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The death toll from a strong <keyword id="6362774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="earthquake">earthquake</keyword> which hit the southern Chinese province of <keyword id="103180" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sichuan">Sichuan</keyword> late on Monday night has risen to 12, with 134 people injured. More than 100,000 people were affected – mostly in the epicentre at Changning county in <keyword id="1651023" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Yibin">Yibin</keyword> city, while more than 10,000 buildings were damaged, according to a statement by the local government on Tuesday. Land subsidence and a landslide caused by the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.0, have blocked a highway, several major roads and numerous village roads, the statement said, while a major bridge in the area is also at risk. The Yixu highway in Changning has been closed and authorities are currently assessing the Dongdi Bridge. The Yibin government statement also said workers had been sent to clear the affected village roads. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake was centred at a fairly shallow depth of 10km (6 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage to buildings and infrastructure. An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.2 later hit the same area, the USGS said. More than 300 firefighters were sent to the scene overnight, as well as rescue personnel with 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding cots and other emergency supplies, according to Xinhua. <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="China">China</keyword>’s worst earthquake in recent years struck the mountainous western portion of Sichuan province in 2008, leaving 87,000 dead, 370,000 injured and 5 million people homeless. That earthquake was about 400km (249 miles) from Monday’s earthquake. A 1976 earthquake centred in the northeastern city of Tangshan killed at least 250,000 people.

China’s Sichuan earthquake death toll rises to 12, with 134 injured

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A restaurant in China offered free meals to customers who could eat 108 spicy dumplings, CNN reported.</li><li>But local authorities are now investigating whether it broke laws against food waste, per reports.</li></ul>Authorities in China are investigating whether a restaurant violated the country's strict laws against food waste by offering free meals to customers who successfully polished off 108 spicy dumplings, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/08/china/china-eating-contest-investigation-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN.</a>The restaurant in the city of Yibin in the southwestern province of Sichuan offered a "king of big stomach challenge," which involved customers competing to eat 108 chaoshous, or spicy Sichuan-style wontons, as quickly as possible to win a prize, the outlet reported.It advertised the challenge on social media, but ran into trouble after the competition caught the attention of the State Administration for Market Regulation, state-affiliated news outlet The Cover reported, per CNN.The restaurant in Yibin "demonstrates behaviors of binge eating and drinking and inducing customers to order excessively," The Cover reported, citing the government agency.Authorities said they would open an investigation into whether the restaurant, which was not named, violated anti-food-waste laws, The Cover said, with the restaurant one of several being probed over similar competitions.According to The Global Times, China introduced laws against food waste in 2021, in response to the prevalence of <a href="https://www.insider.com/mukbang-video-the-extreme-eating-trend-making-youtube-rich-2020-2">"mukbang" videos</a> online.The law bans food bloggers from making and distributing binge-eating videos, with fines of up to 100,000 yuan ($13,815) for those who violate it, the Global Times reported.The law also punishes restaurants that encourage customers to make excessive food orders, with a fine of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,382) for those that do, the outlet said.According to the <a href="https://www.cfr.org/article/china-increasingly-relies-imported-food-thats-problem">Council on Foreign Relations think tank,</a> food security has been prioritized by the Chinese Community Party ever since the Great Chinese Famine in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127087/">killed tens of millions of people.</a>

A restaurant fell foul of China's food-waste laws by offering free meals to anyone who could eat 108 dumplings, says report

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul><li>Some cities in China are making couples take a "marriage and family exam" before they are allowed to break up.</li><li>It includes&#xa0;questions about each others' favourite food, parents' birthdays, and perspectives on familial responsibility.</li><li>If couples score more than 60% in the exam, they could be denied a divorce.</li><li>Take a look at all the questions they're being asked.</li></ul> China is so desperate to cut down on their divorce rates that they're making couples take an exam before they are allowed to break up.Some divorce registration offices across China have been asking couples to take a "marriage and family exam" (婚姻家庭考试卷) before they are granted a divorce.This has been happening in places including <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-09/23/c_1121710799.htm">Xi'an city</a>, <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-05-22/doc-ihawmauc0695563.shtml">Donghai county</a>, and <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-09/23/c_1121710799.htm">Yibin county</a>, according to various local reports since late 2017.The two-page-long test includes 15 questions in three sections: Fill-in-the-blanks, short answers, and an essay. Each spouse fills out a test on the other.Here are the questions:Section 1: Fill in the blanks (4 points per answer, totalling 40)1. When is your wedding anniversary?2. When is your spouse's birthday?3. When is your child's birthday?4. What's your spouse's favourite food?5. What is your child's favourite snack?6. When was the last time you communicated?7. When are you mother- and father-in-law's birthdays?8. How many times have you been on holiday together?9. How long have you been going out?10. How are the household chores divided?Section 2: Short answers (10 points per answer, totalling 40 points)1. What are your best memories as a couple or most fortunate thing to have happened to you as a couple?2. What's the biggest difference or point of contention between the couple right now?3. What responsibilities have you fulfilled to your family, and what do you think have you done well or not well?4. What responsibilities has your spouse fulfilled to the family, and what do you think they have done well or not well?Section 3: Essay (20 points)Explain what you think about your marriage and family, why you want to divorce, and your plans for the future.The entire questionnaire is graded out of 100. If the couple scores more than 60, it means there is "room for recovery" in the marriage, while scores under 60 suggest that the relationship is on the rocks.Here's an example of a (marked) exam paper in Yibin, taken in September 2017, in which the wife scored 80 points and the husband 86, <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-09/23/c_1121710799.htm">according to the Xinhua news agency</a>. They were not allowed&#xa0;to divorce because they scored so highly.It's not clear what happens if one spouse scores above 60, the de facto pass mark, and the other doesn't.It's also unclear whether there is any mechanism to prevent cheating - or deliberately underperforming to make divorce easier.The questionnaire is meant to help "reduce the divorce rate and prevent impulsive divorces," Liu Chunling, the director of the Donghai county marriage registration office, <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-05-22/doc-ihawmauc0695563.shtml">told the state-operated&#xa0;Yangtse Evening Post</a>."Only the harmony of millions of family units can achieve the harmony of an entire society," Liu said.The official added: "Husbands and wives should answer the questions on the exam, and calm down. With the guidance of each question, let them reminisce about their relationship, and remember their responsibilities in marriage and family."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>China's divorce rate has been rising, with causes attributed to the the growing empowerment of working women as well as <a href="https://www.whatsonweibo.com/divorced-yet-why-china-has-a-soaring-divorce-rate/">the rise of social media and dating apps</a>, which citizens have said were facilitating extramarital affairs.Nearly two million couples registered for divorce in the first six months of 2017, an increase of more than 10% compared to the same period the year before, <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2117424/why-millions-chinese-people-are-filing-divorce-every-year">the South China Morning Post reported</a>.Earlier this month, Weibo rolled out a new function for citizens of Guangdong province, whereby <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/wechat-messaging-app-launches-divorce-feature-in-china-2018-5">couples can make appointments with their local divorce registration office with the click of a button</a>.<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/economist-weighted-voting-could-help-save-us-democracy-2018-5">This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans vote</a></h3> <div> </div> </div></hr>

China is so desperate to prevent divorces that it's making couples take an exam before they can break up

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div>Getty Images/Feng Li</div>BEIJING (<keyword id="76338" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reuters">Reuters</keyword>) - Chinese radio and television stations are to ban advertisements for expensive gifts such as watches, rare stamps and gold coins, the Xinhua state news agency said on Wednesday, as part of a push by the government to crack down on extravagance and waste.
Such advertisements had "publicized incorrect values and helped create a bad social ethos", the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said in a release, Xinhua said.
The ban comes after repeated calls from Xi Jinping, <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="China">China</keyword>'s president-in-waiting, for a renewed fight against graft. But it could take a toll on <keyword id="6363239" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="luxury">luxury</keyword> product manufacturers who advertise on Chinese television and radio.
Makers of expensive Chinese liquors including Kweichow Moutai Co Ltdand Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltdroutinely dominate the annual ad auction at China's official television network, CCTV.
Producers of the fiery Chinese liquor known as baijiu, which once flowed freely at government banquets, were hit in December by an official ban on alcohol at military events. High-end bottles of the grain-based liquor can cost thousands of yuan.
The crackdown on corruption has also hit jewelery retailers hard, especially after high-end watches became a symbol of graft.
Hengdeliand Emperor Watch and Jewelleryare the among the biggest watch retailers in China and both of their shares were down on Wednesday. Hengdeli had lost 2.2 percent by the early afternoon in Hong Kong while Emperor was down 1 percent.
"Watches and liquor have been influenced by government policies and have been pulled down by a change in leadership," Rupert Hoogewerf, the founder of Hurun Report, told Reuters last month.
Xi said in a speech on January 22 that targeting the "flies", or lowly people involved in corruption, was just as important as going after the "tigers", or top officials.
"As important cultural and ideological strongholds, radio and television channels should fully exert their role of educating the people," a spokesman for SARFT told Xinhua.
Xi has warned that a failure to weed out corruption and extravagance would put the ruling Communist Party's survival in jeopardy. The party has been embarrassed by a string of corruption scandals at its highest levels.
Xi is due to take over as president at an annual meeting of parliament in March.
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