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China's luxury cars hit by surtax

Move aims to curb lavish spending and cut auto emissions

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Donations for sick girl to be returned after outcry

Patient's father owns an apartment in Shenzhen as well as two additional properties in Dongguan

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New rules to help curb speculative outflow of yuan

The central bank has drawn up new guidelines to strengthen inspections of domestic companies that make yuan loans overseas, the latest move to curb speculative shifting of yuan amid short-term depreciation pressure, a source with the bank said on Thursday.

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Highly-educated women in China difficult to match-up: CASS report

A newly-released report by China Academy of Social Sciences has shed some light on the impact of the changed educational structure on dating and marriage in China, Guangzhou Daily reported.

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Full-scale Titanic replica aims to attract visitors to Sichuan

A solemn ceremony was held in the tiny, hilly county of Daying in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Wednesday, which was attended by British former deputy prime minister Peter Mandelson and several US designers, who witnessed the laying of the keel of a full-scale replica of the RMS Titanic.

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Family-planning policy may need more "adjustment"

The country's dwindling labor force might negatively impact the economy

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China will "not own" Chicago Exchange

Purchase by Chinese investors is subject to national security review

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HIV-positive young man is hosting talk show to educate

The 2016 World AIDS Day on Thursday will be a bit different for Liu Shi, a 24-year-old gay man, who is HIV-positive.

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Dad flooded with criticism after journals about daughter's leukemia go viral

A child named Luo Yixiao has become a buzzword on WeChat, as tens of thousands of users repost her father's heart-wrenching missives. The father's journals, which contain a call for help in curing his daughter's leukemia, have already raised 2 million RMB, including 500,000 RMB of promised "aid" from a company for the father.

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Meitu sets out monetization plan

Company also reveals some of its businesses can break even by 2017

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China's national civil service exam poses up-to-date questions

The annual civil service exam kicked off on Sunday, and some recent topics-such as college graduates starting their own businesses and the Yutu lunar rover-appeared in the exam questions.

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Bringing new hope to poorest people on plateau

This is the second of a series of special reports China Daily is publishing on efforts to eradicate poverty and raise living standards in rural areas, especially among the nation's ethnic groups.

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Alipay in latest bid to take on WeChat

Alipay, one of China's most widely used digital wallets, is testing a new social networking feature in its latest attempt to take on WeChat, the country's leading messaging app.

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Clergy urged to lead battle against extremism spread

Religious extremism has started to spread into inland provincial areas from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to China's top religious affairs official, who urged the China Islamic Association to step up services for Muslim migrants and lead the fight against extremist thoughts.

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Yuan has "characteristics of stable, strong currency"

Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the central bank, told Xinhua News Agency late Sunday that the yuan remains a stable and strong currency in the global monetary system, and it cannot be ruled out that the US dollar could drop.

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No child care means no second child for many

Some women say it's too hard to find help; private investors reluctant to enter the market