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A man in Shanxi has been feeding his 3-year-old daughter mouth-to-mouth as she suffers from rare cardiac failure. A baby was caught by a passerby after falling two storeys from a building in in Guangdong province. It's all trending in China.

Man turns wedding into fundraiser

A man named Lv Jian in Dongyang city, Zhejiang province, turned his wedding on May 20 into a charitable event after he asked guests to give their "fenzi" – which refers to gifts of cash given to newlyweds according to local custom - to 63 students of limited means, Beijing Times reported. The newspaper also said that guests were happy to comply with the request, and Lv also announced that he would donate 3.8 million yuan ($609,326) to charitable causes and his father would donate 68 computers to three local schools for the children of migrant workers. Lv and his father have helped more than 300 students in recent years and their donations to charitable causes have exceeded 20 million yuan, the report said.

Executives sentenced for using stated-owned assets

Four senior executives of PKU Resource Group have been given prison sentences for privately carving up State-owned properties worth a total of 20 million yuan ($3.2 million), Beijing Times reported. From 2002 to 2004, the company was in debt on the balance sheet, but the senior executives and some employees continued to receive a huge annual bonus each year. But a whistleblower reported his or her suspicions in 2008. The procuratorate found that six senior executives of the group were illegally concealing income from renting out property, and distributed it to employees.

Chairman of the board Gong, and vice presidents Zhang and Huang were sentenced to two years in prison with two years probation. Vice chairman Qiu was sentenced to one and a half years in prison with two years probation. And company president Ye and chief financial officer Lv were included in China's list of most-wanted criminals – as they are living overseas.

The four appealed, but the upper court upheld the verdict and sentences.

Baby caught by passerby after two-storey plunge

A baby was caught by a passerby after falling two storeys from a building in Ganlan town in Guangdong province, China Central Television (CCTV) reported. The one-year-old got out of a window during a thunderstorm and then slipped. Security cameras trained on the street below show a passerby, surnamed Li, stretching out his arms as the baby falls. He then rushes forward and clings on to the infant amid the pouring rain, as another passerby – a woman – in the background can be seen with an expression showing horror and shock.

Man claims was scapegoat – and escapes death sentence

A court in Huizhou, Guangdong province, decided not to hand down the death sentence to Liu Wenbiao, who was convicted of leading a drug gang, after he cried out that he was employed by another man, Southern Metropolis Daily reported. Liu had been convicted of producing drugs since 2010 and acting as leader of a drug gang.

Liu shouted out that he was innocent and a scapegoat of his partner, surnamed Li. The court withdrew his death sentence as he "reported important information and something needs to be checked".

Dad feeds daughter mouth-to-mouth

A man in Zuoquan county has been feeding his 3-year-old daughter mouth-to-mouth for more than 500 days, as she suffers from the rare cardiac failure flaccid disorder, Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. The girl has been unable to eat alone since 2012 and is being treated at Shanxi Children's Hospital. The disease causes food to get stuck in the esophagus.

 

 

Girlfriend blamed for losing winning lottery ticket

A man who had bought a winning lottery ticket - worth 6.71 million yuan ($1.08 million) – was unable to claim his prize as he lost the ticket, Chengdu Commercial Daily reported on Friday. The man, surnamed Wang, who is a resident of Leshan, said he bought the ticket on March 21, but his girlfriend threw it away - thinking it was trash - before the winning numbers were announced on March 23. The 60-day deadline for claiming prizes has now passed, and the payout was canceled because the ticket could not be found.

 

Police mobilize against terror

Beijing police officers, including high level officers, will cancel their vacations and will patrol the streets, following a series of terrorist attacks around the country, the municipal public security bureau said on Friday. In addition, firefighters, SWAT officers and officers responsible for criminal investigations, are being asked to be on call 24 hours a day, according to a statement of the bureau.

Lack of degree triggers divorce

A man has divorced his wife after learning that she had lied to him and that she was not in fact a college graduate as she had previously claimed, Beijing Times reported on Friday. The woman, surnamed Zhang, met the man online in December 2009, and lied about the fact that she had only a middle-school education level. The two eventually married, but when the husband learned that Zhang had no degree, they had a massive row – and were soon divorced.