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Express deliveries are on hold for Spring Festival, many rural banks go bankrupt, taking farmers' money with them, and a fortune teller in Shenzhen is robbed – he did not see that coming.

 

Mass group exercise

Students exercising at Hengshui Middle School in North China's Hebei province became a hit on the Internet.

In a widely circulated online video, more than 2,000 students in red uniform are doing the exercise together. Many netizens said the large scale was amazing, Yanzhao Evening News reported.

Hengshui Middle School is known for its students' excellent performance in the annual national college entrance examination.

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Banks go belly up

Many financial agencies in the rural area of Yancheng city in East China's Jiangsu province went bankrupt this month, leaving many farmers unable to access their deposited money, China National Radio reported.

The financial agencies were established with the approval of local agricultural authorities and registered at the city's civil affairs bureau. Many of the managers have fled with the farmers' money, the report said.

Actor must pay for helicopter

Hong Kong movie actor Andy Lau Tak-wah was ordered to pay 2.67 million yuan in compensation for a helicopter that he destroyed 17 years ago while filming in Taiwan.

According to the verdict issued by a court in Taiwan, he is being held responsible for the destroyed helicopter.

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Fortune teller loses fortune

A fortune teller failed to predict his own future.

Fortune teller Zhang, in Shenzhen city of South China's Guangdong province, took a drugged soft drink offered by a client, which put him to asleep.

He woke up several hours later, on a street in Dongguan city, with 2,500 yuan of his money missing, People's Daily reported.

Zhang said he trusted the man who stole his money because the man had the appearance of integrity, the report said.

Fake hukou case probed

Police in East China's Jiangxi province are investigating a case in which some of their own are involved in a hukou (household registration) counterfeiting case.

According to China's laws, each person can have only one legitimate hukou, but a report from China Central Television revealed that people can counterfeit hukou information after paying money to an agent who has connections with the police.

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'Basketball Grandma'

An 80-year-old woman in East China's Fujian province can do 150 push-ups in 20 minutes, the Straits City Daily reported.

The woman, who is also good at basketball, is called "Basketball Grandma" by netizens. She said she started playing basketball three years ago, and before that she was a housewife.

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Underwater archaeology

China's first underwater archaeology ship, which was finished on Thursday, is scheduled to go to Nansha Islands for an archaeological mission, Xinhua News Agency reported.

China Archaeology 01 is 56 meters long and 10.8 meters wide, and cost 60 million yuan, the report said.

Express services on hold

Most of China's express delivery companies will halt delivery services during the Spring Festival holiday (New Year's Day on the Chinese lunar calendar).

According to the work schedule publicized by the companies, most have started the holiday holds, under which deliveries will be held up for days, China Central Television reported.

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