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China to set agenda for human rights protection

The Beijing News: China is going to release a “human rights action plan” on human rights improvement.

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Market manipulator Zhu Yaoming on trial

Once a high-flier in the stock market, Zhu Yaoming was on trial for market manipulation yesterday in Nanjing.

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Live Action Street Fighter

This very amusing stop-motion homage to the classic video game Street Fighter was shot by students at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

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Reformist emperor Guangxu was poisoned, study confirms

Modern science found that the cause of a Qing Dynasty emperor’s death was arsenic poisoning, which confirms a hundred year old rumor.

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Did the Chinese Academy of Sciences invent melamine fodder supplement?

In the wake of a string of melamine-related food safety scares, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is suspected of inventing and promoting the fodder supplement containing the deadly chemical.

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Most bought-off journalists in Shanxi scandal were fakes, says local government

The director and party secretary of the involved mine, Huobao Ganhe coal mine, have been both fired for not reporting the accident to their superior immediately.

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Abortion adverts come to a college campus

New Culture View reports on a hospital distributing makeup mirrors with medical ads in a local university.

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Warnings for officials involved in improper arrest of school principal

Seven government officials received official warnings for their roles in the false arrest of a local school principal last year, reports the Chinese Business View

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ASUS charges customer with extortion, customer countersues

Beijing Times reported on a legal case in which Huang Jing, a computer customer who was sued by ASUS for extortion, counterclaimed against the computer manufacturer for defamation, selling defected products, and false accusation.

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Strong wind: clear air again in Beijing

A strong wind dispersed the pollution hovering above Beijing’s sky and made yesterday a “first grade day” of superb air quality.

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