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Story of Chinese ‘genius’ translator touches many

Jin Xiaoyu, 50, is blind in one eye and suffers from bipolar disorder, but used translation as a tool to fight his mental problems.

Helping the trend are packaging material manufacturers, who have come up with technologies and products for more efficient packaging.

Around 80 to 100 factories release an estimated 60,000 cubic metres of effluents per second into the river, according to a 2015 report.

Poison pen pals for soldiers raise ire, but critics call the practice an outdated, unnecessary remnant of Japanese colonial rule.

Last year alone, complaints elevated to the central bank’s consumer assistance mechanism amounted to P540 million in transactions.

The guideline, imposed on all blind box business operators in Shanghai, banned the sale of blind boxes to those under 8 years old.

The number of babies born last year was 10.62 million, down from 12 million registered births the previous year.

Without kavadis and refreshment stalls, it was a quiet affair where devotees came, offered milk, prayed to Lord Muruga, and left.

Many of the women have also bought land, opened shops, started businesses and even built their own temples.

Not all families are blessed with bliss. For people born to so-called “toxic parents”, the effects may persist a lifetime.