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Mobile wallets becoming way of life: Study

Mobile wallets have grown into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and interactions, as more Chinese embrace third-party services to pay back credit cards and run errands, a latest study has found.

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Sogou plans to raise $5b in US offering

The head of China's third-biggest search engine Sogou said he expects his company to launch a US initial public offering with a valuation of as much as $5 billion-as it raises cash to close the gap with leader Baidu Inc in the mobile market.

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Hardships and tears behind China's booming food delivery service

Around 150 million Chinese have experienced ordering food on a delivery service app, however, they might not know about the lives of the men who deliver the meal to their homes. In this story, we take a peek at the daily life of a deliveryman, which is about competition, honor and earning a livelihood.

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CRC on track for new management models

China Railway Corp, the world's biggest railway operator by rail length, will carry out a mixed ownership reform this year to explore new management models featuring capital use rather than basic operation, a leading executive said.

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Youthful shoppers turning to traditional Chinese medicine based skin care products

Skin-care products have always thrived on the cutting edge of fashion, and the biggest international names in cosmetics are celebrated in elegant ads worthy of a Paris runway.

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Are firms in China paying very high rate of tax?

A couple of weeks ago, Chinese auto-glass tycoon Cao Dewang sparked a heated discussion across China. Cao said his recent $600 million investment to establish a manufacturing branch in the United States for his company, Fuyao Glass Industry Group, was driven largely by China's high taxes, which he claimed are 35 percent higher for manufacturers in China than in the US.

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PLA's media volley seeks young recruits

To build a modern military, the People's Liberation Army is making full use of the 21st-century tools in its arsenal to attract new recruits.

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Fog, pollution in China's north disrupt travel

A combination of pollution and heavy fog affected countless road, rail and air passengers across northern China on Wednesday.

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HK, Shanghai maintain edge

Despite concerns over the economic slowdown in China, two of the country's cities have won spots in a ranking of the world's top 10 competitive cities.

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TV series to expose corruption cases

Documentary is intended to educate the public and warn discipline officers

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Students prefer to pay via cellphones

Males often spend more than girls as they seldom compare prices

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Golfing talent gives more students from China a shot at US scholarships

Stanford freshman Emily Wang Ziyi had a high SAT score, was a student union president and enjoyed reading, writing, calligraphy, music and jogging. But what really helped the 18-year-old get into the elite US university was something rarer: her potential to be an international golf star.

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PwC sees rising IPOs in Shanghai and Shenzhen

The number of initial public offerings on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets is expected to increase rapidly in the current year-and their total value will grow substantially-after 227 took place in 2016, a 3.7 percent rise from the year earlier, according to accounting and auditing firm PwC.

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Beijing's DPRK efforts "widely recognized"

Beijing's efforts and contributions to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula are widely acknowledged by the international community, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday after US president-elect Donald Trump said China was not helping with the issue.

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Children paying price for shortage of doctors

"There are so many people and so few doctors," said Chen Yang as he sat in a waiting room at Beijing Children's Hospital late last month.

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No donor found for next face transplant

The surgeon who performed China's first face transplant in 2006 said he has been waiting years to help a second patient but cannot find a donor.

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Ivory stockpiles could stymie government ban, expert says

China has taken a historic step to ban the commercial ivory trade by the end of 2017, but campaigners warn that legal ivory stockpiles could become an issue.