The China Side

A mother in Longyou, Zhejiang Province was over the moon when she heard her son had been arrested for fraud.

Yu’s only son, Tong, left home in 2001 to travel to Wenzhou as a migrant worker.

Yu had not had any contact from Tong since he left; she assumed he was dead.

Tong has actually spent all his money he earned gambling and was too ashamed to contact his mother.

But on November 8th he was arrested for fraud. Yu received a letter from police informing her of the arrest — cause for celebration.

Wenzhou Metropolis News

A profoundly deaf woman in Jimo, Shandong Province has found her married life to be good therapy for impaired hearing and speech.

Liu became profoundly deaf after a high fever at the age of five. She met her husband last June and they married in September. Three days into the marriage she magically spoke her husband’s name.

Now liu is able to speak many words clearly and has regained partial hearing. She’s currently in hospital for further treatment in the hope that her speech and hearing may fully recover.

Bandao Metropolis News.

Fearing that his wife would poison him, a suspicious farmer in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province has eaten instant noodles for more than a year.

The farmer surnamed Liu, said he could not get along with his wife ,who has been having an affair with his neighbor. In irritation, Liu revealed the affair to all the villagers last May. Liu’s wife, surnamed Xu, said she had never thought of poisoning him, although she had applied for a divorce some dozen years ago.

Last Wednesday the couple finally reached an agreement on divorce.

Nanjing Morning Post

College students and even high school students are crowding into Biejing school hospitals for facelifts during summer vacation.

“By last week, all of our hospital’s 20 sickbeds were occupied by young people who want attractive face with double eyelids or the like,” said Huang Dayong, director of a hospital in Beijing’s Haidian District. “More than half the girls want the oval faces.” Similar situations were also reported in other hospitals.

Students are being cautioned by doctors against unnecessary plastic surgery, especially since unsuccessful surgery could be difficult to correct.

Beijing Evening News

A farmer in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province is in good health considering he has had a lifetime free of vegetables.

Qiu, 59, was born to a poverty-stricken family - vegetables were unaffordable during his childhood.

But when his family’s financial situation improved, Qiu developed a good appetite for almost any food except vegetables.

His mother once tied him up and fed him vegetables, but he vomited immediately after swallowing them.

He went to a doctor for a check-up to make sure the lack of vegetables wasn’t causing him harm, but the doctor gave him a clean bill of health.

Contemporary Press

The civil affairs administration of Tonglu, Zhejiang Province, sued a driver who hit and killed an unidentified homeless man on behalf of his family.

The accident happened last October when a motorist knocked down the homeless man, who later died in hospital. His identity is still unknown.

The court ordered the driver to pay the relatives of teh homeless man 330,000 yuan (US$42,201).

The civil affairs administration will keep the money for five years in the hope that the victim’s family comes forward to claim it.

If no one claims the money in this period, the administration will donate the money to a charity fund.

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Nanjing museum recently unveiled an exhibition of what’s possibly the most expensive porcelain in the world, made exclusively for Mao Zedong by a group of experts in 1975.

One bowl from the collection is worth 1.75 million yuan (US$216,000) and a spoon 100,000 yuan (US$12,500).

On show is a number of porcelain items including spoons, rice bowls, teapots and cups.

It’s believed that 1.2 tons of top quality raw materials, selected from over 10 tons in total, were used to produce over 4,000 pieces of porcelain.

Over 1,000 pieces were sent to Beijing, with the remainder stockpiled in Jiangxi. Some of the porcelain later flowed into markets and has been collected in recent years.

Contemporary Express

A former Prisoner from jinan, Shandong Province went to a local hospital to have cosmetic surgery recently after being unable to find a job becasue he looked “fierce and unpleasant.”

Li was released from jail six months ago after spending five years in jail six months ago after spending five years imprisoned for robbery. He has been looking for a job since his release but without success.

He asked an employer why he had been knocked back and he was told he looked “fierce and unpleasant.”

Li had the cosmetic surgery to soften the line of his face and make him look more gentle, but this surgeon suggested therapy to overcome his sense of inferiority.

Qilu evening News