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STAR-rated hotels in Beijing need no longer worry about power cuts during peak hours, since a new decision taken by the municipal government has just released them from the originally strict "power cut" plan, the Beijing Times newspaper reported.
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- Curbing
corruption
Beijing - China's top
audit body said it would audit all central government, Party
departments and State-funded institutions after it disclosed
embezzlement of public funds among some central government departments,
China Youth Daily reported Tuesday.
- Death
before dishonou
THE investigation into the mysterious suicide of Yu Xiaoping,
the former Party secretary and Mayor of Shangrao in East China's
Jiangxi Province, has made the preliminary finding that Yu chose
death mainly to escape punishment.
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New
bird flu outbreak in Anhui is 'under control
HE new outbreak of avian influenza in Chaohu, in East China's
Anhui Province, has now been brought under effective control,
according to local officials, and there is no risk of any
major spread of the virus.
- Power
cuts for hotels reversed
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STAR-rated hotels in Beijing need no longer worry about power
cuts during peak hours, since a new decision taken by the
municipal government has just released them from the originally
strict "power cut" plan, the Beijing Times newspaper reported.
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Serpent
on the loose
RESIDENTS living in Parkville on Xujiahui Lu spent two anxious
days last week waiting for an escaped snake to be recaptured,
the Shanghai Morning Post has reported.
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Groom
murders 3 to pay for wedding
DRIVEN by the desire to have a memorable
wedding ceremony, Wei Qiang, who lacked the money required
for the event, decided to rob his girlfriend's relatives.
He killed three of them upon being discovered, the Shanghai
Evening Post reported.
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Still
struggling for equality
SOCIAL prejudice against women is still widespread in the
city, a recent survey conducted among some 1,000 graduating
university students has shown.
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Heat
turns off city lights
FOR the rest of summer, if the temperature
in the city during the day reaches 35 degrees centigrade,
all public lighting in the city's squares and along the Bund
will not be turned on at night.
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Oracle
bones fetch unpredicted 48m yuan
TWENTY pieces of "oracle bone" have been auctioned for the
sky-high price of 48 million yuan (US$5.8 million), the Shanghai
Morning Post has reported.
- Week
in brief
SHANGHAI
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