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Wang Yu is a 25-year-old from Beijing, who is a graduate of Bristol University in southwestern England. She is founder and director of LinkElites, a company based in the United Kingdom that provides services and help to Chinese students studying in the country.

Lunar month generates online jokes

Netizens on Chinese microblogging websites are all agog for the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year", a calendar occurrence so rare that the phrase is a commonly used slang to refer to a date in the unforeseeable future.

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Lawsuits bloom under regional litigation process

The number of disputes in which residents sued regional governmental departments - legal actions that were once difficult to file - has surged in Shanghai and Beijing thanks to special courts set up in the two municipalities to hear such cases.

Henan judges conduct trials on WeChat

The Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court in Henan province has begun conducting some cases via WeChat, China's most popular instant messaging app, in an effort to provide flexibility and convenience for judges and far-flung lawyers.

Court gets B+ for the past year's legal work

The country's first-ever third-party evaluation of judicial credibility found some gaps between a Shanghai court's work and the public's feelings, though its overall performance was considered good.

Motorcycles to get free ride for holiday

Migrant workers in Guangdong province who must travel by motorcycle back to their hometowns in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for Spring Festival can make a quicker, safer journey this year with special trains for them and their bikes.

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Hebei limits use of coal to improve air quality

Hebei province will promote central heating in rural areas as the province with some of the worst air quality in China moves to significantly reduce the use of coal.

Chargers for electric cars to be required

Hebei province will require newly-built residential communities to install electrical charging facilities in parking spaces and encourage older communities to follow suit, in a move to promote the use of new-energy vehicles and cut vehicle emissions.

LGBT tourism services eyed for growth prospects

The spending power and keen interest in travel by those in China's well-heeled LGBT community are attracting growing attention from tourism startups and investors.

The Internet invasion that's threatening China's eco-system

China is the world's biggest e-commerce market, accounting for about 40 percent of the world's online trade. That market is set reach $1 trillion by 2019, according to a report published by Forrester Research, an independent technology monitor.