China Scene: West
Dream predicted old man's big lottery win
A 63-year-old retired government worker hired a police car to escort him to the sports lottery center in Chongqing to receive his prize of 5 million yuan ($641,026) last Monday.
Yu, who lives in the city's Jiangbei District, fell in love with sports lotteries after he retired three years ago. Each time he would spend between 30-100 yuan ($3.80-$13) on the lottery.
In early Marchhe had a dream that he purchased both a luxury apartment and an expensive car. Yu, who claims to be superstitious, thought he would strike it rich by playing the lottery. So he spent 32 yuan ($4) on the lottery on March 16 and finally won the big prize.
(Chongqing Economic Daily)
Animal images stir interest in street
Visitors to Huangjiaoping Street in Chongqing have been captivated by the many pictures of animals, such as monkeys and cats, which have become more prevalent lately.
According to sources from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, which is near the street, the pictures are the work of graffitists. The academy is turning Huangjiaoping into a graffiti street, they said.
(www.xinhuanet.com)
Biting dog finally gets its day, thanks to a duck
The police in Wanzhou in Chongqing have managed to kill a "serial biter" dog that had been avoiding capture for more than four months.
The large vagrant dog, weighing more than 40 kilograms, had bitten 11 people since November last year.
The dog was so feared, quite a few old people and children dared not leave their homes.
Police attempting to kill the dog initially failed, even after it was fed poison bait: pig lung mixed with 100 sleeping pills, on two separate occasions.
Determined police then had to use a special medicine mixed with the duck's meat. After eating the mixture on March 25, the dog died in a field four hours later.
(Chongqing Economic Daily)
Learn to use a computer, or hand in your badge
By the end of 2007, policemen under the age of 50 in Xi'an, capital of Northwest Shaanxi Province, will be required to be proficient in the use of computers and anyone who can not meet the requirement will lose his position, local police sources said.
In recent years, more cases, both civil and criminal, are dealt with online which is more efficient and convenient for both police and local residents.
(Sanqin Daily)
Woman with matching marrow saves life
Chen Peipei, 31, a resident in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, donated her bone marrow on Sunday to save the life of Zhou Gang, a 21-year-old college student in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Chen registered as a volunteer to donate blood stem cells in Wenzhou Red Cross and learned that her cells could be used for Zhou Gang who is suffering from leukemia.
(Sanqin Daily)
(China Daily 04/04/2007 page6)
