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- A four year old girl in Guangzhou has been found dead in a refrigerator belonging to a migrant worker who is thought to be mentally ill and who once told neighbours that human flesh was "delicious". [BBC]
- In the latest internet crackdown, Google, Baidu, Sina and QQ, other portals have been deemed "vulgar and unhealthy", and ordered to clean up their act. [Danwei]
- A total of 14 people were killed in two separate illegal fireworks plant blasts, one in Hebei province and another in Shandong. The former took place in a factory that originally produced hell money which are burnt to the dead by Chinese folk religionists. [Xinhua]
- China's young generation are tightening their belts and cutting their spending, and one young man in Beijing who launched a campaign to curb weekly living expenses to 100 yuan says he's already garnered 55,000 participants. [Reuters]
- The 15,000-seat Wukesong Sports Center baseball field, which was Beijing's Olympic baseball venue, has been slated for the wrecking ball to pave way for the development of a shopping mall, dashing all hopes for the preservation of the venue as a centre for the future development of the sport in China. [Reuters]



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