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NGOs swing spotlight on protecting gays
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| As the number of HIV infection cases shrinks in Guangzhou, the local community is asking for more awareness to be given to members of the gay population who are suffering from AIDS. |
Girders overturn, killing 7
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| Steel box girders being used to build an overpass on a bridge overturned on Friday night, killing seven workers and injuring another three in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province. |
British universities pursue stronger ties with China
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| British universities are endeavoring to build stronger partnerships with their Chinese counterparts and to enhance the exchange of students and scholars, in order to satisfy rising student interest in each other's country, a senior UK education official said. |
Senior media official was not killed for his property
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| A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a senior media official was found on Friday night in a street in Weinan city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. |
Safeguarding environment a priority
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| China continues to face mounting pressure to curb environmental degradation, despite progress in reducing pollution over the last five years, the environmental protection minister warned. |
Expert: Half of China's antibiotics fed to animals
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| Nearly half of the antibiotics produced in China are being fed to livestock rather than used to fight viruses in people, experts say. |
China Pavilion to reopen on Dec 1
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| The China Pavilion, the top attraction at the recently concluded Expo 2010 Shanghai, will reopen to the public on Dec 1 for a period of six months. |
Recent pirate attacks prompt tighter security
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| China is taking part in more international anti-piracy alliances following a series of pirate attacks on Chinese ships earlier this month. |
Material goods blamed for marital strife
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| A majority of Chinese people feel unsure about marriage, as the country's divorce rate is almost on par with its economic growth rate, a survey has found. |
Sany looks to overseas expansion for revenue
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| China's expansive spending on infrastructure projects has encouraged the domestic machinery producer Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd to look for other countries experiencing a similar urbanization process, and try to increase its revenue from overseas activities to 50 percent. |
Central bank pledges to intensify fight against inflation
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| China's central bank on Wednesday vowed to "steadily guide credit expansion back to normal levels" and strengthen liquidity management in an effort to curb inflation and cool rising inflation expectation. |
Clampdown on fossil smuggling
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| Law to smash trafficking takes effect on Jan 1 |
Pollution in Shanghai climbs to a new high
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| China's largest metropolis has suffered from high levels of pollution since early November, with pollution index figures far higher than those recorded during six months of the World Expo. |
Tencent to open platform
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| Tencent Holdings Ltd, the largest Chinese Internet company by market capitalization, said it will open its platform of Tencent communities within six months, following Facebook's example and in the wake of its bitter dispute with Internet security firm Qihoo 360. |
New market may shore up foreign assets
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| One of the primary tasks for the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is to deal with the problems brought on by inflation and asset bubbles since consumer prices rose 4.4 percent year-on-year in October. |
Grieving families to receive 960,000 yuan compensation
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| Relatives of each victim who lost his or her life in the fire that destroyed a 28-storey residential building in downtown Shanghai on Nov 15 will receive compensation of 960,000 yuan ($144,500), local government officials said on Tuesday. |
Crackdown hits pirated TV series
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| On Monday evening, Wei Min, a 25-year-old white-collar worker in Beijing, turned on her computer as usual for a date with her favorite United States TV series Rizzoli and Isles, but she found it was no longer available on China's major video websites such as tudou.com and youku.com. |
A new concept for Chinese city planning
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| Chen Xiaohong, dean of the Business School at Central South University in Changsha, Hunan province, is about to see a greener city emerge from the dots and curves on a design sketch to become reality. |
Foreign firms eye wind power sector
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| Companies eager to increase their market share in nation's rapidly growing industry |
Japan army to monitor Chinese ships
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| Tokyo's further military deployment on islands near China may again raise contentious issues in its relations with Beijing, according to foreign media and analysts. |
Revelations of DPRK nuclear site cause alarm
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| Concerns are growing following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) claims to have a new uranium enrichment facility, but Washington says it remains open to talks. |
Rider sets trail for Guangzhou
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| It has been a long ride for Alex Hua Tian on the way to becoming the image ambassador for the Asian Games in his hometown. |
China prepared to defend administration of Net
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| China will promote the opening up of cyberspace and welcome foreign firms as long as they abide by Chinese laws and respect traditional Chinese culture, said State Council Information Office Minister Wang Chen on Monday. |
Realistic expectations for Cancun
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| Talks at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico will not be days of "sunshine and sandy beaches", but tight schedules running back and forth from the hotel room to the meeting hall, a senior official said. |
Plant fire put out after 14 hours
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| Rescuers on Sunday managed to put out a massive fire triggered by an explosion at a chemical plant in Shanxi province's largest chlor-alkali production base that killed four workers and injured 37 others on Saturday. |
Fortified food to improve diets and health now in stores
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| Tuna sandwiches, milk bread and fried rice with egg - enthusiastic customers are snapping up these new offerings from chefs and nutritionists at Carrefour's Shuangjing outlet in Beijing's Chaoyang district. |
Rescuers free worker from sea shaft
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| A worker was rescued on Sunday afternoon after being stuck in a deformed steel shaft 18 meters under the surface of the sea for around 77 hours in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. |
Theme park numbers rising
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Zhong Xi, a Fudan University graduate, is eagerly anticipating the opening of the new Disneyland park in Shanghai, although work, which starts this month, is not expected to finish until 2014. |
A generation waiting in the wings
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| Yu Yizhou is a good-looking man who could pass off as a film star. |
Coastal factories seek high-end market
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| Manufacturers from the Chinese coastal city of Yiwu, the world's biggest producer of household items and small products, are looking to attract the high-end market by improving quality and output. |
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