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SINCE the end of February, many QQ users in China have received an unexpected message immediately after opening the software - a "Complete Suicide Manual".
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- Power of amplified voices
SINCE the end of February, many QQ users in China have received an unexpected message immediately after opening the software - a "Complete Suicide Manual".
- Group suicide in Japan
ON February 5, police found nine bodies in two cars in central Japan in what appeared to be two group suicides. All nine appeared to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- New efforts taken to curb worrying suicide rate
SUICIDE is the fifth leading cause of death overall in China and the leading cause of death in persons aged 15-34 years. The national suicide rate is 23 per 100,000 population. An estimated 2 million suicide attempts occur each year, about 287,000 of which result in death.
- Dance fever
A POPULAR dance show presented as part of the 2005 CCTV New Year Gala show has triggered a range of significant reactions, encompassing such areas as care for the disabled, commerce and even intellectual property disputes.
- Measures of calm
A WEEK after signing a preliminary contract with her real estate agent and paying a deposit, Wu Chunquan was told she would have to pay more to buy the apartment she had decided on.
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- Heritage
deserves more attention than festivals
Chinese people
are becoming more concerned about their traditional culture.
Many Chinese, including some deputies to the National People's
Congress, have proposed that traditional Chinese festivals such
as the Pure Bright Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) and Mid-Autumn
Festival be designated as statutory holidays.
- Housing
prices beyond reach of young men
If a man
in Shanghai is going to propose to his girlfriend, the most
important thing he should prepare is not a candle lighted dinner,
a bunch of roses or a diamond ring - these are just opening
bars of a long lasting concert.
- Press
clips
- Zhang's
death exposes contempt for life
A young man
is dead, and Chinese officials at different government levels
in Hunan Province apparently could have prevented it.
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- Between town and country
YE Xin said he had almost exhausted his knowledge of Shanghai while writing his latest book, "Hua Du".
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- Japanese meets Thai flavour
THE Japanese restaurant Shintaro at the Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai is usually not open at noon, but that will change for a short while for guest chef Sawada Satoshi, who has come over from Bangkok to show off his culinary skills to Shanghai diners.
- Al points covered
THE gourmet club, Chaine des Rotisseurs, hosted a function in the JW Marriott on April 2 at which two famed wine producers, Etienne Hugel from Alsace and Nicholas Jaboulet, matched each course with classic wines such as Hugel Gentil and Hermitage "La Chapelle".
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