Five-year-old survives 20-storey fall; Beijing at the ready for Ebola outbreak and Wanda chief shows his ambition

Boy falls 20 floors and lives

A five-year-old boy in Zhengzhou city, Henan province, survived falling from a 20-storey building while his parents were out, Henan Business Daily reported.

The boy was seen “covered in blood” on the lawn by neighbors, but apparently not in mortal danger due to trees breaking his fall, according to his mother after a preliminary examination.

A relative said the boy's lower leg was fractured. Internal bleeding could not be detected pending further examination.

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Beijing on guard against Ebola

The National Health and Family Planning Commission issued a prevention and control plan of Ebola hemorrhagic fever on Thursday, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Beijing has finished clinical training of Ebola treatment in all medical organizations and the spread of the virus will be monitored and controlled by the Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control should it be found.

Ebola has one of the highest mortality rates, and broke out in West Africa in February with 729 people having died already. Fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat are early symptoms.

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Flights return to normal

Airports in East and South Central China have returned to normal, with measures taken to reduce flights being canceled, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced, according to xinhuanet.com on Friday.

CAAC issued a red alert several days ago as large numbers of flights were delayed due to bad weather and other reasons.

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84.7 percent of new grads find work

The employment rate of new university graduates in the city hit 84.7 percent as of June 30, Beijing Morning Post reported.

About 230,000 students graduated from colleges or universities in Beijing in the first half of the year, a similar total compared with the same period last year. The report also said Beijing created 228,000 job opportunities as of June 30. The urban unemployment rate in Beijing is 1.35 percent.

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Students return wallet with $69,000 check

After finding a wallet with a check for 430,000 yuan ($69,600) and some cash during a tour of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, two high school students returned the wallet to the owner and refused the owner's reward, according to dahe.cn, the official news website of Henan province.

The two, Wang Pengxiang and Chang Rui, found the wallet while waiting for their parents in a parking lot on July 22 and contacted the wallet's owner with help from the police.

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Shenzhen to give women more toilets

The Shenzhen government issued a new rule to increase the number of public toilets available for women. An Internet poll showed that more than 90 percent of those surveyed applauded the decision, but some suggested that unisex toilets would be more fair, according to sznews.com.

The new rule, issued by the city's Urban Planning Land and Resources Commission, will go into effect on Aug 1 and will provide compulsory specifications for the architectural design of the city's new buildings for the next three years.

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Drones employed to monitor offshore islands

The Wenzhou marine environmental monitoring center launched drones to conduct surveillance of a number of offshore islands recently, with five flights monitoring eight islands, the State Oceanic Administration said on Thursday.

The drones, which can capture high-resolution remote images showing geological factors, can help protect the monitored islands, whose areas measure up to 75 square kilometers. The flights are also seen as an effective tool for water surveillance.

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Ambitious Wanda 'targets' CNN

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Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin displayed his ambition by telling a CNN interviewer he would buy the American cable and satellite television channel if it was available.

Asked about the expansion and acquisition plans of the biggest Chinese realty conglomerate, Wang said the goal is to make Wanda as well-known as Walmart, IBM or Google. "I could buy CNN if it is for sale," he joked, according to Wanda's official website.

Wanda has made two international acquisitions so far by purchasing US theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings in 2012 for $2.6 billion and Sunseeker International, a British luxury motor yacht manufacturer, in 2013.

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