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Public donations aid boy, 8, who defies medical opinion

The plight of Song Liuchen, from a village in Shangqiu, Henan province, who has confounded medical experts by fighting epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare skin disease, since birth, has caused a nationwide sensation.

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WeChat captures Moments with ads

On Sunday night, many WeChat users found in their WeChat Moments news feed an update from a new yet long-awaited friend—advertisement.

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Government sells off premium cars

The first group of premium government automobiles to be auctioned off amid the ongoing frugality campaign have gone under the hammer in Beijing.

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Social media help companies tap into pool

With social media engaging massive numbers of users in China, platforms like WeChat and micro blogs are increasingly being used as recruitment tools.

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Mecca pilgrimages face tighter control to prevent corruption

Pilgrimages are now under stricter management and supervision in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

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Fake condoms, Viagra, seized and online network shut down

Police seized a total of 136,166 fake condoms, plus counterfeit Viagra and other adult products, in a raid on three counterfeit production operations in Zhongshan and Chaozhou, Guangdong province, last August.

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Public employees get salary increase

China has raised salaries for public employees sharply this year, after they had been frozen for years and after government officials had been leaving their jobs because of low pay.

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Macao casinos targeted in the fight against graft

China will strengthen supervision of assets that corrupt officials transfer abroad illegally through gambling houses in Macao, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday.

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Newspaper apologizes for snapping photos of deceased singer

A Chinese newspaper issued an apology early Sunday for taking photos of a popular singer after she died on Friday from breast cancer at a hospital in Beijing.

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Panda center facing scrutiny

Questions have been raised about the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, which has been earning money by displaying rescued pandas - some of which later became sick and died.

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Ice sculptor is carving out a name for himself

The bitter winter weather in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, may not suit everyone who lives there, but it's perfect for snow and ice artist Su Shi.

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Shanghai tops country in year-end bonus

Employees in Shanghai lead the country in earning the highest amount of year-end bonus with 8,515 yuan ($1,346) on average, followed by their peers in Shenzhen with 8,265 yuan and Beijing with 7,855 yuan, according to a recent survey by a human resource company.

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Officials dine at high-end Bund restaurant

Officials of Huangpu district government in Shanghai had dinner at a high-end restaurant before joining in a New Year's Eve laser display at a site near the deadly stampede in the district's Bund area, according to a report on Monday by Caixin New Century Weekly.

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Couples slow to apply for 2nd child

​China's relaxation of its one-child birth control policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared.

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Crowd precautions taken in Shanghai

Authorities in Shanghai are taking additional steps at activities or events that involve large numbers of people to prevent another tragedy like the deadly stampede on New Year's Eve that killed 36 people.

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Be careful, taxi drivers told during tense strike

Despite some assaults by colleagues, cabbies are urged to continue carrying passengers.

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Highway charging stations give boost to electric cars

A 1,200-kilometer highway that links two of China's biggest cities is being equipped with a charging system for electric vehicles, a big sign of improvement in the development of such facilities.