Survivor of 'comfort women' system dies

A 95-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's "comfort women" system during World War II passed away on Saturday in Hunan province, leaving only eight registered survivors on the Chinese mainland. Previous research has shown that some 400,000 women in Asia were forced to be "comfort women" — sexual slaves for the Japanese army during World War II — and nearly half of them were Chinese. The survivor, born in 1930 in Pingjiang county, Hunan, was abducted by Japanese soldiers with her cousin in early 1945. They, along with other girls taken from various locations, were confined in a house in Pingjiang, where they endured severe sexual abuse, according to the Research Center for Comfort Women at Shanghai Normal University. After more than a month of captivity, she was rescued by Chinese soldiers.

'Ice City' cracks down on ticket scalping

China's "Ice City" Harbin in Heilongjiang province has cracked down on 21 ticket reselling cases and arrested 23 offenders, the local police said on Saturday. Harbin has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting visitors from around the globe. Ticket scalpers illegally acquired park tickets through software from online platforms and then resold them at inflated prices.

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