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ChongqingYangtze swim in the nudeA section of the Yangtze River has been turned into a “nude beach” where as many as 300 men gather daily to swim in the buff, People.self storagecom.cn. reports. One 67-year-old swimmer said he started skinny-dipping there about 40 years ago and was gradually joined by others. The Chongqing Office of Spiritual Civilisation said nude swimming had long been part of Chongqing’s culture but suggested swimmers give up the “indecent” practice.Three die on loaded bikesThree teenagers were killed when they and six other friends piled onto two motorcycles and crashed, Xinhua reports. The motorcycles – one carrying five, the other carrying four – bumped into each other and crashed on Saturday. All of the riders were between the ages of 13 and 19.GUANGDONGBribes ‘were being loyal’A Dongguan party official testified at his corruption trial that he began taking bribes because he was afraid of being accused of disloyalty by his superiors, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. Zheng Minhua, a former deputy township party secretary, burst into tears in a Foshan court on Tuesday while explaining that he felt “guilty, yet wronged” for taking 1.1 million yuan (HK$1.38 million) from a businessman introduced to him by his boss.Water not the real thingA Zengcheng spring water company has been accused of trying to pass off ordinary tap water as brand-name products, the Guangzhou Daily reports. Police said they discovered empty bottles and fake caps bearing the logos of top-selling brands in the shop. The owner insisted he had no idea where the material came from.GuangxiWoman raped in taxiA Guigang taxi passenger has been detained for beating and raping a female passenger in front of his 15-year-old nephew, China News Service reports. Authorities said the 27-year-old suspect, surnamed Huang, was drunk and forced himself on the woman, who was car pooling with the pair. The taxi driver was reportedly too scared to intervene.Games blamed for attackYizhou county police are blaming video games on a violent “hallucination” that prompted a 12-year-old boy to stab his younger cousin and leap off a three-storey building last week, China News Service reports. The boy was playing on the computer when he suddenly attacked the eight-year-old girl. Both children are in stable condition.JIANGSUExpat’s claims challengedSoochow University has released documents challenging a Chinese-American entrepreneur’s claim that she was forced to abandon her studies there and emigrate to the US three decades ago, Chinanews.com reports. The claims were among several allegations Fu Ping made in her memoir Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds about her difficulties growing up in China. The university produced copies of Fu’s drop-out request, as well as academic transcripts showing her English proficiency. Fu said her lack of English skills caused her hardship in America.Man hits wife with carA Xuzhou man has been detained for striking his wife with his car during an argument over their divorce proceedings, Chinanews.com reports. The suspect said he lost his temper while quarrelling over who should leave the Civil Affairs Department to fetch identification papers from home. The woman was sent 迷你倉o hospital. Several bus passengers were also injured when their driver tried to avoid striking the man’s car.JiangxiMigrant workers killedSixteen female migrant workers were killed when their bus ran off the road on Jiangxi’s mountainous border with Fujian province, Xinhuanet reports. Another 10 workers were injured in the crash in Nanfeng county. The bus was carrying 28 migrant workers returning from their place of work in Fujian.Hunt for officer’s killerShangrao city police were searching yesterday for a man accused of killing an off-duty auxiliary police officer on Sunday, China National Radio reports. The officer, Sun Biao, was stabbed during a quarrel near the city’s old train station.SHAANXI10 killed in mine fireTen workers died when a Weinan city sulphur mine caught fire during shaft maintenance, Chinanews.com reports. The local government said wires sparked at 2pm and ignited the mineshaft’s wooden supports. Seventeen workers escaped or were rescued.Heavy rain wreaks havocHeavy rainfall has affected nearly 120,000 Yanan residents in recent weeks with direct economic losses totalling 188 million yuan, Chinanews.com reports. Eleven people have been reported dead with 11 injured and one missing. More than 170 landslides were confirmed and five dams put at risk of being compromised. The government has put the city on high alert for further disasters.ShanghaiHottest in 140 yearsShanghai’s recorded high of 38.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday was the highest temperature on that date in 140 years, the Oriental Morning Post reports. The city has already recorded 16 “high-temperature days” – in which the mercury exceeds 35 degrees – in July. The three-decade average for such days is 8.9.Solar heating at lower costResearchers believe a new solar-powered heating system developed by Shanghai Jiaotong University could offer a lower-cost solution to providing central heating in the mainland’s south, the Oriental Daily reports. It is cheaper than air conditioning and can provide continuous heat with 30 per cent less energy use.SichuanMine rescuers missingSeven rescuers remain missing after responding to a Yibin city coal mine explosion on Tuesday, Xinhua reports. The missing were a members of a team sent into the mine to remove dangerous gas. Some 266 miners were rescued.Landslide kills girlOne girl was killed and another missing after a landslide in Dazhou city, China News Service reports. The landslide was caused by torrential rain, damaging residential buildings in Wanyuan . Many residents have been evacuated to a school.YunnanBlast linked to disputeOne person was killed and another injured in an explosion at a construction site in the Honghe ethnic autonomous prefecture , yunnan.cn reports. Police believe the dead man, Wang Xiaoping, caused the Luxi county blast during a business dispute with the injured man.Mixed reviews for mayorKunming Mayor Li Wenrong has received mixed reviews for his microblog post reflecting on the city’s poor drainage system in the wake of widespread flooding over the weekend, yunnan.cn reports. He promised fix weaknesses. But some residents accused the city government of neglecting drainage while spending billions of yuan on road improvements.文件倉