went viral on Sept 21. Su became involved in a dispute with another motorist, surnamed Wang, who was trying to merge his white sedan into traffic on a busy road in Beijing. The court said Su sped to catch up with Wang's sedan, cut him off several times by breaking hard and eventually threw a cup of coffee at the white car's windshield. Wang posted footage from his car camera on the day the incident occurred. Police said Su's actions seriously affected road safety, and he should be punished according to the Criminal Law. Su pleaded guilty and did not appeal the verdict.

Capital's GDP grows in first three quarters

Beijing's GDP totaled 2.58 trillion yuan ($387.4 billion) in the first three quarters of this year, up 0.1 percent year-on-year, municipal authorities said Wednesday. The most closely watched economic indicator rebounded after a first-half contraction, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics said. Value added by tertiary industry rose 0.1 percent year-on-year during the nine-month period against a 3 percent contraction in the first half of the year. The per capita disposable income of Beijing residents reached 51,772 yuan in the first nine months of the year, up 2.4 percent year-on-year.

Over 4,600 detained for telecom crimes

Police from 29 provinces and regions across China detained over 4,600 individuals suspected of illegally selling phone cards and bank cards between Oct 10 and Tuesday, the office of an interministerial conference on fighting new types of telecom crimes said on Wednesday. More than 65,000 phone and bank cards have been seized in the national campaign, which was launched this month to curb the high incidence of telecom fraud, the office said.

Xinhua - China Daily