Trending: iPhone 6 finds its way to Chinese mainland

Trending: A Shaolin Temple meditation hall offers respite from the hustle and bustle of urban life, the much-awaited iPhone 6 lands in Chinese mainland via Hong Kong, a school scholarship lottery draw raises more than a few eyebrows, and a man is detained for posing as a policeman and threatening a prostitute.

 

Man detained for threatening prostitute

A Yantai man was detained for 15 days for pretending to be a policeman bringing a prostitute in for questioning at a police station, Qilu Evening News reported.

The 24-year-old man, surnamed Gao, found a prostitute online on Thursday, and she agreed to sell sex for 300 yuan ($50). Gao used fake police credentials to threaten her when they met because he said he was angry that she did not resemble her online photo.

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College's high-profile military parade scolded

A military training in which a school leader stands in an open-roof limousine to review the formation made up of students has come under criticism recently, reported Dade Daily.

With more than 6,000 freshmen standing in formation at the sports ground, Shi Xiu, president of Anhui Xinhua University, inspected the students "troops" from an Audi limousine. The parade resembles the National Day military parade of China.

PLA Daily, the media outlet for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, criticized the parade on its official microblog, saying: "Military training is aimed at raising students' awareness of national defense and honing their character. It is not supposed to become a public stunt."

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iPhone 6 finds its way to Chinese mainland

The fact that the Chinese mainland is absent from Apple Inc's list of selling regions for its latest products did not stop Chinese die-hard users from buying the new gadgets in the grey market at high prices, reported Beijing Evening Newsy.

An iPhone 6 with storage of 16 gigabytes, which is priced at $199 at the official website of Apple Inc, sells for more than $1,600 in Zhongguancun, the technology hub of Beijing, after being brought inland from Hong Kong by scalpers, and an iPhone 6 Plus sells for around $2,000, much higher than its original price of $299.

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Shaolin Temple helps urban people restore inner peace

A "meditation hall" has recently been unveiled in Zhengzhou in Central China's Henan province by the abbot of Shaolin Temple, a monastery famous for its Zen Buddhism as well as martial arts, reported qq.com.

"The new facility is designed to help urban residents to reflect on their busy life through meditation and scripture reading, and thus to restore their peace of mind," said Shi Yongxin, abbot of the monastery.

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School grants scholarship by lottery draw

A school raises scholarships from parents of students and then allocates the money to students through a lottery draw, jinbaonet.com reported.

Aojiang Middle School in Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province adopted a suggestion to collect scholarship money from parents to encourage well-performed students. As more than 10,000 yuan ($1,629) in the bonus pool had not been used at the end of the school year, some parents suggested that the school give the money to students through a lottery draw.

The school's scholarship approach has raised the eyebrows of the local education authority which labeled the move as "improper".

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City cracks down on school nutrition

Shops in boarding schools are barred from selling carbonated beverages, under a new regulation released by the Beijing Disease Control and Prevention Center.

Additionally, high school and primary school canteens may not offer the same menu more than once a week, and rice and noodles, millet, corn, oats, green beans and kidney beans must be served. Students' daily meals must contain no more than 6 grams of salt and no less than 25 grams of oil, the regulation states.

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