Author Archives: Eric Mu

Ethnic unity on the college entrance exam

The Beijing News: “Ethnic solidarity education” will be tested in the high school and college-level entrance examinations of the entire country

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University vice president found guilty of plagiarism

Huang Qing, vice president of Southwest Jiaotong University, was found guilty of plagiarism and stripped of his doctoral degree

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Barack Obama and Bill Gates endorse real estate in Xi’an

Oriental Guardian: A new apartment complex in Xi’an, Shannxi Province has four world-class endorsers.

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Shock therapy for Internet addiction halted

The use of shock therapy to treat cases of Internet addiction has been suspended by the Minstry of Health, The Beijing News reports.

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Beijing college student robs an on-campus bank

A student at Beijing’s University of Science and Technology took two hostages at knife-point at an on-campus bank yesterday.

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Rio Tinto employees accused of espionage

Triplets go to college! Also, Rio Tinto gets its people arrested for spying.

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Two actresses barely survive botox overdose

Beijing Youth Daily: two actresses in Beijing whose experiment with botulinum type A toxin injection in order to get thin legs backfired.

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Work resumes at Shaoguan toy factory

The Xuri toy factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, where a gang fight broke out between the Han Chinese and Uirgers from Xinjiang on July 26, has resumed production.

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Teacher killer stands trial in Beijing

The Beijing News: Fu Chengli, formerly a university student stood trial yesterday on charge of murdering Cheng Chunming, a law professor of the same university.

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An aircraft carrier! (It’s only a model)

A model of a possible future aircraft carrier appeared alongside other new PLA weaponry in a military exhibition in Hong Kong on July 4th, stoking the enthusiasm of Chinese military fans.

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