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A man in Anhui province quits his job to watch FIFA World Cup matches. A man is killed by a chair thrown off a high building in Hong Kong. And collecting "likes" for commercial means is banned on WeChat.

Man quit job to watch World Cup

A 27-year-man from Huangshan city in Anhui province quit his job to watch World Cup, Ahtv.cn reported Wednesday.

The man, identified by his alias, Li Quan, was a marketing manager with a yearly pay of 100,000 yuan ($16,010). He said he cherished the old times playing football in his teenage years, and will find a bar and watch World Cup with other fans.

Collecting 'like's for commercial means forbidden on WeChat

Since June 9, public accounts on WeChat will not be allowed to collect "likes" among fans and any account violating the rule four times will be blocked permanently, jinbw.com.cn reported.

Before the announcement, messages were frequently seen on the WeChat "Moments" page that reposting a link from a public account and collecting a certain number of "likes" would earn the user a gift.

Many of the promotions were later proved to be fake, and even if it is true, there is still little chance for the users to win the gift.

University entrepreneur

A Chongqing student sold exercise books, computer items, quilts and developed tourism routes during four years in college, and finally established his own company before graduation this summer, CNR.cn reported Sunday.

Zhang Hongyu, a student at Chongqing Nanfang Translators College under Sichuan International Studies University, sold nearly 5,000 quilts for 2 million yuan last year. He now employs 12,000 students as part-time workers. He said he will further develop his tourism business and his company is expected to earn revenues of 10 million yuan by end of 2014.

Former official has two identifications

Li Xuezhi, a former official of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, was sentenced to 14 years in jail on bribery charges, Beijing News reported.

According to an announcement from Xicheng District People's Procuratorate, Li illegally had two identification certificates, causing difficulties for procurators in tracing the sources of his deposits. He had more than 4 million yuan ($640,000) in his accounts.

Apart from the nearly 2 million yuan in bribes that have been confirmed, the source of the rest of the money is unknown.

Shamed of PE score, junior student died suddenly in exercise

A 14-year-old boy, who has congenital heart disease, died suddenly during a running lesson at Urumqi No.76 Middle School in Xinjing Uygur autonomous region. The local court ordered the school to pay a compensation of 333,000 yuan ($53,313) to the parents because of its failure to take care of the under-age boy, Xinjiang news website Ts.cn reported on Tuesday

The eighth-grader was not happy that his teacher made class scores public, including the zero he earned in PE due to his illness. He made that clear to the class teacher, and the teacher told him the score wouldn't affect the admission exam into senior high school, but later he insisted on running in a PE exercise on campus in Nov 2013. The PE teacher failed to watch or stop him. The running finally caused his sudden death.

Couple suspected of dialects scam

A couple over the age of 50 from Zhongxiang learned different dialects to allegedly cheat people by pretending to be from their hometowns, Chutian Metropolis Daily reported on Tuesday.

The suspects took passengers' luggage at train stations after making their acquaintance and earning their trust by saying they were from the same hometown. The passengers would then let the accused take care of the luggage, which then disappeared, authorities said.

The couple were caught by police on May 29 after a woman said she had been cheated out of a trunk. In the past two years, the couple allegedly cheated money and other items worth about 1 million yuan ($160,000) from about 30 people, most at train stations around China. The case is still being investigated.

Couple appeals fine for second child

A couple in Taizhou city of Zhejiang province has appealed a fine of 200,000 yuan ($32,100) from the local family planning authority for having a second child on Dec 28, the day the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the implementation of its second-child policy, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday. The couple filed a lawsuit appealing the fine on Monday, claiming their second child is covered by the new policy. The court accepted the lawsuit and will schedule a hearing.