A screen shot of the advertisement of a handgun toy that can deliver electric shock on an online shopping mall. Chen Guangqiong, a teacher at Paotongshu Primary School in Chengdu, Sichuan province, asked parents of her students on Thursday to keep an eye on what toys their kids are playing with. Toys that can deliver an electric shock have been found on primary and middle school campuses in parts of the country, she said on WeChat, an instant-messaging app. The warning came in the wake of media reports that such toys resembling chocolate, ballpoint pens, chewing gum and handguns are being sold in shops near primary and middle schools in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's capital, Nanning. The toys are inexpensive. A reporter in Nanning spent 70 yuan ($10.30) on a chocolate toy, a pen toy, a chewing gum toy and two handgun toys. Although there were English words on the packaging warning that the toys could produce electric shocks, no trade name, factory name, factory address or date of manufacture was listed. One of the toy guns was tested in an electrical laboratory of Nanning-based Guangxi Vocational and Technical Institute by He Jufeng, a senior technician, during an interview by China Central Television. The gun emitted more than 600 volts upon discharge. Standard electrical current in homes and businesses in China is 220 volts. According to He, the toy doesn't deliver continuous currents, so a person's body can normally diffuse it easily without lasting damages. But He said that children and people with heart conditions should avoid such toys to prevent unnecessary risks. Parents of schoolchildren in some parts of the country have alerted each other to the danger of the toys. According to media reports, the toys have also been found in Henan and Jiangxi provinces. Xiao Lin, a middle-aged woman whose husband is the principal of a private primary school in Wuhan, Hubei province, said on Friday that many pupils' parents have warned each other through WeChat to prevent their children from playing with the dangerous toys. It is not the first time that toys have disturbed the parents of schoolchildren. Last month, a kind of miniature crossbow that shoots toothpicks and needles was found to be popular among primary and middle school students in some parts of the country, including Yunnan, Shandong and Henan provinces. [email protected]silicone rubber bandspaper wristbands1 inch wide rubber bands24 hour wristbands coupon codelivestrong bracelet
MACAO - The overall residential property price index in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) from March to May increased by 5.4 percent to 265.0, compared with that of the previous period from February to April, the SAR's statistics service said on Tuesday.Information from the Statistics and Census Service also indicated that the index for the Macao Peninsula (266.7), and Taipa and Coloane (257.0) rose by 6.0 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.The index for overall existing residential units (285.2) went up by 3.4 percent from March to May, while the index for pre-sale residential units (274.3) increased by 9.2 percent.The overall residential property price index expanded by 8.7 percent year-on-year compared with the same period last year, with the index for existing residential units and pre-sale residential units rising by 10.0 percent and 10.8 percent respectively year-on-year.
