Massacre files added to UNESCO listing

    China will set up a special database and upgrade the protection of documents regarding the Nanjing Massacre* after files on the atrocity* were listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

    Forty-seven new nominations, including Documents of the Nanjing Massacre from China, are inscribed on the Memory of the World Register by the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Program.

    Restaurant fined

    A seafood restaurant in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong Province has been closed on suspicion of fleecing* tourists by selling high-priced shrimp during China’s National Day holiday. It was also fined 90,000 yuan (US$14,000) after an inspection.

    A tourist surnamed Xiao complained on October 6 about being overcharged* for a seafood dinner at a local restaurant, as much as 38 yuan for each shrimp. Xiao said he checked the price with the restaurant server first, who said the 38 yuan was the price of one dish of shrimp.

    Tu Youyou wins Nobel Prize

    The 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Chinese scientist Tu Youyou for her discovery of artemisinin*. Tu shared the award with William Campbell, from Ireland, and Satoshi Omura, from Japan.

    Tu drew inspiration from the fourth-century pharmacist Ge Hong (284-364), who — in a short line of text — suggested soaking a handful of wormwood in water and then drinking the juice to treat malaria*.

    Blast kills 17

    At least 17 people were confirmed dead after a blast* ripped through a restaurant in East China’s Anhui Province on Saturday.

    Fourteen students were among the victims. The dead students, aged 15 to 20, came from nearby schools. Three other men aged between 33 and 59 were also killed.

    A gas cylinder* in the restaurant caught fire at 11:44 a.m. on Saturday and was followed by a blast six minutes later.(SD-Agencies)