• Topless children in wintry cold raises online furor

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  Topless children brave the wintry weather in a military-style training session in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province

• 'Almost Perfect' Chinese Girl Makes It to Harvard

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  Guo Wenjing, a girl from Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, recently won a place at Harvard University as an undergraduate with her prowess at programming and excellence in various fields.

• 14-year-old invited to Shenzhen two sessions as an observer

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  Shenzhen has invited a teenager to attend the annual meetings of the local political advisory body, part of the local two sessions

• Netizens rally round injured monkey king ahead of Year of the Monkey

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  The image of an injured wild monkey in Southwest China went viral online, attracting the attention of a local wildlife organization which has come up with three plans to help it.

• Man found innocent after 23 years in prison for homicide

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  A man who spent 23 years in prison was acquitted on Monday, a top court in Zhejiang province announced on its official micro blog, citing insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict.

• China penalizes 27 over wrongful conviction case

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  Li Sanren (L) and Shang Aiyun, parents of Huugjilt, who was wrongly executed for rape and murder at age 18, show the verdict of state compensation totaling more than 2 million yuan (about $322,000) in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Dec 31, 2014. On Dec 15, 2014, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Higher People's Court overturned Huugjilt's previous conviction and ruled he was not guilty of rape and murder, saying that the facts of his case were unclear and evidence was inadequate.

• Chinese Female Student Shoots to Fame in Iran for Role in TV Series

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  A female Chinese student studying in Iran became well-known across the country after recently playing a role in Iran's top TV series The Capital.

• Raw Beauty: Sichuan Girl Wows the World

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  Zhang Ran, a 27-year-old woman from Leshan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, has recently gone viral on social media, after her photo was posted on Facebook featuring the natural and unique eastern beauty.

• Rescued miners in stable condition

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  Zhang Shuping, mayor of Linyi city in East China's Shandong province said that the city will have stricter oversight on its non-coal mining industry. The approval of new non-coal mines will be halted and an overhaul will be done in the existing 212 non-coal mines in the city.

• Youngest Curler Aims High at Chinese National Winter Games

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  Wang Yiwa, the youngest curler at the Chinese National Winter Games, has a big aim.