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Chongqing
Mother of all hot pots
About 50 people shared a hot pot meal from an enormous pot at a festival in Chongqing, Chinanews.com reports. The pot was more than a metre deep, 10 metres wide and weighed 31 tonnes. It was divided into two sections, containing spicy and non-spicy soup.
Detectors for hazards
Officials in Yubei have installed 100 digital detectors to monitor and report potential dangers from waste and gas pipes near residential compounds, the Chongqing Daily reports. The city installed the instruments in the densely populated buildings to monitor risks in a timely fashion and alert authorities of spillages before they become a danger to residents. When a leak is detected it will send messages to the remote control centre to notify staff of the problem.
Guangdong
Free Wi-fi on through train
A free Wi-fi service became available yesterday on the T809 Hong Kong-to-Guangzhou through train linking Guangzhou East and Hung Hom stations, Xinhua reports. It is the first passenger train on the mainland to be equipped with the service. Meanwhile, 23 more through-train services on the route are expected to be equipped with free Wi-fi in the near future, according to Guangzhou Train Group.
Jail for killing thief
A man has been jailed for 12 years in Zhongshan for beating to death a thief at a vegetable market, the Southern Metropolis News reports. The man punched the thief until he collapsed. The thief died later in hospital. The assailant was found guilty of intentional injury but said he would appeal.
Hebei
Official 'hired thugs'
A businessman, who also serves as an official, from Xian county near Cangzhou has been accused of hiring thugs to force creditors to repay debts, The  Beijing News reports. The man has business interests in real estate, steel and transport and is an elected deputy to the National People's Congress. A few years ago he took over the county credit association and then allegedly hired thugs to collect debts from locals. Some victims claimed they were tortured and complained to police.
Truck hits train
An overloaded truck collided with a goods train in Baoding and overturned, the Yanzhao Evening News reports. The truck driver, who suffered a broken leg, was driving at high speed in heavy smog and failed to see the train approaching the crossing.
Henan
Lowering the bar
Authorities in Zhengzhou have installed height barriers on a ring road to stop overloaded vehicles but the bars are so low that they also stop ambulances from using the route, Cnr.cn reports. The ambulances are made to the national standard clearance height of 2.75 metres but the ring road's 2.5-metre barriers force ambulances to go a different way.
Porcelain discovery
Archaeologists have uncovered a wealth of porcelain under a museum built on the site of a 1,000-year-old pottery kiln in Baofeng county, Xinhuanet reports. Ru Yao porcelain, famous for its signature blue or turquoise glaze, was made there during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127AD).
Hubei
Surgery cures epilepsy
An epileptic woman from Huangshi whose left hand had not stopped shaking for months has been cured by surgery, the online news site People.cn reports. The woman had been physically disabled since she fell from a building when she was a child. Several months ago, she fell at home and struck her head. After the accident, her left hand starting to shake uncontrollably. She was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy but regained control of her hand following her operation, according to the report.
Missing patient found
A mentally disabled man in his 70s has been found a month after he was reported missing from a hospital in Anlu , the news site People.cn reports. The man had walked out of the hospital unnoticed. He was listed as a missing person and police found him in a neighbouring city, covered in dirt and starving.
Hunan
Girl, 6, locked up
Police in Xiangtan are investigating a suspected case of child neglect involving a six-year-old girl whose father locked her up at home every day, the Xiaoxiang Chen Bao reports. The girl was supposed to go to school but instead was locked inside the home. Her mother had left the girl's father. Neighbours feared it was unsafe for the girl to be left alone and reported the matter to police, according to the report.
Two hurt in car fire
A woman passenger and a Good Samaritan who saved her life both suffered severe burns when an SUV caught fire on a highway in Changsha , Fednet.cn reports. A motorcyclist witnessed the accident and called the police. A man driving the SUV escaped from the vehicle, but the motorcyclist had to drag the woman from the burning car. Both are being treated at hospital. Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
Jiangsu
Son, 8, forced to beg
A young boy in Changshu was forced to beg after his gambling-addicted father failed to care for him, the Modern Express reports. Local police received a tip-off that the eight-year-old boy was begging on the street and took him back to the police station where he was fed. It took another three days for the officers to find the father who was busy gambling and forgot to look after the boy. The police warned the father that the boy might be made a ward of the state if he was abandoned again.
Temple gone overnight
An ancient temple in Wuxi has been secretly demolished and its relics sold for high prices, chinanews.com reports. The four-century-old temple was about to be renovated when it vanished overnight. It took weeks for police to solve the case, by which time most of the temple's precious carvings had been sold. The police were able to retrieve the stolen materials and the culprits will be charged with theft of antiques.
Sichuan
Panda dies of injuries
A wild panda thought to have been attacked by a group of martens, a small predator that belongs to the weasel family, has died of its injuries two weeks after it was rescued, Xinhuanet.com reports. The badly mauled panda was found in a cave at the Tangjiahe Nature Reserve two weeks ago. It responded well to initial treatment at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, but its condition deteriorated rapidly last week.
Woman saved from blaze
A mentally ill woman was rescued by police in Zigong after she refused to leave a transportable home that had caught fire, the West China City Daily reports. The woman's neighbours reported the accident after they failed to persuade her to leave as the fire quickly spread. The woman was unharmed but one of the rescuers was slightly injured.
 


Mother of all hot pots; temple stolen overnight; wild panda dies of injuries

A free Wi-fi service became available yesterday on the T809 Hong Kong-to-Guangzhou through train linking Guangzhou East and Hung Hom stations. Photo: Edward Wong

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About 50 people shared a hot pot meal from an enormous pot at a festival in Chongqing, Chinanews.com reports. The pot was more than a metre deep, 10 metres wide and weighed 31 tonnes.
