CHINA’S MOST SEARCHED
A local government that is demonizing a woman who was forced to have an abortion under China’s one-child or family planning policy tops the top 10 searched items on China’s leading search engine, Baidu, on Tuesday.
1. In a startling turn of events, the local authorities in Ankang, Shaanxi province, led villagers to unfurl banners (pictured) insulting the family of Feng Jianmei (冯建梅), who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy. Villagers called for the family’s expulsion from the town and accused Jianmei’s husbandDeng Jiyuan (邓吉元) of being an evil traitor for accepting interviews by a German reporter. The local government has also defamed the family in the local newspaper.
2. A 12 year-old boy nicknamed Little Chao is the youngest at a rehabilitation center in Chenzhou, Hunan province. After both his parents were sent to prison when he was 8, his life went into a vicious downward spiral. He administered his first heroine injection as part of a gang initiation at 10 and started mainlining at 12.
3. The news of a grandmother in Jinan, Shandong province, who chopped off the hands of her eight-month-old baby granddaughter is still in the forefront of everyone’s minds. There are still no reports as to why or how this could have possibly happened, but netizens are wishing the baby a speedy recovery.
4. A consumer in Beijing was dismayed to find that the zongzi – rice dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings – he purchased for the Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday were riddled with bugs. After arguing with supermarket management, he has finally been compensated, 50 yuan ($8).
5. A controversial warning posted on the Shanghai subway operator’s microblog page on June 20, which placed the blame for sexual harassment on women dressing in sexy clothes, continues to draw widespread attention. Two feminists staged a performance art project on the metro in protest.
6. A dairy company in Luohe, Henan province last year accused the local village government of pocketing the provincial government’s financial subsidy, which led to 70 cow deaths and over 40 tons of spoiled milk. But investigation results show the figures were exaggerated and the causes of the cow deaths were varied.
7. A Guangdong police chief called for a policy to make “driving on drugs a criminal offense,” signaling a zero tolerance policy for “drugged driving.”
8. Eight officials, including the vice chairman and financial secretary of the county CPPCC, were arrested in Meizhou, Guangdong province, for gambling, on June 16. A total of 81,500 yuan ($12,800) was seized, and the officials have all been removed from their posts.
9. Huang Sheng (黄胜) was removed from his post as vice governor of Shandong province in December last year. Investigation results now show his violations include using his status to put friends in positions of power, accepting bribes, causing serious economic damage to the state, and moral turpitude.
10. Retail gas prices may drop to 6 yuan ($0.9) per liter next month.
“The Zodiac Mystery”
Produced by Fruit Chan and directed by Sheng Zhimin, the film stars Tong Dawei, Gan Wei, Qin Hao and Liu Yan. The movie is scheduled to be released July 13, 2012 (Source: Xinhua)
Nora Ephron Dies at 71: Top 10 Movie Lines
Famous screenwriter Nora Ephron has just passed away from leukemia just hours after a rumor went viral claiming her premature death. As a way to commemorate her life and her work, let's take a peak at some of Ephron's top ten famous lines from her movies: "Julie and Julia," "You've Got Mail," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally."
10) The protagonist who is played by Amy Adams says when she eats her first egg, "It tastes like... cheese sauce. Yum." -Julie Powell, "Julie & Julia"
9) "I have to murder and dismember a crustacean." -Julie Powell, "Julie & Julia"
8) Kathleen Kelly, played by Meg Ryan says,"I've been thinking about you. Last night I went to meet you, and you weren't there. I wish I knew why. I felt so foolish. As I waited, someone else showed up. A man who has made my professional life a misery. And an amazing thing happened. I was able, for the first time in my life to say the exact thing I wanted to say at the exact moment I wanted to say it. And of course, afterwards I felt terrible just as you said I would. I was cruel and I'm never cruel. Though I can hardly believe what I said mattered to this man. To him, I am just a bug to be crushed. But what if it did? No matter what he's done to me there is no excuse for my behavior. Anyway I so wanted to talk to you. I hope you have a good reason for not being there last night. You don't seem like the kind of person who'd do something like that. The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than ssmething. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings. So, thanks." -Kathleen Kelly, "You've Got Mail"
7) She also writes to NY152, "People are always saying that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... has happened. My store is closing this week. I own a store, did I ever tell you that? It's a lovely store, and in a week it'll be something really depressing, like a Baby Gap. Soon, it'll be just a memory. In fact, someone, some foolish person, will probably think it's a tribute to this city, the way it keeps changing on you, the way you can never count on it, or something. I know because that's the sort of thing I'm always saying. But the truth is... I'm heartbroken. I feel as if a part of me has died, and my mother has died all over again, and no one can ever make it right." -Kathleen Kelly, "You've Got Mail"
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6) "Annie, when you're attracted to someone, it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match." -Dennis Reed, "Sleepless in Seattle"
5) "She looks like my third grade teacher, and I hated my third grade teacher... wait a minute, she IS my third grade teacher!" -Sam Baldwin, "Sleepless in Seattle"
4) "Well, how long is your program? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home... only to no home I'd ever known... I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic." -Sam Baldwin, "Sleepless in Seattle"
3) "I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." -Harry Burns, "When Harry Met Sally"
2) "All I'm saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don't get him first, somebody else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband." -Marie, "When Harry Met Sally"
1) "I'll have what she's having." -Older woman to waiter after Sally fakes an orgasm, "When Harry Met Sally"
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