Two children are dead and 32 hospitalized following an outbreak of suspected food poisoning, demolition work for the new airport in South Beijing is expected to begin in the latter half of this year and a boy and two girls in a teenage love triangle jump into the Jinanhe River.
Two dead, 32 ill for possible food poisoning
Suspected food poisoning killed two children and left 32 hospitalized on Wednesday at Jia Jia kindergarten in Qiubei county, Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The March 19 incident began when one child was found sprawled on the floor at 3:20 pm, and then 32 others fell ill with the same symptoms. There are 76 children in the kindergarten. So far, two 5-year-old girls, Yang Ziyi and Zhou Yulin, have died despite treatment.
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New airport in South Beijing to start to demolition
Beijing authorities will start demolition work for the new airport in South Beijing in the latter half of this year, which will cover dozens of villages, Li Changyou, Daxing district governor, said on Wednesday.
The demolition project will cost 20 billion yuan and over 200 billion yuan will be invested in the whole construction of the new airport.
Also, the new airport is expected to be completed and start trial operations in 2018.
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Students jumped into river for emotional disputes
Three 16-year-old high school students jumped into a river in the midst of an emotional confrontation when one girl confronted her boyfriend and his other girlfriend on March 17 evening in Fuzhou, Fujian province.
The boy, surnamed Li was involved in a love triangle with two girls, surnamed Chen and Liu. Chen called Li and Liu together near Jinanhe River at 2 am, after a class party and urged Li to make a choice between her and Liu.. Chen threatened Li with death and jumped into the river when Li hesitated. Li and Liu followed her by throwing themselves into the river.
Fortunately, they were rescued by several police officers. At the time of accident, the police officers were patrolling along the Jinanhe River.
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Olympic swimmer returns to pool
Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was reinstated on Wednesday after being suspended last year for a driving infraction. "The national team welcomes Sun," Shang Xiutang, deputy head of the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center, said. Sun was suspended indefinitely from training and competition in November after being detained for seven days for driving without a license.
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AIDS claim scares off would-be rapist
A woman in Rongchang county claimed she was HIV/AIDS-positive to persuade a rapist to let her go, Chongqing Evening News reported on Wednesday. The woman was on her way to buy a snack at 12:40 am on March 10 when she was abducted by a man at knife point. As the man was trying to rape her, the woman told him she was an AIDS patient. The man then decided to leave her alone, only taking her money. The woman reported the incident to police, who later caught the man.
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Boy kills shop owner to join gang
A 14-year-old boy fatally stabbed a female shop owner to earn membership in a gang, Information Times reported. The boy was a school dropout in Conghua. Hoping to impress the gangsters so that he would be admitted, he went to a shop alone in December and stabbed the owner in the neck several times, authorities said. He fled the scene with several cartons of cigarettes and several hundred yuan.
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Armed men attack two journalists
Two journalists were attacked on Wednesday by four masked men armed with metal bars, police said, shortly before charges were brought against two alleged hitmen accused of involvement in a brutal attack on another veteran journalist in February. Police did not identify the victims of the latest incident, but media reports said they were senior figures of Hong Kong Morning News, a planned Chinese-language daily that is scheduled to launch later this year.
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Betrothal gifts too costly for farmers
The expensive pre-wedding gifts required by prospective brides have made it difficult for rural men in Pingliang and Qingyang to get married, China Youth Daily reported on Wednesday. The prices of betrothal gifts have increased in recent years to more than 100,000 yuan ($16,140), even as high as 300,000 yuan. According to official data, local rural residents in 2012 made an average net annual income of 4,210 yuan.
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