• Speed up hukou process, govt says

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  The nation's top planning authority said on Tuesday that all provinces and municipalities should issue plans to help migrants from rural areas acquire urban residential status by the end of this year.

• Twin Sisters Fulfill Film Uni Ambition

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  Two 18-year-old Chinese-Canadian twin sisters both earned places at Beijing Film Academy recently, reaching their goals of returning to China and studying at the prestigious movie industry institution.

• 'The World Is So Big' Teacher Runs an Inn

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  Last year, a teacher's short resignation letter went viral, drawing its author Gu Shaoqiang into the limelight. The letter only contained 10 Chinese characters - "The world is so big, I want to see it."

• woman, 20, donates organs after giving birth to twins

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  A woman died at the young age of around 20 but not before giving new life not only to a pair of twins, but also to four other people.

• 500 students sickened at school built on toxic site

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  The Ministry of Environmental Protection started an investigation on Sunday into what caused about 500 students at Changzhou Foreign School in Jiangsu province to come down with a range of pollution-related illnesses.

• Woman Becomes Famous for Historical Renovations

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  As the TV documentary, Masters in the Forbidden City, becomes popular among audiences, behind-the-scenes renovators garner attention across the nation. Recently, Wu Xiaoqi has become an internet sensation for her exquisite skills in repairing historical relics.

• Skin care ad takes on derogatory term 'leftover women', goes viral

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  A tender and penetrating look at the fraught term "leftover women" in a documentary style, Japanese skincare brand SK-II's latest "Changed Destiny" ad clearly hit a nerve.

• Father and four-year-old son travel over 500 km by roller skating

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  Zhang Junguang, a truck driver and a roller-skating enthusiast, took his four-year-old son on a 500 kilometer trip on roller skates, reported chinanews.com on Thursday.

• 77 fraud suspects repatriated from Africa

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  Seventy-seven Chinese, including 45 Taiwan residents, have been repatriated from Africa and are being investigated for suspected telecommunication fraud, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.

• Team offers new hope for transplant patients

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  A medical team at a hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has successfully transplanted a small intestine into an 18-year-old man, overcoming several challenges in completing the notoriously difficult operation.