Author: HACOS

China’s censors continue to knock on the doors of the country’s internet giants amid a broad-based push to crack down on illicit activities and inappropriate content, forcing many companies to regulate their own platforms more tightly.

In the latest instance, Tencent Holdings has decided to take down its “drift bottle” feature, a long-running function on its ubiquitous social networking platform WeChat that enables users to leave text or voice messages for random strangers to pick up.

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“Through user complaints and media reports, we find there are still some cases which take advantage of the feature to disseminate pornography and solicit prostitutes,” Tencent said in a statement posted on its official account on Friday, adding that the WeChat team has moved to halt the function.

“We have been working hard to create a healthy and safe online environment and remind our users to keep up their vigilance and report any pornographic materials, erotic texts or harassment,” it added.

The decision comes after Baidu was fined 600,000 yuan (US$86,400) for publishing advertisements that contain pornography, gambling, superstition and violence, according to a report by the online edition of the People’s Daily over the weekend.

The Haidian district of the industrial and commercial administration of Beijing also demanded that Baidu hand over 26,000 yuan in revenue from three “superstitious” ads the search engine ran on its platform. The ads contained phrases such as “decoding one’s full-year destiny through the Chinese zodiac” and “mojos that can bring happiness, luck and fortune”.

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Baidu did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Monday while a Tencent spokesman said the company had no additional comment beyond the statement.

The Chinese authorities have been on a drive to clean up the country’s online environment over the past few years, urging more prudence over ads and real-time monitoring of content. The industry-wide clampdown led to the shutdown of 9,800 social media accounts on platforms including WeChat, microblogging site Weibo, Baidu, news aggregator Jinri Toutiao and others in the three weeks since late October.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China said last month that tightened management of internet content producers would be a “new norm” for the internet watchdog. The authority has summoned the operators of 10 content platforms to conduct clean-ups of their own services to remove vulgar content, rumours and fake accounts.

Last month, ByteDance, which runs Jinri Toutiao, was ordered to pay a fine of 3.7 million yuan for publishing illegal medical ads. This came after an earlier 700,000 yuan fine imposed in March when it was criticised by the People’s Daily and China Central Television for running ads seen as misleading and harmful to the public.

From 2019, there will be four policies on driving licenses, each of which is really good news. Now let’s have a look!

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Can Drive More Models of Cars 

with C1 Driving License

 

In the past, C1 driving licenses were only able to drive compact cars. If you want to drive a large vehicle, you must obtain other types of driving licenses. After the launch of the New policies, the you can drive more types of cars with C1 driving license!

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According to the “Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses”, the driving range of the C1 driving license are:

• Small and micro passenger cars with a total weight of less than 4.5 tons;

• Lightweight and mini-loading vehicles/trucks with a length of 6 meters or less;

• The number of passengers in a car is less than or equal to 9. That is, you can’t drive a car with 9 seats or more, such as some SUV and MPV models with more than 9 seats.;

• Light, small, micro special operation vehicles.

 

In addition to the above models, the C1 driving license can also drive the C2, C3, C4 quasi driving type now.

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• C2 refers to the “small automatic car”, which is what we often call the automatic car.

• C3 refers to “low-speed trucks”, such as agricultural vehicles, with a maximum speed of less than or equal to 70km/h, a maximum total mass of less than or equal to 4.5 tons, and a body length of less than or equal to 6 meters.

• C4 refers to “three-wheeled vehicles”, three-wheeled vehicles are not equal to three-wheeled motorcycles.

Can Get EXTRA Points In These Way

 

Since the Chinese driving license runs on a point system that each driver has 12 points in total per year. But the owner can “add points” to his driving license as follows:

 

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1. No violation record

If the owner does not violate the rules in a scoring cycle, he/she can add another 3 points on the basis of the original 12 points.

 

2.“Traffic knowledge quizzes”

The transportation departments of some cities have launched quizzes about traffic regulations and driving safety on their official website. The owner can get the bonus points up to 6 points by answering the corresponding questions.

 

3. Report Traffic Violation

The transportation department supports the general public to participate in reporting violations. As long as the content of the report is true and effective, the reporter can obtain the corresponding bonus points after verification.

Driving License for Life

 

Beginning next year, the driving license policy of lifelong system must meet the following conditions:

• After two renewal cycles, you can apply for a permanent license the third time;

• No violation of 12 points is recorded within the scoring period.

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The driving application for the first motor vehicle driving license is valid for 6 years, and can be applied for renewal within 90 days before the expiration. For example, the effective date on the motor vehicle driving license is until to August 8, 2020, then you need to apply for a driving license within 90 days before August 8, 2020.

If it is not renewed in time, it can be reissued by the traffic control office. However, do not drive a vehicle with expired driving license. Once investigated, it will be punished with a maximum of 2,000 yuan and 15 days of detention.

The Age for Obtaining 

Driving License Is Relaxed

Nowadays, it is very inconvenient for older people to travel without being able to drive a car. Some old people bought old scooters, but these scooters have many safety hazards.

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The age limit for C1 driving licenses has also been adjusted since next year. It used to be that  the elderly can’t drive after 65 years old. Now the age limit has been raised to 70 years old, but remember to submit a medical report every year.

Chinese government has continuously introduced new regulations, some of which are more stringent, and some policies are indeed good news. No matter how the future policies change, the fundamental starting point is to strengthen traffic management and ensure the safety of everyone’s travel!

A female suspect on the run from police in southwest China has been dubbed the country’s most beautiful criminal after her mugshot went viral on social media. A wanted poster for Qingchen Jingjing, was released by police in the city of Mianyang in Sichuan province last Tuesday.

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She is accused of being part of a criminal gang that scammed money out of customers in bars and tea-houses, according to the notice posted on Weibo. Her age and occupation have not been confirmed although a former work colleague suggested she was aged around 19.

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Two members of the seven-person gang have surrendered since then but Qingchen was still missing, according to a police source quoted in The Beijing News on Sunday. But recently, the most beautiful criminal turned himself in.

Police started investigating the gang when a man complained he had been scammed out of thousands of yuan – a sum worth hundreds of US dollars – at a bar in the city’s science and technology district.

Police later concluded that the gang had been operating for at least half a year and targeted drunk people. After Qingchen’s photo went viral, the police Weibo account said: “Being beautiful is not your problem, but using your looks to commit illegal crimes is not right.”

A person who claimed to be a former high school classmate of Qingchen said that other students called her the “classroom beauty” and she was popular with boys.

Another person who claimed to be a former colleague of hers at a “listed company” said that Qingchen was extroverted and proud of her appearance.

 

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“She was born in 1999, and a few older colleagues thought she was an ignorant child,” the colleague told news site Thecover.cn.

“When she left her job she said that she was travelling abroad with her boyfriend.”

Weibo users were quick to offer their own comments on her appearance.

“She could earn much more being a livestreamer than a bar scammer. Being a scammer is very hard work,” read one top-rated comment on Weibo.

“This is probably the one person in all of China who least wants their photo to go viral,” said another.

Qingchen’s possibly unwanted brush with fame, mirrors that of Jeremy Meeks – arguably the best-known “hot criminal” in the world.

Meeks, a former member of California’s notorious Crips gang, was arrested by California police in 2014 for gun possession and theft.

His mugshot went viral after it was posted by police on Facebook, and Meeks ended up with a lucrative modelling career after his release in 2016.