• Young Female Pianist Launches Pet Funeral Parlor

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  Yu Zhu started to learn piano when she was 4 and her enthusiasm for music stayed with her all the way from high school to university. Her parents thought there could be no better choice of career for her than a piano teacher or musician.

• Chinese skydiver brings childhood dream to life

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  LOS ANGELES - Like almost every kid, Yu Yin had a dream to fly like a bird when she was nine-year-old.

• Woman from US Reunites with Chinese Rescuer 71 Years On

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  Mary Previte, 84, has taken long trip across the world, from New Jersey to Guiyang, to thank her rescuer Wang Chenghan, with a hug. Seventy-one years ago, Wang, together with a group of U.S. soldiers, rescued Previte along with more than 1,500 interns from 30 countries, imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in Weifang, Shandong province.

• Female Lawyer Plans to Cross 13 Countries by Piloting a Plane

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  Chen Jingxian from southeast China's Sichuan Province has made plans to travel across the world by piloting a plane, local media reported on July 27.

• Shanghai Dama Defends Stranger from Mob Attack

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  An anonymous Shanghai heroine aged around 60 stepped forward to bravely protect a stranger from being beaten up by attackers late at night on July 6. Video footage of the event was posted online and quickly went viral.

• Harvard Graduate Praises China after Multiple Overseas Journeys

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  It is no secret that the Chinese are obsessed with the Ivy League, Harvard especially. Recently, netizen gossip moved in the direction of a speech entitled The State in Strength, The Youth in Strength by Xu Jiru, who recently graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.

• Charitable Woman, 84, Shows Her Love by Making 700 Bed Sheets

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  An 84-year-old caring woman from Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, has made more than 700 bed sheets by hand and free of charge to convey her love to others over the past few years.

• Heroic Nurse Saves Life on City Sidewalk

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  An off-duty nurse who saved the life of a woman who fell from the top of an elevated highway earlier this month said: "I just did my job."

• Chinese put 'happy' before gymnastics

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  In a room full of bright-colored cubes and giant mattresses, giggling children climb bars, try somersaults and walk gingerly on a low balance beam. Some stand on their hands, showing off their bellies under the guidance of four coaches.

• Five killed when new seaplane veers into a bridge

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  At least five people were killed and another five injured in a seaplane crash on Wednesday in Shanghai.