Imagine the situation of a mother wanting to report her child’s activities to authorities.
The awkward “mother vs. son” scenario may happen next year as the city’s Internet watchdog urges local mothers to help fight pornography and “vulgar” information online.
Determined to start the campaign from a grassroots level, the authorities said they will select a group [...]

Beijing police will start recording some of their investigations next year to help improve officer behavior.
On Friday, the city’s public security bureau released the outline of the new law enforcement’s code of conduct.
Liu Zhanchuan, vice-head of the police’s legal affairs office, said through analysis of complaints against officers’ law enforcement in the past two years, [...]

The bank that was robbed on Saturday in Haidian District resumed business Sunday, with the 32-year-old suspect surnamed Han in police custody, according to local Chinese media.
The bank is a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) located on the second floor of a building in Lingnan Road near the Hangtian Bridge.
By Sunday [...]

SHENZHEN: A team of more than 800 policemen raided a village in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province and arrested a gang of 25 people, suspected of drug trafficking and kidnappings.
Police recovered three shotguns from the gang’s hideout in Bojiao village in the city’s Lianjiang township.
The two-hour raid started at 5 am on Wednesday when the police surrounded [...]

CHONGQING: Former district legislator and business tycoon Chen Mingliang, accused of running a mafia-style gang, was brought for his trial under heavy security, as hundreds of residents crowded the gates of the court to witness the proceedings yesterday.
Chen, 52, with his 34-member gang, faces 16 charges of abetting prostitution, drug trafficking, murder and corruption.
The prosecution [...]

NANTOU, Taiwan: Beijing’s top envoy sought to promote “brotherly love” across the Straits, even as dozens staged protests when Chen Yunlin visited a typhoon-hit village in central Taiwan.
More than 20 buildings in this mountainous village of 100 were washed away in early August by landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot, although nobody was killed.
Prefabricated houses have [...]