News You Might Have Missed: Shoot to Kill And Keep Off the Tracks

Animals have had a hard time of it recently. Hainan welcomes tourists, but not their dogs. Meanwhile, the cat’s out of the bag and into the soup. If that thought doesn't turn your stomach, the toxic milk, oil or peanuts will. As for this week's good news? Line 1 improvements are coming to a subway station near you.

Hainan has transformed from a tropical vacationland to a macabre destination. At the airport, a disembarking passenger’s pet poodle was killed by a shotgun blast to the head after escaping its cage at the baggage carousel. Seems a bit excessive, like swatting a fly with a slab of marble countertop. If anyone plans on traveling over the Chunyun period, please don’t leave any pets or small children unattended.

Dogs aren’t the only animals facing an untimely death. Cat hot pot was suspected of causing the demise of one diner who died almost immediately following his feline feast. Lovers of the domesticated meat can eat up worry-free, though, because the man’s death was actually a result of poison. The deadly herb was administered by his fellow diner, who must have just skimmed The Count of Monte Cristo and missed the section on how to inoculate himself against the spiked soup, as he nearly killed himself as well.

Some food that you may want to stay away from include milk, oil and peanuts. High levels of the toxin aflatoxin were discovered in Mengniu-brand milk (the result of cows eating mildewed feed). Subsequently, oil and peanuts have also tested high for the carcinogenic substance in several stores and restaurants in Shenzhen.

Between the pets and the poison, we decided to search for some happier news and what we came up with is that Line 1 will be taking their oldest cars out of service. (Yes, the ones without A/C that leave you sweltering in the summer.) Lines 1, 2, 13 and the Batong Line will also finally get glass barriers to keep people off the tracks, accidentally or otherwise. However, it’s been pointed out: Where there’s a will, there’s a way over a five-foot partition.

Photo: Global Times, Daviding.com