Free entry opens tourist floodgates at Three Gorges Dam; Last emperor's brother calls for Puyi play to be pulled

The city's government says schools in the capital will have to conduct at least two safety reviews of buildings every year, the Beijing Times reports. Pupils at middle and primary schools will also have to attend at least three lessons a year on what to do in the event of an emergency and take part in one evacuation drill.

Puren, the sole surviving younger brother of Puyi, the last Qing dynasty (1644-1911) emperor, wants a theatre in the capital to bring down the curtain on a play that he says defames the former ruler, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. The play Citizen is about Puyi's life after he was released from detention by the Communist Party in the late 1950s. Puren, who is 96, said that in one scene the character representing his brother took off his trousers and said he was impotent. The play is being performed at the Beijing People's Art Theatre, which has said it will not cancel the show, according to the report.