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Rescue team at the collapse site in east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 24, 2016.

Sixty-seven people have been confirmed dead and another missing as a platform of a power plant's cooling tower under construction collapsed in east China's Jiangxi Province Thursday, rescuers said.

According to a latest survey, this 21st century tech generation cares more about traditional values such as family and friendship.

A report by China Youth and Children Research Center released on Wednesday provides insight into the traits of the generation born after 2000 and also compares them with their predecessor - the so-called post-90s generation.

The results are based on surveys conducted in 10 provinces and municipalities mainly in 2005 and 2015 and partly in 1999 and 2010. The 2015 study was conducted among 162 primary and secondary schools in rural and urban areas of Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Shandong, Liaoning, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Shaanxi, with 9,360 valid responses.

China's Vice Minister for Public Security Meng Hongwei was elected here on Thursday as President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

He is the first Chinese official to take the post.

Meng Hongwei took over the position from his predecessor Mireille Ballestrazzi from France after being elected at the closing ceremony of Interpol's 85th General Assembly.

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Japan's tourism authority said that the average spendings of Chinese tourists in the country dropped to 102,000 yen ($980 dollars) in the third quarter.

The number is down some 19 percent compared to the same season of 2015, the first year-on drop over the past five years.