• Li vows no leniency in scandal over bad vaccines

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  Premier Li Keqiang said there will be no leniency for anyone involved in a vaccine scandal that has shocked the nation and ignited wide public concern about vaccine safety.

• Health benefits cultivate growing demand for white tea

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  As one of the six types of tea in China, white tea has become increasingly popular with an ever-growing demand from health-conscious people around the world.

• Supreme procuratorate to supervise handling of vaccine case

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  BEIJING -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Tuesday announced it will directly oversee the "problematic vaccine" case, and urged prosecuting bodies at all levels to spare no efforts in their investigation.

• Shanghai smooths divorce procedure

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  Shanghai plans to introduce an online appointment booking service for people wanting a divorce, in a bid to make the process more organized and convenient for the growing number of couples in the city looking to end their marriages.

• Nanny blacklist seeks to root out bad, unqualified caregivers

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  The first names have been added to a nanny blacklist created by an alliance of 30 housekeeping service agencies in Shanghai to better regulate the market and deter unsuitable caregivers.

• Premier vows no leniency in vaccine scandal

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  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed no leniency for anyone involved in the black market sales of problematic vaccines, after a case was made public involving $88 million worth of illegal vaccines that are suspected of being sold in dozens of provincial-level regions around the country.

• Pork price spike in Beijing raises concern

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  Last month, pork prices in Beijing's major wholesale market, Xinfadi, rose by nearly 60 percent year-on-year.

• 'Toilet culture' on display at theme park

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  Photos of Chinese men "doing their business", almost completely exposed, at a colorful street urinal in Chongqing have recently gone viral online, drawing derisive attention at home and abroad.

• 97-year-old Raises 6 Orphans, Stays Single

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  In 1954, 8-year-old orphan Yan Jingcheng met his 35-year-old foster father, Peng Yunsong. Over the next 15 years, Peng adopted five more children. Though his six adopted children—Yan Jingcheng, Guo Tingzhong, Zhang Xiuqing, Gao Yubin, Luan Jingtong, and Liu Yuzheng—have different family names, they share one father and one family.

• Emotions contribute most to sleep troubles

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  People living in small cities generally enjoy better sleep than those in larger ones in China, and negative emotions are the biggest contributor to sleep disorders, according to a report released ahead of World Sleep Day, which fell on Monday.