Society

When professor Qian Nairong published his dictionary of the Shanghai dialect in 2007, he was in some ways documenting a dying language.

The number of people speaking the rapid-fire language — a badge of identity for residents of China's commercial capital of more than 20 million people — is shrinking.

As the government maintains a decades-old drive to promote Mandarin Chinese as the official language, banning dialects from media broadcasts and schools, many young people are unable to fluently speak — or fully understand — the native Shanghai tongue.

An influx of migrants from outside Shanghai and the city's drive to become more international have also combined to water down the local patois.

08:00 24th Feb 2012, One of the suspects was shot and killed, 4 arrested in Jinghong City Sipsongpanna.

In the evening of 23rd Feb 2012, the drug gang killed 1 police and wounded a passerby.

Sinopec's 93# Petrol (left) and CNPN's 93# Petrol (right)

The Industrial and Commercial Bureau of Yunnan Province recieved complains about the bad quanlity of 93# petrol which cause abnormal flameout among cars of FAW-VW, GM and Chevrolet.

Chinese netizen post the photo of 93# petrol brought from Sinopec and CNPN online.

红音ほたる, English Name - Hotaru Akanei

Peng Xiaohui, a professor of North China Normal University, plans to bring Japanese AV star - Hotaru Akanei - in his classroom. He indicate that Hotaru Akanei retired from the Japan Adult Video Industry in 2008 and an "AIDS" image ambassador now, so it's normal to bring her in and let her have a communicatoin with his students.