Trending across China

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-02-10 10:05

Rich people in Chinese cities are leaving for cleaner air, lonely 72-year-old man offers a free room for company, and a baby lacking in gold element almost chokes to death on an earring, thanks to Grandma.

More wealthy people moving

A report said an increasing number of wealthy people and elites in China are emigrating because of the deterioration of the natural environment.

The report, released by the Center for China and Globalization in late January, said the phenomenon started in mega-cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Many wealthy people or elites sold their businesses and moved to other cities or countries with smaller populations and better air quality.

Rent-free apartment

A 72-year-old man in Wuhan, Hubei province, is offering one room of his apartment rent-free, in order to have someone around, as he felt lonely living in the apartment on his own.

The man's wife passed away 10 years ago, and his four children are all grown up and have their own families.

The man said he hoped the tenant could be someone older, so that they can share the same interests and hobbies.

Refitted car

A man in Fuzhou, Fujian province, was fined 1,500 yuan ($247) for refitting his vehicle from a Chinese brand BYD into a Mercedes-Benz without authorization.

The man, surnamed Zhuo, said he wanted to be recognized as a rich man by his relatives and friends, but he couldn't afford an expensive car.

Shaolin disciple becomes soldier

A Shaolin disciple, who studied martial arts for six years at a temple in Henan province, is now a soldier in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Feng Yang is popular among the soldiers in his troop, sharing with them a set of healthy exercises he made up.

Old man at job fair

A 73-year-old man went job-hunting for his 35-year-old son at a job fair in Xi'an Shaanxi province, Shaanxi-based newspaper Chinese Business Gazette reported on Friday.

The retired man, who works as a part-time security guard in Xi'an, said he was anxious because his son had been unemployed for a couple of months. So he decided to try his luck at the fair for his son.

The report said 3,200 people participated in the job fair, and about 1,000 people found jobs there.

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Family photos

A man who works in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, said he and his six brothers and sisters go back to their hometown to visit his parents in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, every Spring Festival, and each time they take photographs of the whole family.

Dong Bingluan said he was fond of photography, and said his family has kept up the tradition for more than 20 years.

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Infant swallows gold

A newborn baby narrowly escaped choking to death from swallowing a gold earring, Guangzhou Daily reported on Saturday.

The baby's grandmother believed that her newborn grandson lacked gold in his five elements (a Chinese traditional belief that everything in the world should be made up of five elements in order to be good or healthy, the five phases being: gold, wood, water, fire and earth), so she put her gold earring into the infant's mouth in order to "increase the gold element" in the baby's life.

However, the baby swallowed the earring and had difficulty breathing. Luckily, he was rushed to hospital in time and was saved.

Sochi glitch T-shirts

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Garment sellers in China and many other countries saw business opportunities in the Sochi opening ceremony glitch, when only four of five rings were lit up, and "Sochi problem rings T-shirts" have become a hit on the Internet.

But lawyers said in spite of the glitch, Sochi still had the copyright for the five rings, and people cannot use the design without authorization from Sochi.

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