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Political adviser calls for review of punishment for prostitution

Atthisyear'sTwoSessions,lawyerZhuZhengfu,amemberofChina'spoliticaladvisorybody,theChinesePeople'sPoliticalConsultativeConference(CPPCC),submittedaproposalasking

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China uses AI to prevent suicide

Inanattempttopreventsuicideattempts,Chinaisusingartificialintelligence(AI)techniquessuchaspatternrecognitiontoidentifyWeibouserswhoexpresssuicidalthoughts.ZhuTi

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Foreign investors allowed to hold controlling stakes in financial firms

Foreigninvestorsdirectlyorindirectlyinvestinginsecurities,fundmanagementorfuturescompanieswillbeallowedtoholdnomorethan51%ofthestake,saidZhuGuangyao,thedeputyMi

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Security guard rescued hijacked boy in SW China

Asecurityguardsuccessfullyrescuedaboyhijackedbyaknife-wieldingmanonMondayinXishuiCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.Ithappenedthatamanwithahathijackeda10-ye

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China: sharing economy stagnated as public inundated with wasting object

Beijing saw “sharing folding stool” emerged on Sunday. The stools were placed at bus stations, with QR codes printed on the seats.

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China: sharing economy stagnated as public inundated with wasting object

Thinkallobjectscanbenefitmorepeoplethroughsharingeconomy?Thinktwice.Beijingsaw“sharingfoldingstool”emergedonSunday.Thestoolswereplacedatbusstations,withQRcodesp

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Global coordination important as world economy changes

GlobalcoordinationisimportantViceFinanceMinisterastheworldeconomyundergoeschanges,includingthelatestincreaseinU.S.interestratesearlierthismonth,China'sZhuGuangy

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Chocoholics in China lean towards western brands

Domestically made chocolates have suffered a crushing defeat against foreign brands ahead of the Valentine's season, a business newspaper found.

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China and US meet over economic woes

China and the United States will facilitate dialogue and enhance communication on key bilateral economic issues, a senior official said at the Lanting Forum on Thursday.

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Chinese embassy rejects U.S. paper's account of military air encounter over S. China Sea

​The Chinese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday rejected the New York Times' account about a recent air encounter between Chinese and U.S. military planes over the South China Sea.

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China recalls the values of the past to treat today's ills

Classical Chinese poetry has become the latest addition to the armory of frontline authorities in their war on corruption.

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Scams leave visitors with bitter aftertaste during holiday week

Scandals over prawns and bars at tourist sites sparked a consumer rights furor during Golden Week, with industry insiders warning that poor tourism service at home would push tourists to travel overseas.

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China-U.S.economic cooperation"irresistible"momentum:BRICS bank official

The economic cooperation between China and the United States is maintaining "irresistible" momentum, a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bank top official said.

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Chinese economic data true to facts

​China's economy posted 7 percent growth year on year in the second quarter of 2015, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told Xinhua in a recent interview here, emphasizing the data was realistic and serious.

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China applies for UNESCO listing of Nanjing documents

China is applying to UNESCO to list 11 sets of documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on the Memory of the World Register.

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Shaanxi senior political advisor under investigation for suspected violations

Zhu Zuoli, a senior political advisor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, is under investigation for suspected serious discipline and law violation, the discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Wednesday.

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Ten jailed for producing, selling "gutter oil"

A man was given a suspended death sentence and two others life in jail for producing and selling poisonous food, a court in east China ruled on Tuesday.     The Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province also sentenced seven other defendants involved in the case to between five and 15 years, as well as fining them between 500,000 and two million yuan (82,000 to 327,000 U.S. dollars) each.     In March 2001, Zhu Chuanfeng and his two brothers Zhu Chuanqing and Zhu Chuanbo, invested in building an oil plant to process and sell animal oil.