Internet Pressures Police to Treat Cases Equally

On March 15, two horses raised by an American in Beijing's largely rural Huairou District disappeared. A local police station received a report and duly began to investigate, the Beijing News reported. Officers interviewed nearby villagers and determined the direction the horses, owned by Laurence Brahm, had gone.

The way was steep and tough-going, but two policemen and several villagers hiked more than four hours and 20 kilometers, eventually finding the animals and returning them to Brahm.