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Alice Yan

A Chinese father lay down in the middle of a road begging police to detain him because his daughter could not solve a simple mathematics calculation.
The man, a resident of Kunshan in Jiangsu eastern China, said he felt “so angry and so helpless” that he did not want to go home after his daughter failed to solve a simple maths problem despite multiple lessons, The Paper reported.
“My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900,” the father surnamed Gao told a police officer.
The officer helped him to stand and took him to a nearby footpath, and eventually persuaded him to go home, the report said.


The reaction on social media was predictable.
“I am sure this girl is his biological daughter. You can see his IQ is not high either,” wrote one person on Weibo.
“I suggest he go visit the depression clinic,” another user commented.
Last month, a man in Hunan went to a hospital emergency department after dislocating his jaw when he became enraged while trying to tutor his daughter.
Publisher stung after boy points out bee picture is actually a fly
A Shanghai publisher was stung into action when a 12-year-old boy pointed out that a picture in a textbook supposedly showing a bee was actually a hoverfly.
Cui Chenxi, a biology fan in Shenyang, Liaoning, in northeastern China, said it was easy for him to spot the error in the book from Shanghai Educational Publishing House, the Liaoshen Evening News reported.


“A bee has two pairs of wings while a hoverfly has only one pair. The belly of a bee is plump but the hoverfly’s belly is thin. Bees’ antennae are obvious, but hoverflies’ are not,” the boy said.
His mother called the publisher to inform them of this problem and an editor from the publishing house in Shanghai replied last week admitting the mistake after checking with a biology expert.
“We will change it when printing the books next time,” the editor told Chenxi’s mother, “Kids these days are amazing. They are so professional!”
Scandal after woman dumps produce she bought just to get a Prada carry bag

A wet market in Shanghai which held a marketing event with Prada and gave customers bags with its logo is in hot water after a woman was caught dumping vegetables she bought to get the bag.
Over the past two weeks, Wuzhong Market in downtown Shanghai has been inundated with people, especially video bloggers, news portal Kankanews.com reports.
The price of the vegetables sold at the market has remained the same. But consumers who spent more than 20 yuan (US$3.1) received free Prada branded carry bags.
Many people admitted that they were only there to get the bags.


“It is the only Prada product I could afford,” wrote one person on Weibo.
Internet users criticised the woman for wasting food.
“She is shameful! She shouldn’t take away the vegetables if she does not need it,” a user commented.
“Prada’s activity has destroyed the plain and down-to-earth traits of the wet market. I don’t like that,” a third person said.


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Textbook publisher embarrassed by insect mix-up. Photo: Handout

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Five dead, thousands displaced in floods in China’s Shanxi province

Rescuers repair a bridge damaged by flooding in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images

(211008) -- TAIYUAN, Oct. 8, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A breached dyke is closed near Qiaodong Village of Xinjiang County in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 8, 2021. A nearly 20-meter-long breach was closed Friday in a section of the Fenhe River, a major tributary of the Yellow River, in north China's Shanxi Province. The section in Xinjiang County saw the largest flood crest in nearly 40 years due to continuous rainfall and water from the upper reaches. The flooding resulted in a breach at about 5 p.m. Thursday near Qiaodong Village, according to the county government. (Xinhua/Ma Yimin)

Days of heavy rains in north ChinaÕs Shanxi province have forced 120,000 people to relocate and caused floods and landslides that resulted in at least five deaths.  Photo: PeopleÕs Daily

Man in China lands in jail for car stickers endorsing kamikaze fighters

In a separate incident, a car owner was detained for 15 days for decorations that supported Japan’s Unit 731, a notoriously cruel military squadron [bottom image]. Photo: Weibo

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‘My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900’
A woman was caught dumping vegetables she bought to get a free Prada branded bag



Quirky China: Man demands police arrest him over daughter’s inability to subtract numbers, boy corrects a text book’s insect mistake and Prada bag give away sees people waste food.


Quirky China: man breaks down over daughter’s maths fail, publisher stung for confusing a bee and a fly, Prada PR disaster

‘My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900’ A woman was caught dumping vegetables she bought to get a free Prada branded bag

‘My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900’

A woman was caught dumping vegetables she bought to get a free Prada branded bag