• Minister: Cuts in overcapacity won't cause massive layoffs

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  here will not be large-scale layoffs in China due to the efforts of reducing the industrial overcapacity, China's top economic planning body said on Sunday.

• China ratchets up anti-pollution effort

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  China will intensify its efforts to reduce pollution, Premier Li Keqiang said in his annual Government Work Report on Saturday, citing as an example ambitious targets in fighting smog that will increase the number of days with good air quality.

• Minister: China can absorb laid-off labor

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  China will not have another layoff wave as it reduces overcapacity in such sectors as steel and coal mining, Xu Shaoshi, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on Sunday.

• Marriage Too Costly for Some Rural Bachelors in China

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  After the noise of firecrackers faded, Zhang Hu and his wife returned home with heavy hearts. Their son's marriage cost the impoverished family their entire savings and a debt of as much as 150,000 yuan ($23,000). It is a huge sum for a family from a poor mountainous village in Northwest China's Gansu province.

• Self-taught Artist Embroiders Dragon Robe with Gold and Silver Threads

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  He Mingyuan, 37, a self-taught artist, embroidered a gorgeous dragon robe, using threads made of 1 kilogram of gold and 1 kilogram of silver.

• Storyteller Granny, 90, Gets Special Spring Festival Gift

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  A woman in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, sent a special gift to her 90-year old grandma during the recent Spring Festival.

• Beijing Woman Marries for Love in E Africa

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  Wang Lihong, a 48-year-old woman from Beijing, married a Ugandan man 20 years ago and has been living in the east African country ever since.

• Most Shanghai residents are unwilling to learn from Lei Feng

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  Nearly 60 percent of the residents of Shanghai do not want to learn from Lei Feng, a cultural icon in the country who was ready to help the needy.

• 'Chinese Nightingale' Zhou Xiaoyan Passes Away at 99

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  Renowned Chinese singer and educator Zhou Xiaoyan passed away at 99 in a Shanghai hospital on the morning of March 4.

• Interpreter Shines at National Conference

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  Interpreter Yao Mengyao has recently become a hit after working at the press conference for the annual session of China's top advisory body on March 2.