Trending across China

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-01-02 09:47

Bribery ends for railway official with the death penalty. Beijing's police chief takes to the streets. And micro-bloggers say they're excited Sherlock is about to make its debut - it's all trending across China.

Official puzzled to hide briberies

A railway official in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region received the death penalty with two years' reprieve late last month for accepting bribes of 113 million yuan ($186,700).

Ma Junfei, former deputy director of Hohhot Railway Bureau, told the prosecutors that the most confusing question for him was how to hide the bribes, including gold bars and cash. The prosecutors found that two of his houses were filled bribes, the 21 Century Business Herald reported.

Affordable houses inaccessible

Local people have to present at least seven certificates, including that of identity, marriage, income and labor contracts, when they apply for the public rental houses in South China's Guangdong province.

Also, the applicants have to wait at least 90 days during the complex procedures of publicizing, the Beijing News reported.

Many people, especially migrant workers, who need the cheap public rental houses but are unable to collect all the certificates needed, have to give up applying due to the complex procedures, the report said.

CCTV News' refreshing manner

China's most-watched evening news program, Xinwenlianbo, ended its Jan. 1 episode in a more lively way by extending a New Year greeting and playing a short video clip featuring sunsets across the country on the first day of 2014.

The news program, under State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), mainly focuses on important political events, including the official activities of State leaders.

Sherlock popular in China

The British television crime drama Sherlock became a hot topic on China's most popular social network, weibo.com, on Wednesday.

Lots of micro-bloggers said that they were eagerly waiting for the third season of the TV drama, which is scheduled to be broadcast on Thursday in China.

Measures to prevent brain drain

The Ministry of Education forbade universities in developed regions to employ renowned scholars from universities in less developed regions to balance education resources.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the ministry said that experts should be encouraged to teach in western regions where economic development is not advanced.

Renowned scholars should not be employed by multiple universities and each of them should have one full-time job, according to the statement.

Police chief patrol on street

Lots of Beijing residents came across Fu Zhenghua, police chief of Beijing, who was armed and was patrolling on the streets of Wangfujing on Wednesday.

Fu said that he was patrolling to ensure security during the New Year's Day holiday. Many people took photos with the police chief, the Legal Mirror reported.

Chinese football club on chart

China's football team Guangzhou Evergrande ranks 43rd among all the football clubs worldwide last year, according to a chart released by the footballdatabase.com.

The Guangzhou Evergrande team was crowned Asian champions after winning the two-leg final against South Korea's FC Seoul in November 2013.

Never say 'hehe'

An online survey shows that the word "hehe" (onomatopoetic word that has similar meaning with "well") has become the most unwelcomed online-chatting word.

Lots of netizens said that only when they felt angry or helpless, will they say the word "hehe" to express their negative meanings, the Wuhan Evening News reported.