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Angela Meng

Nectar Gan

CHONGQING
An arresting policeman
A police officer in Chongqing unintentionally disrupted a marathon – because of his film-star good looks, the news website China.org.cn reports. The officer, who looks like Hong Kong actor Wallace Chung, was mobbed by female runners, who abandoned the race to take selfies with him. Other police were sent to escort the officer away so the race could resume.

Failed kidnap scam
A Chongqing man allegedly tried to swindle money from his brother-in-law by faking his own kidnapping, China News Service reports. The man reportedly phoned his relative in Wanzhou x district, claiming he had been kidnapped by people running a pyramid-selling scheme and was being held in a dark room in the city. He allegedly asked him to pay a “large” ransom, but the relative rang the police, who reportedly found the man staying at a hotel he had booked himself.
FUJIAN
Emergency landing
A Beijing-bound Air China flight made an emergency landing at an airport in Hefei after smoke appeared in the cockpit, the Shanghai Daily reports. The captain of flight CA1802 alerted authorities soon after taking off from Xiamen on Tuesday. It landed about an hour later and no one was hurt.
40 escape bus fire
All 39 passengers and a driver on a bus escaped without injury after a fire broke out in the vehicle travelling from Huian x to Xiamen, China News Service reports. The driver stopped on the Shenhai Expressway to let everyone out – some without their shoes – before the bus was destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown.
GUANGDONG
Fraudulent show of force
A Zhongshan court jailed a conman for four years for duping three women out of 160,000 yuan by pretending to be a military officer, the Southern Metropolis News reports. The man seduced the women and borrowed money from them, claiming he needed the cash to bribe other officers for promotions and to invest in military-linked businesses. He used forged army certificates and military uniforms bought online to convince them he was in the armed forces.
Unattractive proposition
A man in Shenzhen tried to drown himself in a river in protest against an arranged marriage, Shenzhen Media Group’s City Channel reports. The man was rescued by the police on Saturday, the report said. He said his family kept pushing him to marry a woman he was not attracted to.
HUBEI
‘Bad’ students on the run
A department at Wuhan University of Science and Technology ordered students to run 1,000 metres as a punishment for each course they failed in last semester’s exams, the Changjiang Times reports. More than 30 of the department’s 80 students failed exams; one student, who failed five courses, had to run 5,000 metres. Many students criticised the policy. “University students are all adults,” a student was quoted as saying. “It is not acceptable to punish us like primary school pupils.”
Shotgun accident kills wife
A man accidentally shot dead his wife while cleaning his shotgun last week, the Chutianjin Daily reports. The 38-year-old from Tuanfeng county, in Huanggang x , then drove to a hotel in Wuhan x where he cut his wrists. Police found him lying on a hotel bed in a pool of blood. He was rushed to hospital.
HENAN
Taxi driver ‘spy’ detained
A taxi driver from Henan province has been arrested on suspicion of selling military secrets to foreign spies, Shanghai Daily reports. China’s National Security Bureau is investigating claims that the man, 37, identified only by the surname Duan, was recruited by a foreign intelligence agency when applying for jobs online. He was allegedly paid up to 3,000 yuan a month to collect information on military garrisons in Kaifeng and observe the movements of military vehicles.
‘Hotel scam’ duo held
Two men from Henan have been detained on suspicion of obtaining 360,000 yuan by deception from a hotel booking website, Shanghai Daily reports. Customers were offered 10 yuan for each booking made with Qunar.com. The men allegedly made 50,000 bogus bookings between September and November last year using 70 fake bank accounts. They then reportedly posted hotel reviews on the website to suggest they had stayed there, and were sent the payments without the website carrying out any checks.
JIANGSU
Payout for dead chickens
The owner of two dogs was ordered by a local court to pay compensation of 38,000 yuan to a farmer after the animals killed 900 of his chickens, the Yangtse Evening Post reports. Last November, the farmer from Nantong woke up to find two Samoyeds inside his chicken coop alongside the slain chickens. He called the police, who tracked down the dogs to his neighbour, a 74-year-old widow who kept the canines as company.
Lovesick woman beds in
A resident of a gated community in Nanjing called the police on Tuesday night after his son’s former girlfriend made herself a bed on the floor of the corridor outside his flat and refused to leave, the Yangtse Evening Post reports. The man said the woman moved out after breaking up with his son a year ago. But last month she returned to try to get back together with the son and repeatedly tried to move back in, according to the report.
SHAANXI
Abusive boyfriend jailed
A jilted man was jailed for one year by a Xian court for forcing his estranged girlfriend into a suitcase and then trying to drive her to Liaoning x province in the boot of a car, the Huashang Daily reports. The woman had returned to her home in Xian after a row and refused to go back with him to Liaoning. He tied her up, put her in the suitcase and then placed it into the boot of a rented, chauffeur-driven car. But the driver found out and freed the woman, who called the police.
Blood-donor doctor
A doctor has helped to save the lives of at least 30 people by donating 12,000 millilitres of his blood to help needy transfusion patients over the past 16 years, the Huashang Daily reports. The 858-year-old from Tongchuan started donating blood in 1999 after hearing that local supplies were inadequate. The local blood-donor centre has praised the doctor for his efforts.
SICHUAN
Monkey business woes
Officials at a scenic spot in Xichang have received numerous complaints after hundreds of aggressive monkeys attacked visitors, stole their food, and attacked residents’ homes, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reports. The tourism bureau imported several dozen macaques to the Lushan mountain area as an attraction more than 10 years ago. But without natural predators, the unruly monkey population has now grown to about 800.
Didn’t bargain for that
A woman in Yibin thought she had got a bargain after a man she met on the street sold her his new “iPhone 6” for only 1,200 yuan – then found it was a fake, the Huaxi Metropolis Daily reports. She was stopped by the man on Sunday, who showed her his phone and offered to sell it cheaply, saying that he was desperate for money.


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Around the nation: Chinese policeman's looks bring female marathon runners to standstill

A huge crowd of Chinese women running in a marathon delayed the race after surrounding a handsome Chongqing policeman they thought looks like Hong Kong actor Wallace Chung (right). Photos: SCMP Pictures

The Chinese policeman had to be 'rescued' by other policemen after being surrounded by enamoured female runners and taking refuge in his police car. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Chongqing officer unintentionally halts event after being mobbed by crowd of women who abandon race to take selfies with him because he looks like Hong Kong actor Wallace Chung


Chongqing officer unintentionally halts event after being mobbed by crowd of women who abandon race to take selfies with him because he looks like Hong Kong actor Wallace Chung
