• Guangzhou restaurant fires clumsy robot waiters

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  Out of three Guangzhou restaurants that used robots to serve customers, two have closed and the third has fired its robot waiters, the Workers' Daily has reported.

• EMBA applicants to take national exams in 2017

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  All Chinese executive MBA (EMBA) applicants will be required to take the national post-graduate entrance exam starting from 2017, the China National MBA Education Supervisory Committee announced on its website.

• Two new imported Zika cases in S China

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  GUANGZHOU -- South China's Guangdong province reported two new Zika cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported infections in the province to 10.

• Big floods along Yangtze River likely, authorities warn

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  China's flood control authorities are warning of possible big floods this summer as weather and hydrologic factors closely resemble those of 1998, when floods killed at least 3,000 people nationwide.

• Two people died, dozens injured in east China's highway pileup

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  on April 2, 2016 shows the accident site where vehicles pile up at the Changzhou section of the highway linking Shanghai and Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province. At least two people died and dozens injured in the accident.

• International jockeys compete in Sichuan turf races

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  Eleven jockeys who had experience in the United Arab Emirates racing season competed in five turf races on 50 horses in pursuit of a total purse of 3.75 million yuan ($579,000) at the Jinma Racecourse in Wenjiang district, Chengdu, Sichuan province on Saturday.

• Landslide in SW China leaves one dead, three missing

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  CHENGDU - A landslide that happened on Friday in Southwest China's Sichuan province has left one dead and three others missing, rescuers said on Sunday.

• Shanxi digs deep to eradicate coal overcapacity

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  The province is adopting new measures to make the industry more efficient, while promoting environmental protection. Zhang Zhouxiang and Sun Ruisheng report from Taiyuan.

• Chinese tweak tradition to adopt eco-friendly burials

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  On Saturday, Chen Qi, an undertaker from Dalian in Liaoning province, set sail for another sea burial. It was an especially busy day for Chen, whose ship was carrying 60 urns from Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Since 2009, 559 people from the inland northeastern city have had their ashes scattered at sea.

• Couple Hitchhikes, Shoots Wedding Pics as 56 Chinese Ethnicities

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  After resigning, a newly-married young couple recently decided to take a one-year honeymoon hitchhiking around China, and shooting wedding photos wearing costumes from each of China's 56 ethnic minorities.