Subway stations named after World Cup teams

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-06-10 11:42

A college graduate wins the hand of his sweetheart. Subway stations on Beijing's Line 4 get into the World Cup spirit. And a police raid brings drag racers to a screeching halt.

Subway stations named after World Cup teams

Stations on Beijing Subway Lline 4 have welcomed elements of the upcoming World Cup by embracing a team name for each stop, The Beijing News reported on Tuesday.

To celebrate the quadrennial World Cup, BJMTR, which runs subway Line 4, named 32 stops after 32 teams, with new tags up on the original tags, and the other three stops' names are related to football.

College student proposed to his beloved tutor

A senior college graduate proposed to his beloved, who works at the college as a lecturer in the City College of Jilin Jianzhu University, on June 6, according to ifeng.com on Monday.

The happy couple has been together for three years and luckily the teacher said yes. The engagement was blessed by all the onlookers and netizens who heard of it.

Subway stations named after World Cup teams

'Good Samaritan' favored by Tsinghua University

Subway stations named after World Cup teams

The bravery of Liu Yanbing, a high school student who missed this year's national college entrance exam after being injured while stopping a knife attack, has attracted the attention of China's top institution, Tsinghua University, and 10 other higher-education colleges.

Liu will be given the chance to attend Tsinghua's independent recruitment if his grades at a catch-up exam reach his hometown Jiangxi province's first standard score, a bottom score line required by first-level colleges in China, according to Yu Han, director of admission at Tsinghua University.

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Subway stations named after World Cup teams

The rescued forced to work for his rescuers

Zhang Zhenlong, who was controlled and forced to work on a fishing boat for more than three years, jumped into the sea and swam for more than six hours to the seashore, finally being saved and enjoying his freedom, reported yangtse.com on Tuesday.

In October 2010, Zhang fell into the sea accidentally and was saved by some fishermen in a passing fishing boat. In return, the fishermen asked him to work for them on the sea for three years. They forced him to work and locked him in a cabin every time the boat pulled into the shore. They cut off all his contact to the outside world.

The police have been investigating the case for illegal restriction of personal liberty.

Subway stations named after World Cup teams

Blind masseur takes hit at Braille questions

Li Jinsheng, 46, a blind masseur in Queshan, a county in the city of Zhumadian, said he was happy to sit the national college entrance exam this year, but felt it was a pity to spend most of the time allowed on questions asked in Braille, which went unanswered even though 40 minutes were added, Dahe Daily reported on Monday.

Jiang Gang, director of the China National Educational Examinations Authority, said Li had pointed the way for more people to receive equal education rights in the future.

Subway stations named after World Cup teams

Bear caught stealing honey on camera

A bear was caught stealing honey from beehives in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, ybnews.cn reported on Monday. The beekeepers first reported that a bear had raided the beehive bases on May 28.

The next day an infrared camera was set up after bear excrement, footprints and hairs were found at the spot. The recordings showed that a black bear was to blame for the beehive lootings during the night.