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Is the age of mass inflation coming?

The Beijing News: According to the latest numbers released by National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), the past October, CPI has grown by 4.4%, the highest in 25 months.

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China’s Internet gorillas fight

New Express: Chinese malware remover provider 360 escalates its war with Tencent by accusing it of secretly spying on competitors.

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104-year-old buddhist monk celebrates birthday in Shenzhen

A centenarian buddhist monk’s birthday drew large number of worshipers to Shenzhen’s Hongfa Temple, today’s Daily Sunshine reports.

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Beijing decides not to supply heat early this year

Beijing Times: Despite the colder weather, Beijing will not turn heat on earlier this year.

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Floods wreak havoc in Hainan and SCM wants you to know He Guoqiang cares

The top headline of today’s South China Metropolis reads: He Guoqiang is concerned about the flooding in Hainan.

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Shanghai imposes quota on home buying

Beijing Times: Despite the government’s tightening policies, property prices in China’s megacities such as Beijing and Shanghai are still hovering around historical highs.

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Olympic Torch to be removed, refashioned into a statue

Beijing Times: A dismantling project is underway to take apart the Olympic Torch that held the 2008 Olympic Flame standing on top of Beijing’s Bird Nest National Stadium.

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Chinese trawler captain returns

Zhan Qixiong, arrested Chinese fishery captain, took a charter airliner sent by the Chinese government and landed at Fuzhou airport, where he received a warm welcome.

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Traffic worsens as Moon Festival draws near

Even though the Moon Festival holiday only starts from tomorrow, Beijing has seen traffic volume mounting recently, leading to frequent traffic jams.

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Beijing urban rail Changping Line holds a trial run

Yesterday, Changping Line (phase one), an aboveground rail line connects Nanshao station in Changping and Xierqi station, Haidian, successfully held a trial run. The one way trip takes about 40 minutes.

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