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HUBEI

Construction site collapse kills 6

Six people were killed and five were injured after a construction site collapsed in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Sunday. The accident occurred at a tourism project in Jiangxia district at about 3:30 pm. The collapse trapped 11 workers, according to the city's emergency management bureau. Rescue efforts were completed as of 3 pm on Monday, with the five injured hospitalized in stable condition. Further investigations are underway.

BEIJING

More than a third of elderly feel lonely

About 36.6 percent of elderly Chinese people said they feel lonely, according to a report issued recently by the China Research Center on Aging. More than 40 percent of elderly people in rural areas said they feel lonely, while nearly 30 percent of the elderly in urban areas feel the same way, according to the report. The report said in general, about 52.6 percent of those aged 80 or above feel lonely, according to a survey conducted in 2015. Further, in a 2017 survey, 30.2 percent of those aged between 60 and 69 feel lonely, the report showed. Dang Junwu, deputy director of the center, said elderly people who live alone tend to feel lonely due to lack of communication with family members.

17.1 million illegal publications removed

Chinese authorities have dealt a heavy blow to the spread of pornography and illegal publications, with around 17.1 million printed titles confiscated in 2019, according to the National Office for the Fight Against Pornography and Illegal Publications. More than 11 million online posts deemed to contain harmful content were removed and 84,000 websites were shut down. Around 11,000 related cases were investigated, according to the authorities.

YUNNAN

Stilwell museum to open with WWII relics

The Stilwell Road Museum has completed construction and is ready to welcome visitors with more than 5,000 World War II relics, including Dodge trucks, Willys jeeps and road construction tools. Linking the northeastern Indian town of Ledo and Yunnan's provincial capital Kunming via Tengchong, the 1,726-km road was named after US World War II General Joseph W. Stilwell. Dubbed a "lifeline for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45)", more than 50,000 metric tons of supplies were transported to battlefields in China during the war by Stilwell Road.