Trending across China on Dec 6

Personal Tailor is being tailored for censors, a high school denies rumors about a special class for underachievers, and you can now eat at a Beijing restaurant with Bitcoins.

Jimmy Lin responds

Popular Taiwan idol Jimmy Lin responded to criticism by Fang Zhouzi, a well-known micro blog opinion leader, who accused Lin of investing in an unlicensed collagen product and said that Lin overstated the effects of the product. Lin told Beijing Times that the company is legal and he is just in charge of developing products.

Lin gained popularity on Hunan TV's program,Where are you going, Dad?

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Bitcoins for food

A restaurant in Beijing started accepting Bitcoins for payment, Beijing News reported. The restaurant, located inside a large shopping center in Chaoyang district, received 0.13 Bitcoins for a 650 yuan ($107) bill.

Bitcoin surged sharply worldwide, with one Bitcoin valued at about $1,117 on Wednesday. But China's financial and payment authority warned about the risks of the digital currency.

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No timetable for moon

China will probably delay plans for a manned moon landing, Shanghai magazine Xinmin Weekly reported. China will finish tests on lunar exploration, safe landing and return of an unmanned rover by 2020, but insiders said there is no timetable for a manned moon landing.

An unnamed insider told the magazine there could be major changes with China's aerospace projects.

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Old tank

A rich man in Xianju county, Zhejiang province, bought an out-of-service tank and parked it at a highway exit, attracting onlookers, local media zjol.com.cn reported. Cross-country rally fans said out-of-service tanks are sold by weight, and the tank cost around 200,000 yuan ($32,831).

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Collected fees

Twenty-four provincial regions collected more than 20 billion yuan ($3.28 billion) in social maintenance fees in 2012, people.com.cn reported. Seven such regions did not disclose how much they collected.

The fees are levied on people who violate China's family planning policy, and the amounts are decided by the local government based on local income levels and personal earnings.

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Personal Tailor delayed

Feng Xiaogang's comedy Personal Tailor did not pass censorship from the national film authority because some lines in the film are believed to be too sensitive, the production company Huayi Brothers Media Group said.

The film was scheduled to be released on Dec 19, and the producer said they are modifying the lines and trying to finish by then.

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'Pig class' rumors

Tsinghua University High School denied Internet rumors about a "pig class" at the school, Beijing News reported.

A netizen published a post saying that the school separated students into different classes – "dragon class" and "tiger class" for high achievers, "horse class' for athletes, "pig class" for underachievers. Both students and teachers at the school denied they had such classes.

Hard to feed stolen mastiff

A man named Yan from Xiushui county allegedly sold a stolen Tibetan mastiff worth 400,000 yuan ($65,700) for 1,000 yuan because he could not afford to feed the dog,

Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday. Yan, 34, stole the 1-meter-long, 0.6-meter-tall dog from a kennel in March, but sold it to another kennel on Nov 25 because of the animal's voracious appetite, the report said.

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