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China to introduce death penalty for environmental polluters
Beijing, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): A new judicial explanation took effect on Wednesday guaranteeing the enforcement of environment-related laws and regulations, which has long been lax and superficial in China. The country's Supreme Court and procuratorate jointly issued the new judicial explanation on Tuesday that imposes harsher punishments on polluters. In the most serious cases the death ...
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President Xi Obama summit was very successful China
The first summit between President Xi Jingping and his US counterpart Barack Obama held earlier this month proved very successful, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday. During a telephonic conversation Wednesday with US Secretary of State John Kerry, the Chinese foreign minister also said that President Xi and Obama during the summit in California agreed to build a new model of ...
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One killed 150 injured in China restaurant blasts
A series of blasts ripped through a restaurant in China's Shanxi province Wednesday night, killing one person and injuring over 150 others, officials said. The incident took place in a two-storey building housing the restaurant in Shuozhou city, Xinhua reported. Among the 156 injured, dozens are fire fighters who were at the scene when the final blast occurred. Three fire-fighting trucks were ...
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China holds talks with North Korea
China and North Korea Wednesday held a "strategic dialogue" on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan, and told him that it was in the interest of all parties concerned to realise denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguard its peace and stability and resolve all relevant issues through dialogue and ...
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Over 8000 held for food crimes in China
More than 8,200 people have been arrested in China since a crackdown on food safety crimes was launched in January, authorities said Wednesday. The ministry of public security said police uncovered more than 4,500 cases involving food safety offences and closed about 6,300 workshops and markets that produced or sold illegal food products. Police confiscated more than 150,000 illegal products, ...
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China Mobile to extend 4G in Guangxi
China Mobile's Guangxi unit will roll out 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks in 14 cities in the region in the second half of the year, China Daily writes. The cellco will deploy the networks in Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin and eleven other cities as part of its efforts to build up high-speed 'wireless cities'. As previously noted by CommsUpdate, China Mobile, the largest cellco in ...
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Wang Xuejun elected governor of east China province
Wang Xuejun was elected governor of East China's Anhui Province by the local legislature on Thursday.The election was held at the second session of the 12th Anhui Provincial People's Congress.Wang, born in December 1952, had served as director of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls for nine years, before which he worked in the northern province of Hebei.Wang was transferred to Anhui ...
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China urges intl community to aid Afghanistan peace process
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday urged the international community to continue to offer assistance for the reconciliation process in Afghanistan."China maintains that the international community, on the basis of respecting Afghanistan's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, should provide necessary assistance for the reconciliation process," ...
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China to sustain prudent monetary policy analysts
Analysts have predicted that China will not ease its current monetary policy, China Securities Journal reported on Thursday.The State Council, or China's Cabinet, said at a meeting on Wednesday that the government must guide credit funds to support the country's real economy and sustain a prudent monetary policy with rational aggregates.Lu Zhengwei, chief economist with the Industrial ...
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China Stocks Bare Brunt of Growth Fears
Chinese shares, the worst performers in Asia this year, sank to multi-month lows on Thursday as fears of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy were exacerbated by further weakness in its vast manufacturing sector.The ...
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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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