NANNING - Sixteen people in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have received sentences ranging from 15 months to nine years for telecom or internet fraud, local authorities said Thursday.According to Binyang county court, the criminals, involved in 11 cases, are mostly young people in their 20s. They have also been fined up to 200,000 yuan ($31,500).In one of the cases, a gang of three women bought personal information of others from the internet and cheated the victims through WeChat pretending to be their friends. They stole a total of 38,000 yuan.In another development, Tongliang district police of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality said on Monday that they had caught nine suspects allegedly involved in a telecom fraud case with over 3,000 victims.In the first nine months of 2017, prosecutors indicted 22,268 people in 8,257 cases involving property violations via the Internet or telecommunications. custom wristbandcustom made bracelets uksilicone diabetic braceletscustom id braceletsmedical id silicone wristbands
ZHENGZHOU -- Cloned peonies made their debut show at the ongoing peony festival in Luoyang, Central China's Henan province, with their full blossoming set for mid April.As an imperial capital during 13 dynasties, Luoyang claims to have the country's best peonies. The flower was a favorite of royal families for its luxuriant blossom, which came to symbolize prosperity and wealth.The city hosts the annual festival from April 5 to May 5 to celebrate the auspicious flower.Kong Xiangsheng, professor with the Henan University of Science and Technology, said 125 cloned peony plants were on the exhibition in Luoyang. Tourists can enjoy the blossoming for a week from mid-April.The plants were cloned from peony tissue ranging from roots, stems and leaves in a sterile environment, he said.The Luoyang academy of agriculture and forestry science completed the sequencing of the peony genome last year, recording 65,898 peony genes, and putting together a database of 1,000 peony varieties.Mapping of the genome will lead to better protection of wild peonies and precision seeding, and expand the use of peonies for making cosmetics and other commercial products.Wang said that with the cloning technology, scientists could make fast cultivation of rare breed peonies on a large scale.
