• China sees aging population increase

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  There were 222 million people aged 60 or above in China at the end of 2015, 16.1 percent of the total population, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Monday.

• Challenges in store for flood control in the Yangtze River Basin

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  Super typhoon Nepartak will pose more challenges to flood prevention in the Yangtze River Basin, especially its lower reaches, after flooding there killed 161 and left 61 missing.

• Typhoons born later often grow up stronger

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  The first typhoon of 2016, a monster named Nepartak, made its second landfall in Fujian on Saturday, with more－and stronger－typhoons expected to affect the country's coastal regions due to the La Nina phenomenon, the national meteorological authority said.

• Appeals by religious leaders fall on deaf ears

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  Although many people cite religious beliefs as their motivation for the unauthorized release of animals into the wild, religious leaders do not condone the practice.

• Typhoon Nepartak leaves 2 dead, 17 missing in East China

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  Typhoon Nepartak leaves 2 dead, 17 missing in East China

• Woman Delivers Quadruplets in Shanghai

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  A woman, 29, gave birth to identical quadruplets at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University in east China's Shanghai Municipality on Thursday.

• Comfortable but inelegant couch potato style now in vogue

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  While good upbringing in China dictates that the proper position for sitting is upright, one tends to be sucked in by the sofa in this weather, ending up with much of the body supine－to the extent that, as a new joke goes, below the neck are the legs.

• 'Sponge cities' plan to reduce flooding

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  When Wei Yingyan poured a bottle of water onto the ground at the Yuelai Convention Center Park in Liangjiang New Area in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, the liquid disappeared into permeable pavements within seconds.

• 80-Yr-Old Shines in Fashionable Attire

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  Floral dresses, high-heels and oversized sunglasses are no longer styles exclusive to young people! An 80-year-old woman from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality recently wowed the internet with her post-modern interpretation of trendy fashion items.

• Ningbo Grad Class Rakes in Scholarship Awards

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  In what surely approaches a record-setting accomplishment, almost 70 percent of students in the AP class of Ningbo Foreign Language School in east China's Zhejiang Province were admitted this year to top 50-ranked universities in the United States. In addition, the scholarships that these 53 students earned amounted to over 10 million yuan (U.S.$ 1.5 million).