• Air Force Pilots: Basically, We Have No Difference from Male Pilots

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  The 81st Aerobatics Team of the People's Liberation Army of China, founded in 1962, has amazed the world with their expert flying of the J-10 fighter aircraft in the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) held in Zhuhai city, east China's Guangdong Province on November 1, 2016.

• Motivational Woman, 75, Takes Part in Self-Study Exam in E China

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  A 75-year-old woman from a rural village near the city of Wuxi in east China's Jiangsu Province has recently become an inspirational role model in the local region after she made great efforts to attend the self-study examination for higher education.

• Premature death strikes IT industry

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  The rapidly developing internet technology sector－whose employees are often under heavier pressure than other sectors－is once again in the spotlight following the sudden premature death of the founder of one of China's leading digital medical care service providers.

• Over 31% of Outbound Chinese Tourists Pack Instant Noodles

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  More than 31 percent of Chinese tourists bring packaged instant noodles with them when they travel abroad, and not just to save money, according to a report.

• Scholar, Granddaughter Jointly Publish Chinese Version of Modern Fairytale

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  A leading Chinese scholar and specialist in French literature has published a new Mandarin translation of The Little Prince, the classic children's novel, produced with the help of his 12-year-old granddaughter.

• Blast hits East China oil refinery

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  NANJING -- A production equipment in an oil refinery caught fire and exploded in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing Sunday afternoon, local fire department said.

• Female Aquarium Trainer Shows Passion for Marine Life

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  Trainer Li Qian interacts with a white whale at an aquarium in Penglai City, east China's Shandong Province, on September 26, 2016. Born in 1988, Li worked as a performer posing as a mermaid, then turned into a trainer due to her love for marine animals. The only female trainer in the aquarium, Li said it sometimes takes months to develop a new performance skill in a white whale, to which she has developed a strong attachment.

• Instant noodles on must-have list of outbound Chinese tourists

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  A report released jointly on Sept 28 by Alibaba's Alitrip and Internet finance platform Wacai showed once and for all that Chinese tourists have a true, unswerving love for instant noodles.

• Govt shuts down classic pancake stall

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  A street vendor of spring onion pancakes whose popularity skyrocketed because of a favorable review in a BBC documentary has been shut down for operating without a license.

• Retired Chinese Teacher Studies Math to Tutor Adopted Granddaughter

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  Yang Sulian, a 72-year-old former Chinese teacher in Chengdu, Sichuan province, haschosen an unusual retirement project: teaching herself middle school mathematics. Allher efforts are for the sake of her adopted granddaughter, Qianqian.