• Japan's attempts to hamper UNESCO listing of 'comfort women' set to backfire

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  JAKARTA - Japanese government's poor efforts to resolve "comfort women" issue will become a "boomerang" to its political position in the Asia Pacific region, an Indonesian expert told Xinhua in a recent interview.

• Arbitral court not best place for South China Sea dispute settlement: Croatian law expert

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  The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was not a best place to resolve the dispute between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, a Croatian law expert said.

• Calling it quits: Divorce rate jumps 6%

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  More than 3.84 million couples called their marriage off in China last year, a 5.6 percent increase from 2014, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Monday, the China News Service reported.

• Drug price reform will 'improve services'

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  China's top pricing regulator launched a new round of drug pricing and healthcare financing reform on Wednesday in the latest attempt to improve the nation's public healthcare system.

• Police investigate body found in demolished home

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  An autopsy is being carried out on a body found in the debris of a demolished home in Central China's Hunan province after an apparent dispute between the home owners and demolition crew.

• Companies embracing robotics for production efficiency, profit

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  In a humming factory in Foshan, Guangdong province, a machine is busy tailoring fabrics to custom designs. Within 18 seconds, a pair of jeans is done, outperforming humans who would take 30 minutes to an hour to do the same job.

• Chinese Twin Students Both Celebrate Offers from Oxford

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  A twin brother and sister from Beijing have both received offers from the University of Oxford, and will enter the prestigious institution later this year.

• Some netizens take their watermelons seriously

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  Farmers choose watermelons for their customers by tapping the produce at a wholesale market

• Internet Celebs: A Force to Be Reckoned With

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  China's online celebrity phenomenon has become an emerging industry that has real investment value and is sustained mainly by short videos, live streaming and internet-based commerce, according to the 2016 Online Celebrity White Paper.

• Father and Son Travel 600 km on Foot with U.S.$ 15 in Pocket

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  Pu Wei, who lives with his family in Xi'an, recently undertook a challenge with his son to travel from Xi'an to Lanzhou (a distance of over 600 kilometers) on foot, taking only 100 yuan (U.S.$ 15). Pu hopes that this travel experience will temper his son's will and let him experience more of the world.