IN BRIEF

Shanghai

Fugitive repatriated from Canada

A suspect has been returned from Canada to China as part of a campaign to capture economic fugitives, police said on Wednesday. This is the first suspect that Canada has repatriated to China during the "Fox Hunt" campaign, according to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. The suspect, surnamed Du, fled in December 2012 with more than 4 million yuan ($588,000) that he allegedly obtained from others in the name of investment. Du was extradited on June 19 and arrived in Shanghai the next day.

Yunnan

13 dengue fever cases reported

The Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture has seen a surge in dengue fever cases, with 13 reported since the prefecture's first case this year on June 23. An emergency response has been launched and measures have been taken for disease prevention and control. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that is potentially fatal. The first dengue fever case in the prefecture was reported in 2013.

Chongqing

Large dinosaur fossil site found

Paleontologists have discovered a large fossil site in the municipality, according to a news conference held by the city government on Wednesday. More than 5,000 fossils have been excavated from a "fossil wall" in Pu'an township since October, just a year after the site was discovered by a local farmer. It is estimated that a large number of dinosaur fossils are buried at least 20 meters underground. The unearthed fossils belong to at least five dinosaur categories, such as ornithopods, sauropods and stegosauria, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.