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Taiwanese Celebrity Barbie Hsu Passes Away from Influenza in Japan at 48

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu (stage name: Da S) rose to fame across East Asia for her role as the female lead "Shan Cai" in the 2001 Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden. On Monday (February 3), her family confirmed that she had passed away in Japan due to pneumonia complications from influenza while traveling. She was 48 years old.

Tianjin Introduces "Organ Acquisition Fee Standards" – What’s Behind It?

Recently, six departments, including the Tianjin Municipal Health Commission, publicly released two official documents: The Implementation Rules for Organ Acquisition Fees and Financial Management for Human Organ Donation (Trial) and The Fee Standards for Human Organ Donation and Acquisition (Trial).

Brazil: BYD’s Labor Contracts with Chinese Workers Contain Exploitative Clauses

On Friday, January 31, Reuters published an exclusive report detailing labor abuses at BYD’s factory construction site in Brazil. Brazilian investigators discovered that the labor contracts signed between BYD’s construction contractor, Golden Architect Group, and Chinese workers contained clauses that openly violated both Brazilian and Chinese labor laws.

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