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AS IT IS 2015-12-28 China's Relaxed One-Child Rule to Help Fertility Industry 中国全面二孩政策有利于生育行业发展 Chinas fertility industry could benefit now that the Chinese government has relaxed its one-child policy. China eased th

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AS IT IS 2015-12-18 Only Half of Syrian Refugee Children Attend School 仅半数叙利亚难民儿童能够上学 There are about 650,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Turkey. 土耳其共有大约65万名学龄叙利亚难民儿童。 Gover

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AS IT IS 2015-12-06 Vietnamese Jailed for Posting on Facebook 越南人因发布Facebook入狱 Two Vietnamese men were sentenced to six months in prison for posting locations of traffic checkpoints on Facebook. 两名越南人因在脸书上发布交通

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