宁夏纠正“诽谤”刑拘案
新华社消息,宁夏吴忠市纠正了一起错案,将11月23日以“诽谤罪”在甘肃被拘的王鹏 释放。王鹏的室友马晶晶学业很差却顺利通过了宁夏公务员考试,而其父母均在宁夏回族自治区担任官职。王鹏后来向相关部门举报这些情况,并在网上发帖。负责 处理该案的吴忠警方表示,包括王鹏在内的所有人都有权检举舞弊行为,维护公平正义,目前警方正在就此案件进行深入调查。吴忠市利通区公安分局局长何泽祥、 政委汪红东已被免职。
朝韩局势引发义乌萧条
据《钱江晚报》消息,浙江义乌的商贩均称,最近朝鲜半岛上的紧张局势使义乌著名的小商品市场交易量“大幅下降”,并抱怨朝韩的客户也开始拖欠货款。同时,朝韩之间的局势也使得韩元对美元汇率急剧下跌,因此用美元结算的商人更觉得雪上加霜。
食用油四个月不涨价
据《西安晚报》报道,国内多家食用油龙头企业将保持产品价格稳定,在明年3月的“两会”之前不会上调价格。作为我国近日宏观调控的一部分,政府正全力保持商品价格稳定,食用油企业也接到“招呼”,暂时不会上调价格。
重庆至西欧12天
据《重庆晚报》消息,一条连接重庆和欧洲主要城市的铁路将于本月正式全线开通。届时从重庆发往荷兰鹿特丹、德国杜伊斯堡等欧洲主要城市的货物,只需12天时间就可抵达,比起海运节省了时间和运费。
China to increase preschool funding
State Councilor Liu Yandong announced that China will increase the funding of private kindergartens and unify the fees between public and private kindergartens, the Beijing Times reports. In some areas, the lack of kindergartens or qualified teachers has caused a bottleneck in local preschool education. Kindergartens are also under fire for teaching material that some feel is too "advanced" for the students.
Police release man accused of libel
Wuzhong police, in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, have redressed a mishandled case and released Wang Peng, who has been detained from Gansu on defamation charges since Nov. 23, Xinhua reports. Wang reported to administrative departments and posted online allegations that his college roommate, whose parents are Ningxia Hui officials, suspiciously became a civil servant without difficulty, despite doing poorly on college exams. Wuzhong police officials say people, including Wang, have the right to report fraud to maintain justice and are investigating his case further. The head of Litong District’s public security bureau, He Zexiang, and its political commissar, Wang Hongdong, have been removed from their posts.
Local market gloomy amid Korea tensions
Traders in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, claim that the recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula have shrunk "remarkably the transaction volume of their famous miscellaneous goods, Qianjiang Evening News reports. They say their customers in North and South Korea have started to arrear payments. The tensions have also caused the South Korean won to depreciate drastically against the US dollar, casting one more chill to businessmen who trade in dollars.
Cooking oil price to remain stable
Leading producers of cooking oil will not raise product prices over the next four months leading up to the annual congressional sessions next March, Xi’an Evening News reports. As part of the recent macroeconomic-adjustment policy, China has made every effort in combating commodity price increases, and oil producers have been told to keep prices stable until then.
Railway connects China, Europe
A railway that connects Chongqing and major cities in Europe will begin operations this month, Chongqing Evening News reports. Freight trains will take 12 days to travel between the southwestern Chinese municipality and cities such as Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Duisburg, Germany, saving shipping time and costs over sea.