A planned replica of the Titanic in Sichuan may help boost tourism, former NBA player Wang Zhizhi will retire after this CBA season, and five college students will make the 400-km trek home for Spring Festival on foot.
No names on tickets
To protect private information, passenger names will not be printed on railway tickets, according to the China Railway Corp.
Passenger identity card numbers will continue to be printed on the tickets to prevent scalpers from re-using the tickets during the travel peak.
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Former VP’s wife dies
Yang Jianqing, wife of the late Chinese Vice President Rong Yiren, passed away on Jan 8 in Hong Kong at the age of 96, Xinhua News Agency reported.
She married Rong, creator of China CITIC Bank, in September 1936.
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Govt denies accusation
The government of Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hubei province, denied a news report that accused an official of smashing a company office with about 200 men in police uniform.
In a statement released on Monday, the Tianxin district government of Changsha city said the report was untrue, but the statement did not give further details.
Video taken by a surveillance camera shows about 70 to 80 people armed with police equipment destroying an office, and an official who had disputes with the company appears in the video, China News Service reported.
Related: Govt denies rumor accusing official of owning large villa
Re-creating Titanic
A private company in Southwest China’s Sichuan province said on Sunday that it planned to build a replica of the Titanic to boost tourism.
The replica, which is expected to be completed in two years, will be placed on the banks of Qijiang River in Daying county of Sichuan province to attract tourists, Xinhua News Agency reported.
More than 1,500 people perished after the Titanic went down on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage, from Southampton to New York.
Related: Titanic project to start by year's end
Wang Zhizhi to retire
Former NBA player Wang Zhizhi will retire after finishing this season of the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association), his coach announced on Monday.
Wang, 37, was the first Asian basketball player to play on an NBA team. He played for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Miami Heat, from 2001 to 2005.
Related: Wang Zhizhi bids farewell to national team
Walking home
Five students from Hunan College of Finance and Economics planned to walk 400 kilometers to their hometown in Chenzhou city ahead of Spring Festival.
The five, a man and four women, will travel like backpackers, said Li Huang, the organizer. He told China Youth Daily that the journey will take about 10 days.
GM lawsuit
Fang Zhouzi, a biochemist and vocal supporter of GM technology, filed a lawsuit against Cui Yongyuan, a TV anchor who questioned the safety of GM food and had engaged in an online spat with Fang.
Fang accused the TV anchor of libel and is seeking 300,000 yuan, China National Radio reported.
Related: Better rules on GM food labels needed: expert
False alarm
Many people called the police after seeing a woman getting ready to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge over Yangtze River on Sunday.
But when the police arrived, the woman, along with a group of people, said they were shooting a film. The police asked them to leave the bridge since they have caused traffic disorder, China News Service reported.
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