Suspects detained People suspected of being responsible for Saturday’s coal mine explosion that killed 32 people in Chifeng, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have been detained, according to authorities. In addition, local officials in charge of work safety, as well as supervising officials at the State level responsible for the area, have been suspended from their duties and will be punished depending on the findings of an investigation into the incident, Yang Huanning, minister of the State Administration of Work Safety, said on Sunday. Duo arrested A pair may face detention* for sneaking* into a Shanghai IKEA store to live broadcast their late night adventure on Saturday. On Friday, the man announced his plans on Weibo, saying he would invite a beautiful lady to hide in an IKEA closet for a night. The pair later went inside IKEA and hid in a closet and live broadcasted the darkness. Later in the evening, an IKEA security guard discovered them and called the police. Teachers beating students Two teachers in Wenzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, have been put under house arrest for beating their students. After discovering bruises* on their child, the parents hid a recorder in their child’s backpack to find out how the bruises were getting there. On Thursday, the parents uploaded an edited audio recording online which prompted an immediate investigation from both the police and the education bureau. Police confirmed on Saturday that the two teachers did beat the child. 700m out of poverty China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty since the beginning of the reform and opening-up era, accounting for more than 70 percent of the global reduction in poverty, said a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, titled “The Right to Development: China’s Philosophy, Practice and Contribution,” said that the average life expectancy* in the nation had grown from 35 years in 1949 to 76.34 years in 2015, ranking high among developing countries. (SD-Agencies) |