• Technology Company Expands to Children Smart Devices

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  Beijing-based technology company LeEco Holdings Co Ltd unveiled a new smart watch for children on June 30.

• Tale of a Village with 39 Pairs of Twins

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  Eleven pairs of twins from Qingyan Village in southwestern China pose for a group photo on July 5, 2016. Qingyan Village, a small and remote village located in Chongqing, southwest China, has an unusually high incidence of twin births. In fact, 39 sets of twins were born to just 367 families.

• Girl, 9, Becomes One of China's Youngest Tai Chi Experts

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  Wu Qian, a 9-year-old tai chi learner from the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, has passed a high-level national martial arts examination making herself the youngest person to do so across the country.

• 61-year-old becomes a mother again

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  A woman old enough to be a grandmother successfully gave birth to a baby boy in Hangzhou, Zhejiang on June 27, jinbaonet.com reported today.

• In Henan, no cleanup means no promotion

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  Performance in dealing with environmental issues has become the major criteria for the selection and appointment of officials in Henan province, according to the provincial government.

• Centenarian Couple Married for Over 90 Yrs

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  A centenarian couple in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, have stayed together for 96 years, pulling through all hardships and difficulties without losing their love and mutual respect for each other.

• 186 people dead in heavy rains

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  Intense downpours have caused huge losses along the Yangtze River drainage area in recent days, and more rain is expected to batter the region along with the first typhoon this year, according to authorities.

• IKEA denies recall of drawers in China, to announce final decision today

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  In the latest twist, Swedish furniture maker IKEA seems to have backed away from a previous decision to recall a line of life-threatening chests of drawers in China, promising to announce its new decision on Monday.

• Guarding against disaster: China on alert

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  Dike patrolman Shao Wentao, 34, has been bowed down with anxiety in recent days. Looking across the Yangtze River at Wuhan, Hubei province, the mud flats he had inspected dozens of times were completely submerged by turbid water.

• Chinese NGO explores new mode of AIDS prevention education

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  Imports of infant formula powder have more than tripled in the past five years after a series of food safety scandals involving domestically produced dairy products, according to China's top quality supervision authority.