ZHEJIANG

Showoff student hurt in road accident

A high school student, surnamed Chen, recently suffered serious injuries when his scooter collided with a fast-moving vehicle in Cangnan county, Wenzhou. Before the accident, Chen had been weaving the scooter through busy traffic while his friends shot a video, which was later posted online and went viral. After the collision a pedestrian phoned police and an ambulance took Chen to hospital. He underwent surgery to repair broken bones in both legs. Chen later issued an apology and said he regretted his actions.

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GANSU

Teenager's care for brother touches hearts

A 14-year-old girl who has looked after her young brother for four years, even attending parent meetings at his school, has become a celebrity in Lanzhou. He Keqian's care for her 8-year-old brother became public after local media reported on her selfless acts. The teenager took over the role after her father was killed in a traffic accident four years ago, and the children's mother remarried and moved to another city. The children were left with an impoverished aunt who is a street vendor. The girl not only looks after the boy, but also helps him with his homework while doing most of the chores around the house.

LANZHOU EVENING NEWS

BEIJING

12345 selected as 'weakest' password

The figure 12345 was selected as the worst password of the year by a network security companies' survey in the mainland. The security companies conducted their own survey of password security, and received 100 million responses, including those on hacked and leaked passwords. A total of 830,846 people used the weakest password－12345－which was broken more than 2.8 million times this year, the survey found. Other weak passwords included; 123456, 111111,123321, 12345678, test, qwerty and asdf.

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Woman held for alleged property swindle

A woman, surnamed Han, who allegedly defrauded a man out of more than 2 million yuan ($286,000) was recently detained by police in Chaoyang district. Han met the man, surnamed Zhang, in April and they quickly became friends and added each other on WeChat, police said. Han soon asked Zhang to help her purchase an apartment priced at about 10,000 yuan per square meter in Chaoyang district. Han told Zhang she was responsible for government demolition and land acquisition work in the district, which meant she could get a low price. But after giving Han a large sum of money in October, Zhang lost contact with her. Zhang later reported the incident to police. Police detained the woman who was jobless and had previous fraud convictions related to property.

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HEILONGJIANG

Meth gang busted at remote public toilet

Police recently detained 11 suspected gang members and seized more than 11 kilograms of crystal meth, or ice, after busting a drug den operating out of a public toilet in Dumeng county. Police set up a special task force two months ago after receiving reports of noisy nighttime activity at a remote public toilet. After months of investigation, police found the toilet had become a gang's drug bazaar at night. Headed by a man, surnamed Deng, the gang produced its own methamphetamine, police said. Deng and his gang were busted during a police operation on Dec 16.

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SICHUAN

Retiree donates 100,000 yuan to pupils

An 89-year-old retiree who donated more than 100,000 yuan ($14,290) to a fund for poor Tibetan students has won people's hearts after his act of generosity was made public. Liu Rirong made the donation to a primary school in Chengdu two years ago when it was setting up the fund. He said his only wish was to help those who come from poor families to go to school. Since making the donation, Liu has become a "grandpa" to many students who benefited from it, and is respected by many of the Chengdu pupils. Liu is a member of Communist Party of China and his act of kindness became widely known when he was recognized as a special retiree on Dec 16.

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SHANGHAI

Trucker takes traffic officer for a ride

A truck driver, surnamed Zhang, who drove off with a parking officer clinging to the front of his delivery vehicle, is facing prosecution. On Dec 16, Zhang became angry with an urban management officer, surnamed Han, who tried to issue him with a ticket for illegal parking in Songjiang district. He refused to pay the ticket and drove off with the officer clinging to the window of his truck. The truck was stopped by police after traveling about 200 meters. Police said Zhang would be charged with dangerous diving and disrupting a public servant in his duty. If guilty, he faces a fine and points deduction from his license.

XINMIN EVENING NEWS

Family praised for care of comatose ex-spouse

A special family in which a woman, surnamed Jia, has looked after her comatose ex-husband for 20 years has received a special commendation. Jia married her first husband, surnamed Dang, 23 years ago. Three years later he was involved in a serious road accident and went into a coma. Jia divorced Dang, who is still in a coma, and married another man, surnamed Li. When Li married Jia he promised he would help her look after Dang. In the 20 years since, all three have lived together harmoniously, according to local media. Jia also cares for Dang's parents, while Li works at a local company to financially support the extended family. They were recently commended as a good family by their neighborhood committee.

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TIANJIN

Snubbed woman in 'revenge' shoes theft

A middle-aged woman, surnamed Wang, who stole two pairs of shoes from a store in revenge for an apparent snub was recently detained by police in Binhai district. Wang said she stole the shoes as payback after employees snubbed her when she was asking about two pairs of shoes a few days earlier. She told police she was rich and could pay for the shoes, but her actions were driven by revenge.

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CHONGQING

Pork thief motivated by New Year delicacy

A woman stole pork from supermarkets in the Shapingba area because she wanted to make cured meat for Chinese New Year, police said. The woman, surnamed Zheng, was detained in a supermarket on Dec 17 when staff suspicious of her actions called police for help. Police seized more than 38.8 kilograms of cured pork in her home and Zheng admitted to stealing the pork on 20 separate occasions. She said she wanted to make cured meat as the Chinese New Year was approaching. Zheng said she decided to steal the pork when she noticed the recent price rises.

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