AnhuiAvian nuisanceA military airport in Hefei has been relying on firecrackers and shotguns to drive away or kill birds that interfere with aircraft take-offs and landing, Xinhua reports.存倉 Soldiers say the birds have learnt to ignore hi-tech audio-and-visual dispersal devices. Some soldiers have complained that they joined the military to fight the enemy, not birds.Opting for caesareansMore than 60 per cent of pregnant women have chosen to give birth by caesarean section in Anhui in recent years, higher than the national average of 46 per cent, the Xinan Evening News reports. A provincial health official said she thought many young mothers were afraid of the pain of natural birth. She said over-eating during pregnancy increased infants’ birth weight, making natural delivery more difficult.HebeiFake kidnappingA farmer in Hejian was detained by police last week and would be jailed for five days for spreading rumours that his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter had been kidnapped, the Hebei Daily reports. The suspect posted his neighbour’s name and mobile phone number on local internet forums and major microblog platforms such as Weibo, along with the girl’s description. He told the police that it was just a prank, but the rumour had become one of the most discussed topics in Hejian last week.Man dies in fightAn Anguo man was killed on Sunday in a fight when a property developer tried to demolish his house, The Beijing News reports. After a bulldozer destroyed a wall of his house, the 59-year-old small-business owner was surrounded at his home by seven or eight men holding sticks, according to his daughter. He collapsed while fighting with the demolishers and died in hospital.HubeiCampus receipt fraudA growing number of peddlers have been selling receipts to professors and students on the campuses of some universities in Wuhan , suggesting inappropriate use of academic money, Xinhua reports. The peddlers said the buyers could use the receipts to draw money from the schools’ research funds as easily as at an automatic teller machine. Some professors said that their salaries were too low and that they could use the extra money for their research.Rise in HIV casesMore than 96 per cent of new HIV cases diagnosed last year in Hubei resulted from sexual contact, up from 23 per cent in 2005, the Chutian Gold News reports. Health authorities have this year recorded 1,036 infections. The province has more than 9,000 registered HIV patients.HunanFight to save chimneysThe government of Zhuzhou plans to demolish 38 smokestacks in its downtown area this year in an effort to improve the city’s appearance, the Changsha Evening News reports. But the campaign has met resistance from residents who take pride in the city’s industrial past. The government has removed more than 300 smokestacks in recent years, with 168 remaining.Unwelcome advertMany primary school students in Changsha found leaflets advertising a tablet computer in the textbooks they received on the first day of school, the Sanxiang Metropolis News reports. One parent said that the textbooks came in sealed packages and therefore the schools were probably not responsible for the leaflet. The city’s educational authorities said they would launch an investigation.JiangxiTunnel heistA Jingdezhen man ha迷你倉 been sentenced to 12 years in jail for digging an underground tunnel to an archaeological site to steal ancient ceramic fragments, Xinhua reports. The man rented a house near the site in 2011 and spent nearly a year digging the tunnel with the help of his wife, who was sentenced to three years in jail, suspended for four years. Their plan was discovered when the house collapsed because of its weakened foundations.Half-hearted robberyFour men in Yichun are appealing against a 10-year jail sentence for robbery, arguing the punishment was too severe because they had left the victim an “IOU” note, the New Legal Daily reports. They took more than 26,000 yuan (HK$32,700) from a woman last year but became afraid after the victim told them about the country’s heavy punishment for robbers. They gave back half the money, promising to return the rest within a year.ShanxiLittle Great WallFarmers in Changzhi have built a stone wall that rivals the Great Wall in length, Xinhua reports. Since the late 1990s, local government officials have pressured farmers to plant trees on stony mountains. The farmers dug out the stones to plant the trees and built a wall longer than 5,000 kilometres with the stones to protect the forest. Huguan county’s forest area has risen to 50 per cent from 5 per cent in 1978.Worst jam of yearTaiyuan recorded its biggest traffic jam of the year on Monday, with cars barely moving on many streets as early as 7am, the Shaanxi Evening News reports. Most schools opened that day, and many parents drove their children to school. The situation has been worsened by renovation works on several major avenues in downtown areas.SichuanDisobeying road rulesChengdu’s traffic police have reiterated that overtaking a school bus twice can cost drivers their licences, the West China City Daily reports. Most drivers in Chengdu are not aware that they are not allowed to overtake a school bus when it is stopped and sometimes honk or threaten the bus driver. But so far no driver has been punished because it is difficult to catch them in the act.Student hitches 63 ridesA first-year university student has returned to Chengdu after hitch-hiking to Nepal and back, the West China City Daily reports. The student who returned to Sichuan Engineering Technical College last week said he rode in 63 vehicles, ranging from luxury sedans to farm tractors, and spent many nights in the homes of kind-hearted strangers. He had never travelled outside of Sichuan before starting the journey.TianjinUnderground casino bustJinghai county police have busted the biggest underground casino discovered in the municipality this year, detaining 46 suspects and seizing 380,000 yuan, the Tianjin Daily reports. Police were outnumbered by the gamblers at the casino, which was located in an abandoned factory in a small village. But the police said they caught the suspects in a surprise attack.Organ donation unpopularAs of June, only 55 people in Tianjin had benefited from the government’s organ donation programme since it began in 2010, the Tianjin Daily reports. The lack of donors was the biggest challenge to the project, as traditional Chinese culture values the completeness of corpses. The majority of donors were between 40 and 50 years of age, according to municipal health authorities.自存倉
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