Society

A jobless loner who injured an American student when he detonated a homemade explosive device in Dongzhimen admitted on Wednesday that he had purposely targeted foreigners.

It was initially believed Lei Sen, 22, randomly set off the blast last October by remote control. However, at Dongcheng district people's court he confessed to picking out victim Michael Charles after seeing him in the street.

"I saw him approaching and I set off the bomb. I intended to target foreigners," said Lei, whose motivation was to "avenge a grudge against society".

China's consumer prices are expected to rise more than five percent in March on a lower comparison basis from a year ago and imported inflation, economists have said.

Shanghai-based Shenyin Wanguo Securities predicts the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, to increase 5.3 percent in March, the highest in nearly two years, driven by rising food prices and a lower year-on-year comparison basis.

Food prices are likely to jump 12.3 percent from a year ago while the lower comparison basis would contribute 3.4 percent to the CPI rise, the company said in a report.

Weird China Traffic Post at Aipan twisting mountain road which is section of Xiangchuan Highway.

A suspected mental disease patient, a Chinese Girl, nudely climbed up a high voltage transmission tower which located at the crossing of Tanggu Dongjiang Road and The 9th Avenue, Tianjin, 12:00 31st Mar. 2011.