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China's capital city Beijing is reporting a major labor shortage after the Spring Festival as the new hiring season also kicks off.

According to data released by domestic classifieds website Ganji.com, drivers are the most wanted workers by the country.

Among the most demanded professions, construction workers enjoy the highest monthly wage of more than 9,600 yuan on average, higher than white collar office workers.

How big of an impact this year's labor shortage is going to be?

Topic2 Online Lottery Sales Ban

If you still dream of buying a lottery on your smartphone and win a big prize, please face the fact that it won't happen, at least not in a short while. Online lottery sales have been suspended on a number of websites in China following a deadline for provincial and municipal governments to investigate and report on lottery sales.

What happened and why?

Topic3 Unhealthy Eating Habits Outpace Healthy Eating Patterns in Most Countries; China especially bad

The world's diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits.

How is the research done? How do you see the results?

Topic4 Chinese feast: Year of the lobster?

Dumplings, red packets of money, long noodles symbolizing long life, fireworks at midnight - all of these are traditional Chinese trappings of Asian Lunar New Year celebrations happening around the globe.

This year, however, many Chinese tables will feature a new, unlikely addition to their traditional meals:lobsters from the US state of Maine.

China's hunger for this storied slice of Americana has been growing over the past decade.

How big is the market and how fast is it growing?

Topic5 How to set goals and actually achieve them

At the start of each year, we like to take stock of our lives and set resolutions for what we'd like to achieve in the year ahead.

But according to a Daily Telegraph article, a survey of 1000 Australians found only less than a quarter of us will stick to achieving our goals.

Are there secret techniques to achieving your New Year resolutions?