China reports 10th bird flu death: A nine-year-old girl from Zhejiang province died on Monday, becoming the 10th person in China to die of bird flu.
China's rural millions left behind: The tens of millions who have moved to the cities find themselves treated like second class citizens there too. In a system akin to South Africa's apartheid, people born in rural China find it almost impossible to become full urban residents.
China moves to curb mining deaths: The governor of China's biggest coal producing province has said he plans to slow expansion in the industry in a bid to curb the number of mining deaths.
Young Chinese struggling for jobs: A decade ago, a university education meant a promising future as only a handful of elite students had the chance to enter college, and every graduate was guaranteed a life-long job in government organizations or state firms. But these promises ended years ago when the government decided to let students find jobs themselves.
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