Veracity of posts appealing for money has to be checked

LUO ER, A WRITER IN SHENZHEN in South China's Guangdong province, recently published an article via the domestic social media platform WeChat seeking help for his 6-year-old daughter who suffers from leukemia. His post was reposted more than 100,000 times and Luo received over 2 million yuan ($290,066) in donations. However, reports say he cooperated with a commercial company to speculate on his daughter's illness. Beijing News comments:

Progress being made in fight against AIDS

THURSDAY WAS THE 29TH WORLD AIDS DAY. Long feared and stigmatized, the disease is less likely to cause as much panic and confusion among people as it used to. However, there is still a long way to go in the fight against the disease. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Helping rural teachers can help reduce drop-outs

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON for children from Guizhou province and other parts of Southwest China to work at small workshops in coastal provinces such as Jiangsu province, an economic engine in the Yangtze River Delta. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

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'PINK ECONOMY' set to soar as companies target LGBT community

Zhu Qiming, CEO of mobile game developer Star-G Technologies, foresees rosy prospects for China's emerging "pink economy", a new business model that caters mainly to the lifestyles and demands of the LGBT community.

All the effort and loss has been worthwhile

I'm gay, and when my son was born 10 months ago, I decided to live in the closet for my entire life.

A life dedicated to writing

Li Jian, a 52-year-old migrant worker in Xian, Shaanxi province, has not let poverty and hardship deter him from pursuing his dream of becoming a writer.

Academy channels mothers' love

For Song Wenwen, a 35-year-old farmer in rural Qufu, East China's Shandong province, nothing beats the classes she takes at the Nishan Mother's Love Academy.

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Hukou reform creates level playing field

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of special reports looking at the effects of the hukou, the household registration system, on the lives of ordinary citizens who have left their homes to work in other areas and regions. More reports will follow in the weeks to come.

Rural residents remain reluctant to register in cities

Dong Aibing works in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, but he was born in a village called Daijiabao near the city.

Founder aims to create model disaster relief NGO

With financial support from China Railway Pearl Investment Group, Xue Yu founded Pearl Humanitarian Rescue in 2015.