• Hangzhou sees boom in tourism after G20 Summit

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  Hangzhou is witnessing a boom in interest after the G20 Summit ended on Sept 5 as visitors throng to popular spots.

• Poverty 'main suspect' behind death of family of 6 in NW China

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  A mysterious case of murder in a small village in northwest China's Gansu province, which saw a whole family poisoned, had grabbed the attention of authorities and the public alike.

• Tibetan Woman Helps Free 6,387 Captive Goats

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  A woman from southwest China's Tibet recently spent 5,109,600 yuan (US$ 765,070) to buy 6,387 goats from various slaughterhouses, according to the Weibo account of a professor at Northwest University for Nationalities.

• Security truck robbed to pay debts

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  Li Xuyi, who is suspected of robbing 6 million yuan ($900,00) from a security truck in Dashiqiao, Liaoning province, has been arrested, police said on Thursday night.

• Woman Completes First Half of Flight around World, Making Stop in Hometown

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  Chen Jingxian, 31, is a private airplane pilot. On September 6, Chen successfully landed in Chengdu, Sichuan province, marking the end of the first half of her flight around the world. Flying in a tiny single-engine piston airplane, Chen took off from Cleveland, Ohio on August 1 to begin her around-the-world journey.

• China concerned over downgrade of panda's conservation status

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  China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) said Monday that it was too early to downgrade the giant panda's conservation status after an international group reclassified it from an "endangered" to "vulnerable" species.

• Silk gifts reflect ties to Hangzhou, past and present

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  Silk products are synonymous with Hangzhou, the city that first exported them during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24). Two millennia later, the exquisite craftsmanship of silk continues to be the source of justifiable pride.

• Classic tales from East and West converge in lake extravaganza

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  State leaders and their spouses in Hangzhou for the G20 Summit enjoyed a feast for the eyes on Sunday night with a gala on the city's much-storied West Lake.

• Beijing calls for family leave to show filial piety

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  A new plan calls for employers in Beijing to give staff more time off to show filial piety to their elderly relatives as the government aims to build a senior-friendly city. This is the first time that the capital has proposed such leave, reported Beijing News on Wednesday.

• Scooters banned from roads in Beijing, Shanghai

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  China's top two cities have banned electric scooters from roads amid safety concerns, despite the growing popularity of the new modes of transportation, for which there are no national safety standards.