Alert renews

CHINA’S national observatory yesterday morning renewed a blue alert for sandstorms in many regions of the country from yesterday to today.

Affected by cold fronts and heavy winds, floating sand and dust will sweep multiple regions of China, including Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei and Zhejiang, according to the National Meteorological Center.

Survivor passes away

ZHENG JINYANG, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died Tuesday evening at the age of 95. Her death reduced the total number of registered survivors to 42, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.

The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.

During the massacre, five of Zheng's relatives were brutally killed by the Japanese soldiers and her ancestral home was burned down by the invaders.

Suspects arrested

POLICE in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have busted an inter-provincial drug-trafficking ring, nabbing 80 suspects, said the local public security bureau yesterday.

Police in Ningcheng County, Chifeng City uncovered the drug trafficking ring after they started to trace the drugs consumed by a local drug addict at the beginning of 2022.

Following months of investigation, the police determined that the members of the ring were scattered throughout Inner Mongolia and Liaoning and Hubei provinces.

From May to November 2022, the police arrested a total of 80 suspects involved in the case.