• Beijing starts fitting giant flower terrace on Tian'anmen Square

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  Beijing has started erecting a large-scale flower terrace on Tian'anmen Square to celebrate this year's National Day on Oct. 1.

• Use of bus security guards to spread

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  Concern over deadly arson attacks is prompting wider use of security guards on buses, a practice expected to become more common nationally, bus company officials say.

• Children Play with Bubbles at Scenic Spot in SW China

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  Children play with bubbles at a scenic spot in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality

• Official dismissed due to questionable photo

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  A Zhejiang province official was dismissed due to online accusations around a photo, Wenzhou Metropolis Daily reported.

• Typhoon lashes China before weakening

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  Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes.

• Young Overseas Returnee Develops Anti-Fraud App

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  A startup company is offering an app that allows users to stay better informed about possible telephone fraud, local media in Shenzhen reported.

• Couple Cleans Sinkhole Scenic Spot for Over 20 Yrs

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  A man cleans the stairs at a sinkhole-themed scenic spot in Fengjie County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 13, 2016. As the only residents in Tiankeng, meaning giant sinkhole with vertical walls, the man and his wife have been living near the cliff for more than 20 years, working as sanitary workers and also looking after a hydropower station.

• Poverty 'main suspect' behind death of family of 6 in NW China

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  A mysterious case of murder in a small village in northwest China's Gansu province, which saw a whole family poisoned, had grabbed the attention of authorities and the public alike.

• Tibetan Woman Helps Free 6,387 Captive Goats

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  A woman from southwest China's Tibet recently spent 5,109,600 yuan (US$ 765,070) to buy 6,387 goats from various slaughterhouses, according to the Weibo account of a professor at Northwest University for Nationalities.

• Security truck robbed to pay debts

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  Li Xuyi, who is suspected of robbing 6 million yuan ($900,00) from a security truck in Dashiqiao, Liaoning province, has been arrested, police said on Thursday night.