A rare hand scroll by calligrapher Wang Xizhi was sold Saturday for 308 million yuan at the autumn auction of China Guardian in Beijing, Xinhua reports.
A rare hand scroll by calligrapher Wang Xizhi was sold Saturday for 308 million yuan at the autumn auction of China Guardian in Beijing, Xinhua reports. The price was the second-highest in the history of Chinese mainland's art market, after calligrapher Huang Tingjian's hand scroll "Pillar Ming" which sold for 436.8 million yuan last year. According to China Guardian Vice President Hu Yanyan, the copy of the original script had nine lines and was later divided into two parts. The item at Saturday's auction was the first half, with four lines and 41 characters.
Gansu to standardize culture-makers
Gansu Province hopes to protect its culture by applying several provincial specialties to become regulated by national vocational qualification exam. If approved, people hoping to become Lanzhou beef noodles chefs and Linxia brick carvers must first pass the exam before qualifying to work.
New virus targets cell phone users
The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center has found a new virus affecting a lot of cell phone users in China, Xinhua reports. The virus, called Zombie Network: Evolution, is attached to a game application. Upon downloading and running the game, the virus automatically spreads itself by sending messages containing viral links and receives instructions to steal the user's personal data. Experts say the virus is hard to delete and advised mobile phone users to stay alert.
'Mercury bedware' maker fined
A local court in Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, ruled Thursday that the bedware maker that stuffed pillows with mercury beads shall compensate the Cai family for 262,124 yuan. In April 2007, the Cais bought a bed set manufactured by Foshan Steel-Land Industry Development. About 14 months later, they found mercury beads in the pillows, and their son was seriously poisoned. They sued the bedware maker and the shop that sold it.
Freshman gives birth in dormitory
A freshman at a college gave birth Saturday afternoon in her dormitory bathroom, Chengdu Evening News reports. Doctors speculate she became pregnant in February, though her entrance physical did not reveal her pregnancy. The student, who goes by the name Xiaowei, also never missed a military training class.