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Heat Wave: Zhengzhou Students Injured When Lining Up for Air-Conditioned Library

Some Zhengzhou students were injured when trying to enter their school’s air-conditioned library yesterday. While outside temperatures passed 30 degrees, many were afraid to suffer heat stroke in their un-air-conditioned dormitories.

Manya Koetse

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A couple of Zhengzhou students were injured when trying to enter their school’s air-conditioned library yesterday. While outside temperatures toppled 30 degrees, many were afraid to suffer heat stroke in their un-air-conditioned dormitories.

As temperatures rose above thirty degrees in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on June 20, students formed a long line to enter their air-conditioned library. Many wanted to avoid heat stroke and were looking for a cool shelter as their dormitories do not have any electric fans or air conditioning, Chinese newspaper The Paper reports on their official Weibo account.

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But as too many people were lining up to get in, some were injured when trying to enter the library. According to The Paper, it concerns some minor injuries.

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Not all netizens understand why the Zhengzhou library became so overcrowded, as they have better alternatives to be in air-conditioned spaces: “You’d better take your girlfriend to the mall and sit down somewhere to read a book, then have some food in the mall food court and go see a movie afterwards,” one netizen suggests.

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People also wonder why the local dormitories and school buildings do not have electric fans or air-conditioning so students can comfortably stay there during hot weather. “A school that does not have air-conditioning is a backward school,” one netizen says.

Temperatures are still rising in Zhengzhou.

Temperatures are still rising in Zhengzhou.

As exam week is approaching and temperatures are still rising, the local school has stated that they will extend the opening hours of the library open and provide more tables and chairs for students. The library will also have more staff to keep the crowd under control and make sure this does not happen again.

On Weibo, some netizens are also wondering what the alternatives are for those students whose university has no air-conditioned spaces at all: “Perhaps we should go to our headmaster’s office?”

– By Manya Koetse

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Manya Koetse is the founder and editor-in-chief of whatsonweibo.com. She is a writer, public speaker, and researcher (Sinologist, MPhil) on social trends, digital developments, and new media in an ever-changing China, with a focus on Chinese society, pop culture, and gender issues. She shares her love for hotpot on hotpotambassador.com. Contact at manya@whatsonweibo.com, or follow on Twitter.

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Tsingtao Brewery ‘Pee-Gate’: Factory Worker Caught Urinating in Raw Material Warehouse

The pee incident, that occurred at a subsidiary Tsingtao Beer factory, has caused concerns among consumers.

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A video that has circulated on Chinese social media since October 19 shows how an alleged worker at a Tsingtao Beer factory climbs over a wall at the raw material production site and starts to urinate.

The incident reportedly occurred at the Tsingtao Beer Factory No. 3, a subsidiary of the Tsingtao Brewing Company, located in Qingdao, Shandong.

After the video went viral, the Tsingtao Brewery Company issued a statement that they took the incident very seriously and immediately report it to the authorities, who have started an investigation into the case. Meanwhile, the specific batch in production has been halted and shut off.

The incident has caused concern among consumers, and some commenters on social media wonder if this was the first time something like this has happened. “How do we know this hasn’t happened many times before?”

Others speculate about what might have motivated the man to urinate at the production site. There are those who believe that the man is part of an undercover operation orchestrated by a rivaling company, aimed at discrediting Tsingtao. It’s even suggested that there were two ‘moles’ leaking in this incident: one doing the urinating, and the other doing the video ‘leak.’

Meanwhile, there are voices who are critical of Tsingtao, suggesting that the renowned beer brand has not effectively addressed the ‘pee gate’ scandal. It remains uncertain how this incident will impact the brand, but some netizens are already expressing reservations about ordering a Tsingtao beer as a result.

But there are also those who joke about the “pissing incident,” wondering if Tsingtao Beer might soon launch a special “urine flavored beer.”

By Manya Koetse

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Streamed Without Realizing: Chinese Village Cadres Suspended after Sex Scene Video Leaks Online

“Village cadres are so hard-working. Besides conducting conferences, they also do live-streaming!”

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Two cadres working in Weicheng District in Shandong Province were suspended this week after an “inappropriate video” that showed them engaging in sexual acts started circulating on Chinese social media.

The two got a bit too cozy together in a meeting room, and the moment allegedly was unknowingly caught on camera after a secretary did not turn the camera off after a video conference.

On October 6, Phoenix News (@凤凰网) reported that the subdistrict office in question denied that such an incident took place in their jurisdiction.

The local Discipline Inspection Commission, however, confirmed that the incident did take place and that the case was under investigation, although they would not confirm which positions the two cadres held. Online, it was claimed that they are a thirty-something male secretary in and a fifty-something female director.

Some Chinese media sources noted that the video in question seems to have been recorded from a security camera system screen, raising questions about whether the two had forgotten about the security cameras, or if they actually forgot to turn off a conference call camera, or if the incident was captured by both the security cameras and the webcam.

On Weibo and other Chinese social media, the incident has caused some banter among netizens.

“At least our Party comrades are now addressing their needs internally without causing harm to society – that could be considered a form of progress,” one popular comment said.

“It’s not bad, it’s just bad that they forgot to turn the webcam off,” others replied.

“Ah, so this is officially what officials do?” others wondered.

“Village cadres are so hard-working. Besides conducting conferences, they also do livestreaming!”

By now, it’s been confirmed by a staff member at the Wangliu St. Office in Weifang that the two individuals involved, both village cadres, have been suspended. They are currently under investigation by the Disciplinary Inspection Committee. By early Saturday, a related hashtag had garnered over 200 million views on Weibo (#两干部流出不雅视频被停职#).

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