Briefs | Zhang meets with MP

The deputy procurator general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Zhang Changren, headed a delegation from mainland China when they visited the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday. The delegation met with Macau’s Prosecutor General, Ip Son Sang, to exchange views on the work of the judicial institutions in Macau and the mainland.

Indian tourists found dead inside hotel room

Two Indian tourists were found dead yesterday afternoon in a hotel room inside the Galaxy Macau resort. Two other people were found unconscious inside the room and were taken to the hospital. According to TDM, the deceased are a man and his eldest son, while the two in hospital are a woman and a younger man (who are mother and son). The hotel was partially closed to facilitate the police investigation. Police have already announced that pills and letters were found inside the room and the case is being treated as a suicide.

Guangdong Cantonese textbook triggers debate

A Guangzhou primary school adopted a Cantonese Chinese textbook, according to Guangzhou Daily, which triggered online discussions on China’s social media network Sina Weibo. A post from a Weibo account reveals that some people reported the situation to the Ministry of Education of China because “the pride in using Cantonese is an obvious spreading of localism and is extremely harmful for the country’s stability and unification.” The most liked comment below the post reads: “You can choose not to learn, but we can’t forget our traditional culture, and our language.” The top comment below Guangzhou Daily’s original report reads, “It is OK to treat dialect just as a hobby […] after all, Mandarin is the national language.”