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(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-12-27 09:40

Vaccine maker stops production during a field inspection, foreigners become targets of female beggars in Guangzhou, and channel your inner MacGyver to heat up your room with candles and bricks.

Biokangtai on break

Biokangtai, the largest hepatitis B vaccine producer in China, has suspended production. Food and drug authorities sent officials to investigate the quality of its vaccine, and the field inspection will take about 20 days, 21st Century Business Herald reported.

Eight infants died after getting injections of the hepatitis B vaccine produced by the company as of Dec 24.

Rural students underemployed

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Over 30 percent of college undergraduates from rural China are unemployed, said a recent survey by the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The institute surveyed 1,678 undergraduates from 12 colleges in China, and found it was more difficult for students coming from rural families to find a job.

Women beggars

Nightlife in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, attracts many foreigners, but they did not expect to become targets of 50- to 70-year-old women beggars.

Guangzhou-based New Express Daily reported that the women gather in front of clubs and bars, and grab foreigners' arms and hold on until they give up some money.

Cheap heating

A college student found a very economic way to raise the room temperature with just ordinary candles, bricks and flowerpots.

The simple combination can increase the temperature of a 10-square-meter room by 12.5C in 40 minutes. The method spread widely on the Internet. (www.chinanews.com)

New coach?

Beijing Guo'an Football Club has set their sights on retired Brazilian footballer and coach Roberto Carlos to be the team's new coach.

Gao Chao, the club's general manager, flew to Europe to make contact with Carlos. (Netease Sports)

Chengguan case in court

A local court in Hunan province started hearing a homicide case recently, five months after the case triggered attention on the Internet.

On July 17, four chengguan (urban management officials) officers had a dispute with two vendors, causing the death of one vendor, Deng Zhengjia. Witnesses said the officers used a tire iron to hit Deng on the head, but the officers said Deng just fell down on his own and died.

College spending

Thirty colleges in China published their spending on vehicles, receptions and overseas trips in 2012, and the total amount was 69.8 million yuan ($11.5 million). Zhejiang University alone spent 11 million yuan.

In January, an activist asked 113 colleges to reveal their spending.

Textiles move to US

Under pressure from high cotton prices, China's textile business is starting to seek new opportunities in the US.

The Keer Group, a textile company headquartered in Zhejiang province, will open a plant in South Carolina. Industry officials said the cotton price in China is 5,000 yuan ($823.28) higher than in the US.