【新闻英语】 2014 Mar 17

CHINA DIALY Headline Paper-recycling program helps children Summary A charity program involving paper recycling has helped nearly 3-thousand children receive medical treatment or education over the past six years. The program, launched by the China Charity Federation in early 2008, has collected over 40-thousand tons of waste paper across China, selling the paper to recyclers for some 30 million yuan. The money has been used to pay for the treatments of over 300 children with serious illnesses. It has also subsidized the education of over 26-hundred poor children. GLOBAL TIMES Headline China regulates online ad security Summary Industrial standards for Internet advertising have gone into effect as concerns rise over users' information security. The standards, created by the China Internet Association, require that the collection, use, transfer and sharing of user information has to abide by mutual agreements and be in accordance with the law. SHANGHAI DAILY Headline Car plate prices remain stable Summary The number of bidders for Shanghai car plates has leapt more than 35-percent from last month. However, a price ceiling has helped ensure prices are little changed. The most recent auction has attracted over 61-thousand private buyers. However, the number of plates on offer remains at last month's level of 8-thousand. BEIJING NEWS Headline Guangzhou baby hatch suspended Summary A baby hatch pilot program has been suspended in Guangzhou, with the local welfare center overwhelmed by an increasing number of abandoned babies. The local civil affairs bureau says the number of abandoned babies has exceeded the limit the center can handle. A baby hatch is a place where people can safely and anonymously abandon a baby. BEIJING TIMES Headline Beijing levies fines on air polluters Summary Beijing authorities have issued their first administrative penalties to a local heating company for violating the city's new environmental protection laws. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Corps has sent a notice to the Beijing Hongxianghong Heating Company, demanding it rectify its behavior within three days and pay a 100-thousand yuan fine. Beijing environmental protection inspectors launched a campaign on March 1st when the new regulations took effect to test the emissions of companies. BEIJING MORNING POST Headline Japanese military brothel to be protected Summary A brothel set up by the Japanese military in Nanjing is to be protected as a historical relic by the local government. The brothel, which was used to force "comfort women" to provide sex for Japanese soldiers, is the largest to still exist in Asia. SOUTH CHINA METROPOLITAN DAILY Headline Nikon ordered to withdraw faulty cameras Summary Japanese camera giant Nikon has been ordered to remove its D600 cameras from sale at stores across China. The ruling has been issued after a report on CCTV's "3.15" news program which revealed the pictures the camera takes are often ruined by mysterious black specks. Nikon has sold about 48-thousand D600 cameras on the mainland.