A woman honors her late father's memory by traveling around the world with his life sized cutout. A doctor removes a fang from a two-month-old infant's stomach. And a heroic substitute teacher who volunteered to be a hostage might be rewarded with regular teacher status.
A fang found in a two-month infant's stomach
A one-year-old sister played with two fangs and accidentally fed her two-month-old sister one of them, Modern Express reported on Tuesday.
The sisters' parents kept two fangs on nightstands, an old tradition to avoid bad luck. The innocent sisters played with those and then had the accident. It took over an hour for the doctor to take out the fang from the baby.
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Teacher who stepped up to be a hostage is a substitute teacher
Qin Kaimei, who volunteered to be a hostage in a Hubei hostage case on Jun 10, is a substitute teacher, reported Beijing News on Tuesday.
After his experience in the Hubei hostage-taking incident, Qin won praise for being a hero from media and government departments.
However, despite 18 years' excellent work in the school, Qin is still a substitute teacher because she's not qualified by local policy. A Qianjiang government official indicated they were discussing promoting Qin to regular teacher status after the hostage-taking incident.
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"Traveling" with her dad
Yang Jinna, a woman who gave up on her job in New York, made a life sized cutout of her late dad to take with her as she traveled around the world.
She had her picture taken with the cutout in places that her father never had the chance to visit, according to the China Daily website on Tuesday.
Yang's father died two year ago due to stomach cancer. She was depressed that her father dedicated his whole life to his family and never had the chance to travel to other countries. She sold the most of her property and decided to travel with cutout.
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A man's rescue refused by the woman attempting suicide
A man climbed on the top of the third Fujiang Bridge and tried to save a woman who attempted to commit suicide before police negotiated with her in Mianyang, Sichuan province, last Saturday. However, he received a refusal from the girl and had to leave the bridge, ifeng.com reported.
Three hours later, the young lady was saved by the police. Allegedly, the young lady, 19 years old, couldn't bear her breakup with her boyfriend and wanted to see him before she committed suicide. With the police's help, she learned that her boyfriend lied to her about his identity.
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New ivory smuggling crackdown launched
The General Administration of Customs has launched a new campaign to crack down on the smuggling of ivory and endangered species.
The campaign will last until the end of the year, a customs spokesman said on Monday. Overseas customs authorities will offer legal assistance for the campaign, according to the administration.
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Center to improve blood transfusion surgeries
The nation's first non-homologous blood transfusion heart surgery center opened on Monday in Fuwai Hospital, the country's leading facility in treating cardiovascular diseases.
The center will improve the quality of blood transfusion heart surgeries as well as encourage more patients to try autotransfusion - a process in which a person receives their own blood for a transfusion, instead of blood from a donor.
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Man makes transformer model from car parts
A young man in Shiyan created a model of the Optimus Prime transformer character with waste parts from discarded automobiles.
The robot 25-year-old Yang Ge made is 12 meters tall and weighs more than 6 metric tons. It is the 18th robot Yang has made, China Central Television reported.
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Woman accused of violating image rights
A pregnant woman in Wuhan has been accused of violating another woman's rights by uploading a photograph of her to a micro blog, Wuhan Morning News reported on Monday.
Wang Li (not her real name), the pregnant woman, photographed a woman on the subway who did not give up her seat but instead played a game on her cellphone. Wang posted the picture on her micro blog saying people should give up seats to those, like her, who need care. Wang deleted the picture after she was criticized by netizens.
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