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Taiwan screenwriter claims she has been plagiarized, Shenyang subway passenger jumps through carriage window and a Xinhua journalist blows the whistle on an official's corruption.

Chiung Yao slams copycat writer

Taiwan novelist and screenwriter Chiung Yao claims historical television series Palace 3: The Lost Daughter, written and produced by screenwriter Yu Zheng from Chinese mainland, plagiarizes one of her works, and has demanded provincial TV station Hunan Television pull it off-air.

She provided evidence of copyright infringement in a letter to China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the top regulator of China's TV and film industry.

     

Non-local vehicles need approval to enter 6th ring road

Beijing expanded transport controls to the sixth ring road on April 11, meaning vehicles bearing non-Beijing registration plates must apply for a license to enter the area.

The new license is valid for seven days, and can be renewed for a further five. Those caught disobeying the rule will lose three points.

Since the rule was introduced, applications for such licenses have surged. At a checkpoint in Baimiao in Tongzhou district on Tuesday, a 200-meter queue had formed.

Official reported for having mistress and corruption

Song Lin, chairman of state corporation China Resources (Holdings), has been reported for keeping a mistress and corruption, by Wang Wenzhi, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency.

Wang revealed the facts on his official Weibo account on Wednesday. He said Song had arranged for his mistress, Yang Li Juan, to work at the Hong Kong branch of the United Bank of Switzerland, and the woman helped him with bribery and money laundering.

Wang also claimed Yang owns more than a billion yuan in cash, stocks and property and many high-end estates at home and abroad. Wang said he has handed the proof to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-corruption agency.

Liaoning metro chaos

Trains on subway line 1 in the northeast city of Shenyang were disrupted between 7:30 and 9 am on Tuesday, after a passenger broke a window using an emergency hammer and jumped from a carriage, Liaoning based-news website Nen.com.cn reported Wednesday. The man injured a hand while climbing through the window and was taken away by police for questioning. Some witnesses said he jumped because he had believed claims the carriage was on fire.

Captain America II tops at box office

Marvel Entertainment's Captain America: The Winter Soldier topped China's box office in the week ending April 13 with a weekly take of 260 million yuan ($42 million), according to a film industry publication.

Starring Chris Evans as the shield-bearing superhero and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, the film has earned about 495 million yuan ($80 million) since its debut on April 4, figures released by China Film News showed on Tuesday.

GPS navigator guides taxi driver into river

A taxi driver in Haimen drove his cab into a river amid foggy conditions on Monday because his GPS navigator gave him the wrong directions, Modern Express reported. The driver, surnamed Xu, managed to open a rear door while the back of the taxi was still above water and escaped with his female passenger. Xu had recently bought the navigator for 200 yuan ($32.13) from an online store.

Boy, 9, asks parents to stop cancer treatments

A 9-year-old boy recently diagnosed with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, tried to persuade his parents to stop his medical care after he researched his illness online and discovered the cost of the treatments, Yangtze Evening News reported on Tuesday. Liang Liang's parents tried to convince him that he had a respiratory disease, but he learned of his condition after an online search. The parents said they would not stop the treatments. They earn only 1,000 yuan ($160) a month and have already spent more than 150,000 yuan on the boy's medical bills.

Authorities confirm new bird flu case

A human case of H7N9 has been confirmed, the provincial health department said on Monday.

The infection of a 52-year-old man, surnamed Chuan, was confirmed on Sunday. He is in critical condition, according to the department.

China has reported more than 120 human H7N9 cases this year, including at least 39 deaths.