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Alice Yan

HUBEI
Hotpot hits the spot
A hotpot restaurant in Huangzhou, near Wuhan , treated 400 cleaning workers in the city to a Lunar New Year feast, China News Service reports. The manager of the Sichuan style restaurant said he hoped to raise awareness and greater respect for underprivileged workers. Restaurant staff sat with the cleaners to drink and enjoy dishes of beef and mutton.
Driver admits hit-and-run
A man has come forward to police in Yichang claiming responsibility for the death of a woman in a hit-and-run incident, chinanews.com reports. The woman, in her 70s, was knocked down on a pedestrian crossing. She died later in hospital.
BEIJING
The son from hell
A court in Fangshan district banned a man from visiting his mother or harassing her and his stepfather after the couple filed a lawsuit saying that they could no longer tolerate him, The Beijing News reports. The couple said the son often visited their home, scolded them or smashed things if his requests for money were refused. The woman said her son was unhappy that she divorced his father. She signed an agreement with her son when he was 16 to pay a one-time, lump sum to cover his living expenses with the proviso that they would not contact each other. But the son ignored that part of the agreement and the woman said she and her new husband were depressed by the son's constant threats and intimidation.
It's never too late
A matchmaking activity was held in Mentougou district for 210 older single people on Saturday, based on a survey that showed being single affected the mental health of the elderly, The Beijing Times reports. Meanwhile, more than 3,400 couples tied the knot on Valentine's Day, with many of them waiting for several hours at the civil affairs authority to register their marriage.
GUANGDONG
Prostitute killer executed
A man was executed in Zhuhai last week for killing a prostitute to vent his hatred for his wife, who was also said to be a prostitute, the New Express reports. Late in 2012, the man hired the victim. He later stabbed her to death and stole hundreds of yuan and a mobile phone. The man told police that he was consumed with hatred for his wife who left him soon after their daughter was born and had also been working as a prostitute. Easier to phone home
Residents of Guangzhou and Qingyuan will not be charged roaming fees for mobile phone calls in either city, while banks in the two cities won't charge cross-region fees for customers within the region, the Nanfang Daily reports, citing Qingyuan party boss Ge Changwei. Guangzhou and relatively-underdeveloped Qingyuan, which lies about 60km north of the provincial capital, signed a cooperation agreement three years ago.
FUJIAN
Failed suicide bid
A woman in Zhangzhou used social media on her smartphone to upload photos of her slashing her own wrist in an attempted suicide on Valentine's Day, Fjsen.com reports. She was saved by police and is being treated in hospital. Police said she had consumed a lot of alcohol beforehand.
Boy's sister protest
An eight-year-old boy in Fuzhou poured glue in his eyes in his most recent abnormal act since his younger sister was born last year, the Straits City News reports. The mother said her son's eyes were fine after she cleaned them at home before taking him to a hospital clinic. A local child psychologist said many families faced similar problems, with first-born children not feeling comfortable when a second child arrived.
HEILONGJIANG
Wages won for migrants
Courts in the province recovered more than 2.4 million yuan (HK$3 million) in wages owed to 212 migrant workers last month, the Heilongjiang Daily reports. The courts punished business owners who defaulted on wages, including banning them from leaving the mainland, buying luxury goods, and putting them on credit blacklists.
Family tragedy
The bodies of a man and his octogenarian parents were found in their home at least 10 days after they died, the Legal Evening News reports. Police said the tragedy was not suspicious, as the television was still on. The son, who was in his 50s, died of heart disease. Relatives said his parents could not look after themselves, and had starved.
SICHUAN
New airport named
The new second airport for Chendgu will be named Tianfu International Airport, the West China City Daily reports, citing the city's municipal information office. Chengdu will become the third mainland city after Shanghai and Beijing to have two international airports. The new airport will be 50km from the city centre and will cost nearly 70 billion yuan.
Elderly woman rescued
An 88-year-old woman was rescued 50 minutes after she jumped into the Jinjiang River in Chengdu on Friday, the West China City Daily reports. She said she suffered chronic pain and did not want to be a burden to her children. She is recovering in hospital.
YUNNAN
Time runs out for killer
A 21-year-old man was executed on Friday in Qujing for the murders of seven people in a nine-day killing spree across three provinces, the Yunnan Information News reports. An accomplice was jailed for life because he was only 14 when the crimes were committed three years ago. Seeking quick money, the duo robbed and killed villagers in Wugang in Hunan , Dongguan in Guangdong and Fuyuan county in Yunnan . They took passenger buses from one place to another. It is not clear how they killed the victims, except a two-year-old girl who they suffocated with a quilt.
Insurance pays
Insurance premium revenues across the province reached 37.6 billion yuan last year, up 17 per cent on the year earlier, the Yunnan Information Daily reports. Yunnan's premiums rose by more than 15 per cent for a second year. The provincial insurance authority said this would encourage firms to promote earthquake insurance business this year, especially for public enterprises, schools, hospitals and power stations.
ZHEJIANG
Unwelcome guests
A couple in Xianju county have been jailed - one for seven years and nine months, the other for two years and 10 months - for swindling a hotel owner out of 230,000 yuan by touting their good relationship with railway officials, Chinanews.com reports. For most of last year, they lived in the hotel and even hired a chauffer to pretend to be rich. When the owner said he was interested in non-hotel investments, the couple offered to help him win rail project contracts. The hotel owner told police that the couple suddenly disappeared after he handed them the money.
Landlord drug pusher
Jiangshan police have detained four men for drug possession, Chinanews.com reports. Two of the men rented a house for legitimate business purposes but soon began to sniff methamphetamine offered to them by the house owner. When police inspected the house last week, the two renters were caught for possession with two other friends. Police issued an arrest warrant for the owner, who escaped.


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Around the nation: Restaurant owner treats 400 street cleaners to Lunar New Year Banquet

The owner of a Sichuan-style hotpot restuarant in Huangzhou, Hubei, invited 400 of the city's cleaners to dinner. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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