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Railway workers keep trains on a smooth path

Editor's note: As hot weather lingers in southern China this week, China Daily reporters tell stories of people from various lines of work who cannot retreat to cooler indoor spaces. They work under the sun to help others.

In Hefei, patrol officers protect lake visitors

Tian'e Lake in Hefei, Anhui province, can be deadly if visitors don't heed the warnings of Xu Jian and his fellow urban management officers, who patrol the waters day and night and point out its hazards.

Happiness Sharing Farm contains seeds of success for escaping poverty

The planting season is not yet over, but Qiu Huihong, a farmer in Guangdong province, is already feeling the joy of a good harvest.

Helping hands are extended to homeless suffering from heat

Unlike many civil servants who enjoy an air-conditioned office, Zhan Shaobo cannot stay in the office even on the hottest days.

For courier, fast-moving job gets even harder on hot days

In the steaming summer heat of subtropical Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Mo Changli starts his daily package delivery job in the morning with 1.5 liters of bottled water at hand.

Piggies in the middle of animal welfare efforts

Yao Dehui started a pig farm in the southern province of Guangdong in 1998, but it wasn't until he visited a number of modern counterparts in Europe and the United States in 2005 that he began to understand how the use of technology could make his business more profitable.

Changes could help to improve nation's food safety

Action to promote better treatment of farm animals in China started about five years ago, according to Sun Zhongchao, who has researched the subject for eight years and was the first Chinese expert to gain a doctorate in animal welfare studies.

Airbnb ends offer of stay at Great Wall

US home-sharing platform Airbnb has suspended a plan to provide lodging on the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing amid concerns that it could damage the ancient structure.

Parents: Gaokao tests were switched

Disciplinary authorities in Central China's Henan province are looking into possible fraud in grading students' answer sheets in the national college entrance examination, or gaokao.

Smugglers of refined oil are targeted

China Coast Guard officers have detained 3,587 people on suspicion of smuggling refined oil and cracked more than 800 such cases since last year, according to the Coast Guard on Tuesday.

Court punishes organized exam cheaters

A case in which six people were jailed for helping dozens of students cheat on China's national exam for graduate schools shows that such operations are becoming more organized and sophisticated, according to a Beijing judge.