No.1 Xi taxi ride story fabricated: Xinhua   习近平打车   27332

A report by Hong-Kong based Ta Kung Pao on April 18 claiming that Chinese President Xi Jinping took a taxi in downtown Beijing and chatted with a driver named Guo Lixin was proven to be a hoax, according to the Xinhua News Agency.   


No.2 Student director hits with retro look   旗袍女神   24533

Graduate student Dai Ying attracted attention at Nanjing University not only after she wrote, starred and produced a short period film set during the Republic of China (1912-1949), but also for dressing the part on campus, Modern Express reported on April 18.  


No.3 Uni student stabs roommate to death   南航学生被舍友刺死   18758

A student surnamed Yuan was detained by local police in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, for stabbing roommate Jiang to death on April 16. The two students at the Nanhang Jincheng College started arguing after Jiang took too long to open the door for Yuan, who had forgotten his keys, northnews.cn reported on April 18.


No.4 Chinese haircut ad scrawled in Paris subway   小广告惊现巴黎地铁   8615

An ad reading “door-to-door haircut service” and a phone number was spotted written on a subway station wall in Paris, according to a CCTV report citing a photo posted on Weibo.
 

No.5PLA warships in drill near Diaoyu waters   南海舰队今巡钓鱼岛   28607

A fleet of two Chinese warships patrolled the waters near the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on April 17, the day Japan annexed the islets 118 years ago.



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