University ranking

SUSTECH and Shenzhen University rank No. 28 and No. 39 among mainland universities, according to the latest index published by Nature Publishing Group on its official website. The Nature index statistics were collected between April 1, 2018, and March 31, 2019.

The results show SUSTech ranked No. 142 and SZU ranked at No. 215 in the global university ranking, which was made by tracking the researches published in Nature and the group’s affiliated scientific journals.

Police aide injured

A POLICE aide received more than 20 stitches for an injury on his right palm after jumping over a fence to save a woman attempting to commit suicide at Lixin Lake Reservoir recently.

The patrol officer, Jiang Can, with Fuhai Police Station of Bao’an arrived at the reservoir after he and his fellow officers learned that a young woman was attempting to commit suicide. They climbed over the fence and dissuaded the woman from the suicide attempt. Jiang was later taken to a hospital for treatment.

Sexual harassment

AN app-based cab driver for Didi Chuxing has been detained for allegedly harassing a female passenger.

After dropping off two passengers in Shenzhen as part of a car pooling service from Meizhou to Guangzhou, the driver, surnamed Cai, required a female passenger surnamed Luo to be dropped off in Shenzhen by deducting 20 yuan (US$3) from Luo’s fare. Luo later agreed and paid 130 yuan.

But the driver started to harass Luo as night fell, and Cai was detained for five days by officers, who arrived at the scene due to the harassment, and fined 30,000 yuan and had his car impounded for 30 days for involvement in illegal business.