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'Operation duck' and the student savior

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Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a series of special reports about the experiences and influence of foreigners who either lived or served in China between 1937 and 1945.

First person

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Wang Hao director of the Weifang Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

Woman stitches new life for herself after lifting veil

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After baking nang, a kind of crusty pancake, for her husband and children early in the morning, Guliayisham Memet puts on a brightly colored silk dress and rides her motorcycle to the carpet factory 3 kilometers away from where she lives, a small village in Toksun county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Around China

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An 18-year-old Beijing man who spiked beverage bottles with poison in an attempt to get rid of his grandmother, but killed a 5-year-old boy instead, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Cross-Straits legal deal bearing fruit

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Mainland courts handled nearly nine times as many cases involving Taiwan residents in 2014 as they did six years ago thanks to a cross-Straits agreement on mutual judicial cooperation, China's top court said on Tuesday.

Survey: Chinese becoming taller, heavier

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Chinese people are eating more, thanks to their deeper pockets, making them slightly taller but also a lot fatter, according to a National Health and Family Planning Commission report released on Tuesday.

Vice-minister of health calls for emergency medical aid system to include more people

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A top health official on Tuesday said health authorities at various levels in China should improve their emergency medical relief systems to cover all those in need.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

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Land reclamation on some islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands has been completed as planned, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Overseas tourists to get tax refunds on shopping

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Beijing and Shanghai will offer tax refunds on purchases made by overseas visitors starting on Wednesday, kicking off a program to bolster tourism and sales of some items popular with foreign visitors, such as souvenirs, silk, porcelain and traditional Chinese medicine products.

China-designed train will replace older, foreign models

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Tests of the first Chinese-standard bullet train began in Beijing on Tuesday as the country moves toward replacing all foreign-standard models with the domestically developed version, a senior official said.

Report: Highway debt being reduced

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Toll road policies need to be improved, but the debt remains manageable, said Wang Tai, deputy director of China's Ministry of Transportation.

Young entrepreneurs get dose of discipline

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More than 70 scions of wealthy entrepreneurs in Fujian province are being educated at a training course featuring tough, no-nonsense discipline.

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