Mental health of kids A RECENT study found that kindergarten children who are exposed to electronic screens for more than an hour a day have a significant increase in mental health risk regardless of the content viewed, and the risk escalates as the duration of screen exposure increases. According to the study conducted by experts from the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, children watching entertainment and non-child-directed programs have greater mental health risks than those who watch educational programs. Emergency relief DISASTER relief supplies and lighting equipment have reached areas hit by heavy snowfall in North China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. Supplies including 10,000 cotton coats, 10,000 quilts and 5,000 sets of household emergency lighting equipment were urgently allocated by the ministry and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration to ensure the safety and warmth of the locals. Economic crime cases SINCE 2018, Chinese police have cracked 467,000 economic crime cases and recovered more than 280 billion yuan (US$39.5 billion) in direct economic losses, China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced yesterday. The police have also arrested more than 5,000 fugitives suspected of economic crimes from over 100 countries and regions, as well as 14 individuals listed in Interpol Red Notice, according to the MPS. | 