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Fang Xinghai: ensure launch of SZ-HK Stock Connect within 2016

In order to advance preparatory work about Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Fang Xinghai, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and head of special working group of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, recently held a work conference, at which Shenzhen and Hong Kong exchanges, China Securities Depository and Clearing Company Limited (CSDC) and some securities companies report progress of preparatory work and suggestions and will make deployment on relevant work so as to introduce the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect within the year.

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Volunteers help fellow expats stay within law

Ten longtime foreign residents in Shanghai's Chengjiaqiao area, where expatriates account for 30 percent of the total residents, work with police as volunteers to spread awareness of Chinese laws and rules among foreigners, especially newcomers.

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Philippine gov't warns of human trafficking risk in Japan

Philippine government warned on Wednesday its people against illegally tavelling to Japan in search of work after six human trafficking cases involving Filipinos in Japan last year were reported.

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Chinese mainland, Taiwan jointly compile first modern history book

Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have jointly compiled a modern history book of China, the first since 1949.

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The true cost of your cheap clothes: slave wages for Bangladesh factory workers

Everyone loves a bargain but the true cost of that latest wardrobe addition is pitiful wages for Bangladesh's legion of factory workers, writes Simon Parry.

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5 out of 10 child laborers in Mexico work with no pay

​Nearly half of all child laborers in Mexico, or 45.9 percent, receive no pay for their work, the daily El Universal reported Thursday.

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Australian family in Scotland wins more time but no work visa

An Australian family battling deportation from Scotland has been granted the right to stay until August but denied a work visa, a decision their parliamentary representative described on Monday as "pigheaded".

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France helps Syrian archaeologists fill in the cracks

Young Syrians tasked with restoring their country's world famous archaeological heritage, ravaged by five years of war, are getting a helping hand from French experts.

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How old-school factories stay alive in China's south

Squeezed by high costs and unpredictable demand, some factories in the southern manufacturing heartland are turning to a new strategy to survive: hiring workers by the day.

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Tencent, Alibaba battle for Chinese office app users

One focus of the intense rivalry is helping users to separate their work from life

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What made Master In Forbidden City documentary a success?

A recently released Chinese documentary featuring the Forbidden City's cultural relics andtheir restorers' lives became a surprise hit, with more than 2.4 million watching it on iQIYI, amajor video-streaming website in China.

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Over half of Korean firms in poor corporate health

Fifty two out of 100 Korean companies are in poor corporate health, and 25 were barely average, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Tuesday.

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China needs 1 mln more social workers by 2020

China will need nearly a million more professional social workers by 2020 as rapid urbanization creates more groups in need, Civil Affairs Minister Li Liguo said on Tuesday, World Social Work Day.

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Sri Lanka approves recommencement of China funded mega port city

The Sri Lankan cabinet has granted approval for a multi billion dollar China funded Port City project to recommence work in the capital after it was suspended by the government last March.

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China's Tianjin requires plants to report daily in beefed-up safety oversight

The northern Chinese coastal city of Tianjin has asked plants that produce dangerous chemicals to submit daily safety reports, the city's mayor said on Thursday.

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The $400,000-a-year New Zealand job with three months' holiday that no one wants

GPs surgery in town of Tokoroa in the North Island has been looking for a junior doctor for two years with no takers so far despite generous package

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Chinese legislature urged to uphold CPC's leadership

Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang has urged lawmakers to adhere to the "centralized leadership" of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and fulfill duties according to the committee's decisions.