Child locked inside vehicle in 40 C heat

A 1-year-old toddler was rescued by firefighters after being accidentally locked inside a car by its mother in the city’s Huangpu district on July 26. Firefighters arrived at the scene after the mother reported the incident, smashing a car window to remove the child as quickly as possible, with temperatures having soared to 40 C that day. The child was unharmed in the incident.

S H A N G H A I DA I LY A man in Nanjing was recently placed in a detention house as punishment for wearing a counterfeit police uniform. Hu, 21, was detained while walking along a busy street after police officers realized that his uniform, number and badge were fake. Hu admitted to purchasing the uniform online, saying that he wanted to become a police officer but failed the entrance examination. Hu said he disliked the job his parents arranged for him and lied to them after purchasing the uniform, saying that he had been recruited by the police department.

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GUO ZEYU / XINHUA Bridal sedan chairs are carried on a country road near Nakong Bouyei village in Zhenfeng county, Guizhou province, on Tuesday, as 99 newly married couples from across the country gather to experience traditional wedding customs of the ethnic Bouyei...