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Man Arrested for Impersonating Police in North China

When a 19-year-old man in Lüliang city, Shanxi province decided to impersonate a police officer by wearing the uniform, he must have suspected he would attract attention. He probably hoped that such attention wouldn’t be from actual police officers.

The Paper reports that police received a call from a resident in the city; they said that a “thief” had entered their building. They were referring to the 19-year-old dressed in a police uniform, of whom many residents in the area had become suspicious.

When questioned by the (real) police about where he worked, the man replied that he was an employee of the Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Taiyuan city, capital of Shanxi province.

He then produced something which looked like a police badge. However, the questioning officers were unconvinced.

The man was arrested and an investigation is underway.

Under article 279 of Chinese law, it is illegal to impersonate members of State organs. Those who do so will be detained for between five and 10 days, and can receive a fine of up to RMB500. In the most severe cases, those found guilty can face 3-10 years in prison.

STUNNING STAT

1, 8, 9, 10…

… Those are the respective positions of four Chinese universities which made it into the top ten institutions for research output in 2021.

The list was released by Nature Index, an open database of contributions to research articles published in natural science journals.

Holding the top spot is the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing), beating off competition from the likes of Harvard University and other top global institutions.

The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing), University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, Anhui province) and Peking University (Beijing) rank eighth, ninth and tenth on the list, respectively.

FEEL GOOD FACTOR

Police Officer’s Wedding Day Surprise

There were probably a few things Zhu Haowen expected to see on his wedding day – tears, smiles, family and friends offering hongbao, etc. A professionally produced video by his colleagues complete with drone footage? Probably not.

Zhu works as a police officer in Runzhou district of Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province. Rather than simply wishing him well and offering up a few generic red envelopes, his colleagues decided to go the extra mile.

In the video, the narrator talks about how Zhu is tough when fighting criminals, but warm-hearted when helping members of the public. Colleagues can then be seen sending their well-wishes to Zhu one by one.

The video was uploaded onto a USB memory stick and, without Zhu’s knowledge, given to the host of the wedding to play during the ceremony. Touched by his colleagues’ kind words, Zhu was brought to tears.