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WANG Hong (not her real name) complained about a headache. Lying among bandages and tubes, she moaned weakly, rubbing her forehead with her one free hand and trying to pull the tubes away from her nose.
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- The end of the line
WANG Hong (not her real name) complained about a headache. Lying among bandages and tubes, she moaned weakly, rubbing her forehead with her one free hand and trying to pull the tubes away from her nose.
- Answers lie at home
PARENTS are the key element in teenagers psychological crises and suicide attempts, according to research by Professor Gao Hongyun.
- Women living in China's rural areas suffer highest suicide rate
THE Cultural Development Centre For Rural Women, an non-government organization, has launched a special programme to stem the rising tide of suicide and attempted suicide by women in the countryside, the Southern Weekend reported last week.
- Cultural evolution
HE idea of donating one kidney to my daughter had been lingering with me for some time," said Tan Shiping from Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei Province, whose daughter was diagnosed as suffering from uraemia several years ago.
- Bund beauty blooms again
LIN Yuyao, a senior counsellor in a transnational corporation now back in his hometown of Shanghai after living in France for a decade, badly misses one aspect of his former French lifestyle. And that is the renowned cuisine of France - something he was able to enjoy on any night during his sojourn there.
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- Kerry-Edwards ticket
PITTSBURGH - Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry has chosen former political rival North Carolina's Senator John Edwards, a man with "guts and determination and political skills", as his vice presidential running mate.
- Austrian president Klestil dies on eve of retiring
VIENNA - Austrian President Thomas Klestil, who helped restore the presidency's image after a Nazi-era controversy that dogged his predecessor, died late on July 6 aged 71 on the eve of his departure from office.
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- Special woman to seize the heavens
She’s out there somewhere.
- There is no such thing as a free lunch
China once again has been accused of being weak in protecting intellectual property rights. This time, the accusation, along with others, cost China recognition of its coveted status as a market economy by the European Union.
- No point hiding from boys
The Shanghai Star recently published a piece about Shanghai's No. 3 High School, one of the city's few all-girl educational institution. As I read the article, I was astonished by what a misfit of a school it seemed to be.
- Long march to the 'toilet revolution
One meaning of the English word "convenience" is "a public toilet". And its Chinese equivalent, fang bian, when used euphemistically as a verb, can mean "to go to the toilet". So in both the English and Chinese languages, the word "convenience" has to do with a place that provides people with the convenience to take care of their needs.
- Eager exporters everywhere
Whenever I tell my Chinese friends that the swimming pool in my hometown is rather deserted during the week and even on Saturdays, when bathing costumes have to be donned, but that the pool is teeming with eager swimmers on Sundays when such garments are optional and worn by absolutely no-one, young or old, they look at me in disbelief.
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- Marketing challenges
VINCENT Tai, the director of Marketing and Business at Electrolux (China), smiles confidently as he contemplates his new mission to put his company's products into the kitchens and laundries of millions of Chinese homes.
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- China's future is grey
GROWING up in a rural family, Wang Fei has five brothers and even today, such a big family is not uncommon in his hometown, an unremarkable village in North China's Shanxi Province.
- A cottage for legendary honeymoon
AROUND the corner from Zhongshan Xilu, just beside the building housing the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court, several seemingly abandoned villas stand quietly, surrounded by a ring of bricks.
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