December 14, 2009
Today’s Beijing Times top headline is a weather story: “Beijing to welcome coldest week this winter — coldest temperature to go below -10ºC, Thursday and Friday maximum -2ºC”. The rest of the paper is a smorgasbord of contemporary Chinese life.
The second headline is “New discovery of massive one billion tonne iron deposit — Hebei Iron and Steel Group to develop and operate”.
Underneath that is a photo of burned out houses — all that’s left after an arson and shooting spree by a mentally disturbed migrant worker. From The China Daily:
The death toll in a shooting and arson has risen to 13 in Central China’s Hunan province, according to local media.
Policemen captured the 34-year-old suspect Liu Aibing in Anhua County, Yiyang City, Central China’s Hunan province. He was found and seized on a hill in Anhua County at 6:50 am on Sunday.
Liu allegedly attacked them with a hunting rifle and set fire to their houses at 4:00 am on Saturday in a village in Gaoming Township, Anhua County of Yiyang City, central China’s Hunan province, local media reported.
The suspect returned home two months ago from Hunan’s neighboring province of Guangdong, China’s “factory of the world”, where he worked as a migrant worker. Liu was also said to have a history of psychiatric illness.
Liu’s father and other close relatives are among the dead. The dead age between 6 and 86.
Other stories on the front page are:
• 16 year old dies after injection by illegal doctor
• Many high-priced fake items appear at Zhongding Auction Company
• During the filming of CCTV’s Jiapian Youyue, a film program, eight people were injured when temporary audience seating collapsed.
• Guo Jingjing is champion, unprecedentedly talks about boyfriend
• Ex-Shanghai Putuo District chief investigated for bribery
- The China Daily: Man who kills 13 captured in Hunan
- Beijing Times via Sohu (Chinese): Beijing to welcome coldest week this winter