Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin, one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement in the country, was sentenced to five years in prison; she has been jailed since September 2021 on charges of 'inciting subversion', often used against opponents

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  A record number of university students will graduate next year, with the Ministry of Education predicting as many as 12,22 million graduates, 430.000 more than this year's number of graduates, that set latest record

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  Ms. Wang Haoze will participate in China's next space mission; Wang is currently China's only female spaceflight engineer and will be the third female Chinese national to be sent to space

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