On the 11th of October in the Shandong city of Jining (济宁市), a female secretary at a local intermediate court physically assaulted a 50-year-old female manager at a children's photography studio, during an argument over costs. more ›

"For many years, the common practice has been to have one emergency number for each country," said an official at the command and control center under the general office of the Ministry of Public Security, "And the ministry's plan is to follow the practice of the developed countries." That new number will do away with the 119 you used to have to call for fires and the 122 you called for traffic accidents. So now you know: at some point in the future (unfortunately still unspecified), 110 will be what you should dial. more ›

While Beijing might be trying to ensure the safety of its huge event with a crackdown on... well, everything, Shanghai's placing its bets on people loving money. The city's police said on Tuesday that it would offer rewards of up to 300,000RMB if people rat out serious crimes. Submit your tip and once it's confirmed as true, the informant will be rewarded based on the value of his information (hmmm, we wonder how they measure that value exactly). Anyone who purposely provides a false tip-off will also be held accountable (hmmm, we wonder how they'll figure out purposeful falsehoods). What they're especially interested in: terrorisms, violent crimes, organized crimes and serious economic crimes. If you know of anyone that might be committing these things during Expo time, dial 110 or send a letter to the police. The policy will be in effect until December 31, 2010. Source: Xinhua Photo from filemagazine more ›