People who petition at non-petition reception sites such as Tian'anmen Square and foreign embassy districts will be punished, according to a new rule targeting illegal petitioning activities issued by the municipal public security bureau of Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province.

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The naming of a subway stop on Line 13 in Beijing has aroused disputes between Tsinghua University and Beijing Forestry University after the stop was temporarily named "Qinghua East Station." Students at the Beijing Forestry University said it should be named "Beijing Forestry University Station" as the station sits just across the street from the south gate of the university. The station is located 2.8 kilometers away from Tsinghua University. "But it's next to an apartment for 20,000 Tsinghua students," according to Tsinghua.

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An 11-year-old boy has been working with his mom as a street cleaner for months after missing the application deadline for primary schools in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. Zhong Fangrong, mother of the boy Zhong Jie, called?Western China Metropolis Daily for help Friday. Zhong and her husband are both migrant workers in Chengdu. She must stay with her son because he is not enrolled in school.

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A woman sought help from a police station after getting angry with her husband for staring at beautiful models during an auto show in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The woman, surnamed Xiao, said her husband was disloyal and wanted a divorce. The police calmed the couple down after an hour of mediation.

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Guo Bin, a 6-year-old boy who had his eyes gouged out in August in North China's Shanxi province, is recovering after receiving an artificial eye implant in Shenzhen, Chinese media reported Saturday.

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A professor at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology asked his students to write mock letters before their death as homework. Jiang Chunlei, in his 50s, said the assignment was a way to encourage students to cherish life and reassess themselves. Some students said the task was meaningful and weighty.

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