Man falls in love and marries a woman in wheelchair, dog waits for owner at same spot for two years, and a man who took a woman hostage shot dead in Guangdong.
Man falls in love love with paralyzed woman
A man married a severely paralyzed woman in Wuqiao county, North China’s Hebei province, on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. The bride, 37-year-old Hou Chunling, was seriously injured in a car accident in 2006 and is only able to move her head since the incident. To make things worse, she was divorced after the injury. In 2012, Hou met Chang Xianwei, a man from Heilongjiang province, who was touched by her optimism and fell in love with her. He moved to Hebei and took care of the woman, until they got married this year.
Capital set to charge electric cars
Beijing plans to build 10,000 public charging poles for electric cars by 2017, the municipal government announced on Friday. The charging poles will be installed in airports and train stations, public parking lots, highway rest areas, electric car stores and gas stations, according to an electric car promotion plan published by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission.
Dog waits for owner rain or shine
A little dog waits for its master everyday in the place it was left two years ago in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan province, chinanews.com reported. The dog broke it leg when it was hit by a car while waiting for its owner. Many people wanted to adopt it but the dog refused to budge. According to local animal protection rule, people who abandon animals could be fined as much as $2,503.
New Transformers film rocks box office
China's movie market watchers are stunned by the unprecedented opening of Transformers: Age of Extinction, estimated to have grossed some 200 million yuan ($32.2 million) on the first day. According to Piaofangba, a weibo account on box-office research, the new installment of the Transformer franchise has broken several records in China, including the biggest opening, compared with the previous 122 million yuan, set by The Monkey King.
Hostage-taker shot by police
Police in South China's Guangdong province shot dead a man who took a woman hostage on Saturday. The incident occurred at about 12:30 pm, when a man armed with a knife allegedly took a woman hostage in a bus station, according to police in Guangzhou city, who said they shot him as he tried to stab a police officer and ignored their warning. The hostage was rescued.