China News Thread

[supercat]

Huge hotpot restaurant in Chongqing:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1845411188978393548

 

[tonyget]

Chinese universities will extend graduation time requirement for students. I think it's an effort to alleviate youth unemployment issue

 

[drowingfish]

Chinese universities will extend graduation time requirement for students. I think it's an effort to alleviate youth unemployment issue

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doesnt seem that simple, because it would discourage some youth from attempting grad school, thus sending them into the job market early.

my guess is they are trying to not clog the job market with masters and PHDs. as an alternative, push more youths into the job market as undergrad to accept less desirable positions, and use the two-three years that they'd otherwise have spent on getting masters to discover what skills/certification they lack and acquire them. for most of the positions out there, two years of hands-on experience is likely better than two years of schooling.

 

[bd popeye]

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CHANGSHA -- A total of 15 people were sentenced to prison in Central China's Hunan province on Thursday for their roles in a deadly building collapse that claimed 54 lives in 2022.

The defendants, including the owner of the illegally built and extended building and officials who were found of dereliction of duty, received jail terms ranging from two years and nine months to 12 years, according to their first-instance verdicts by local courts.

The incident occurred in Wangcheng district in the provincial capital of Changsha on April 29, 2022, leaving 54 dead and nine wounded. The State Council set up an investigation team to look into the incident shortly after it occurred.

Wu Zhiyong, the owner of the building, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for negligence leading to the incident. He had hired unqualified construction workers to illegally construct and extend the building, which he then leased as an accommodation and catering venue, according to the verdict.

Despite clear signs of the building's imminent collapse, Wu failed to organize emergency evacuations, resulting in heavy casualties. He was also convicted of conspiring with others to repeatedly destroy other people's property, the verdict showed.

Zhou Zhengmao, former deputy head of Wangcheng district, was handed a jail term of 12 years for dereliction of duty and accepting bribes.

Others convicted include inspectors from urban management and market regulation departments, as well as shareholders and testing personnel from a company that issued fake documents for the building project.

The company, Hunan Xiangda Engineering Testing Co., Ltd., was fined 1 million yuan (about $140,400).

Lawmakers, political advisors and relatives of the victims and defendants attended the sentencing.

 

[broadsword]

Some people will tell you you must bribe to get things done. That is progress, they say.

 

[Jamie28]

Others convicted include inspectors from urban management and market regulation departments, as well as shareholders and testing personnel from a company that issued fake documents for the building project.

Shareholders being accountable for the misconducts of the company they own, such an evil thing D: /s