China Scene: North
Pedestrians give chase to robbers and help nab two
Up to 30 pedestrians chased four robbers over 300 meters along a street of Shenyang, Liaoning, on Saturday night until two were caught.
Two young women were stopped and robbed of their handbags. Hearing their cries for help, many passers-by gave chase and finally managed to nab two by forming a wall against the fleeing four.
(Chinese Business Morning News)
Patrolling intensified after bear attacks
Soldiers from a frontier station in Muling, Heilongjiang, have intensified their patrolling of a local forest zone where wild bears are reported to have attacked residents recently.
Last week, at least two villagers living near the forest were injured by the bears.
Soldiers organized themselves into 15 groups and intensified their patrolling, besides putting up several warning signs.
(www.xinhuanet.com)
Man wants compensation from wife for abortion
A man in Shenyang, Liaoning, is asking for 20,000 yuan ($2,564) in compensation from his wife after she had an abortion without his knowledge.
The newly-weds had been having a stormy relationship for the past six months. Despite the husband Zhang's strong opposition, his wife Li had an abortion in February, hoping that would facilitate a quick divorce.
A local court is expected to hear the case soon.
(Business Times)
Human wall helps stop escaped zoo deer
Up to 20 policemen and residents from Anshan, Liaoning, got together to make a human wall to rein in five deer that had escaped from a local zoo early last Saturday.
The wandering animals had many drivers jamming their brakes and led to massive traffic jams. Police finally caught the deer after pedestrians and zoo keepers linked hands to force the animals into a corner.
(Liaosheng Evening News)
Doctors pull out nail lodged in man's lung
Doctors of a hospital in Anshan, Liaoning, successfully took out a 2-centimeter-long iron nail from a young man's lung, last Thursday.
Wang Hong swallowed the nail accidentally, as he held it between his teeth, while putting up some pictures. The nail lodged itself in the lung and remained there for five days, before Wang went to the hospital. He thought the nail would be in his stomach and would pass out in the feces.
It took doctors more than half-an-hour to detect the nail through X-ray, hold it with a long laryngo-fiberscope and pull it out through Wang's nose.
(www.xinhuanet.com)
(China Daily 04/12/2007 page6)
