When thirty foreign consulates in Guangzhou held a charity bazaar for handicapped children on December 8, they raised 330,000 RMB. But it wasn’t all joy.

After representatives of the consulate sold delicacies from their home countries at low prices at the bazaar, they sent the money to Ping’an Bank. It turned out that 5,000 RMB of what they had received was counterfeit, according to Yangcheng Evening News.

The criminals who used the counterfeit money were criticized for exploiting foreigners’ ignorance about fake Chinese currency.

Then, amazingly, He Keng, a former deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, attacked the foreign consulates on Tencent Weibo.

“Foreign consulates intended to disgrace us Chinese by holding a charity bazaar and they are shameless. China doesn’t need the 330,000 yuan, not to mention it was Chinese people’s money,” wrote He, as translated by Global Times.

He has come under fire for his comments, and police are investigating the fraud.

Remember when we told you about all the damage that was done by falling trees when Typhoon Vicente hit this summer?

It turns out that some of the region’s trees don’t even need a heavy storm to fall over and do damage.

After a 100 year-old tree fell in Guangzhou’s Yuexiu District last week, a 50 year-old ficus glaberrima tree fell on December 3, damaging two cars and a telecommunications cable in the district, according to Southern Metropolis Daily.

The 50 year-old tree, which fell on Haizhu Middle Road at around 7:40 p.m., also took another tree with it. The cause is thought to be either that the roots were decayed after consecutive days of heavy rain, or white ants.

Two sedan cars parked under the tree were crushed, one was severely damaged.

The city is conducting an investigation into how such accidents can be avoided in future.

A pregnant woman in Guangzhou claims she was beaten by supermarket staff after stealing milk powder Nov. 20, Southern Metropolis Daily reports.

Mrs.Jiang came to Guangzhou from her native Hunan Province three days earlier. At around 7:00 pm.,she went shopping at the supermarket in Baiyun District’s new city. After checking out, she was detained by security guards who found a pot of milk powder worth 208 yuan in her bag that she hadn’t paid for.

Mrs. Jiang confessed that she wanted to take the milk powder to her baby. After refusing to pay the supermarket 3,000 yuan in compensation, a female worker took 180 yuan that was on Mrs. Jiang’s person before male security guards took her to a warehouse to “take care of her”.

“I called my sister and brother-in-law, but they didn’t believe in the authenticity of the case and refused to respond. One of the supermarket staff beat me repeatedly with a stick, even though I told them I was pregnant,” said Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang confirmed with police that she stole the milk powder but the supermarket is yet to make a statement. Mrs.Jiang decided to have an abortion after doctors told her her injuries could affect the baby.