Poetry contest winner A food delivery man defeated a master from Peking University and won China Central Television’s poetry contest on April 4. Lei Haiwei kept calm during the final of the third season of CCTV’s Chinese Poetry Competition, becoming the champion after defeating Peng Min, a master of literature from China’s top university. Lei, 37, from Hunan’s Shaoyang, is now working as a food delivery man in Zhejiang’s Hangzhou, the city’s Hangzhou Daily reported. His interest in poetry was inspired by his father, who would write poems down, stick them on the wall of the kitchen and teach him to read them from a young age. New ticket rules Starting May 1, railway passengers who break certain rules will be restricted from buying train tickets for a certain period of time. Smoking in non-smoking trains and riding trains without a ticket are just some of the behaviors that could see you in hot water. Such passengers will also be named and shamed on the Internet, according to the new rules. Universities sever ties Two Chinese universities have severed* ties with Shen Yang, a Chinese language professor who was accused of the sexual assault of a female student at Peking University. The student committed suicide in 1998. The scandal resurfaced last week after a person claiming to be the victim’s former classmate published the allegations* online demanding an apology and thorough investigation. Shen left Peking University in 2011 and has since taught at the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University. The school announced on Saturday that it has advised Shen to resign from his teaching post. Widow of general Anna Chan Chennault, widow of the late U.S. general Claire Lee Chennault, who headed the wartime Flying Tigers pilots to fight against Japanese invaders in China during World War II, has died at 94. Anna Chan Chennault, or Chen Xiangmei, died on March 30 at her home in Washington, The Washington Post reported. Chen’s daughter Cynthia Chennault said her mother had complications* from a recent stroke. (SD-Agencies) | 