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• Chinese navy escort ships complete first joint escort operation
• China to seek "early, proper" solution with Russia on detained Chinese ships
• Obama vows to ensure public safety after Colorado shooting
• China rainstorms claim 12 lives
• 500 flights cancelled, delayed due to rain in Beijing
• Beijing downpour kills 2, injures 6
• China offers Colorado shootings condolences to US
• Mudslides strand over 400 vehicles in Xinjiang
• Rescued Taiwan fishing vessel arrived in Tanzania
• Beijing downpour kills 2, injures 6
• 3 students selected to attend 2012 APEC summit
• Senior leader urges enhanced social management
• China's logistics industry slows in 1st half
• Rain-triggered flood hits road in SW China
• Senior CPC leader urges social management
• Raining cats and dogs in Beijing
• West China expected to see fastest growth
• Six-point proposal offered in FOCAC Beijing Declaration to boost new strategic partnership
• Young woman's death sparks online debate
• China awards overseas PhD students in Canada

Chinese navy escort ships complete first joint escort operation Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:26 AM PDT The Chinese navy's 11th and 12th escort groups accomplished their first joint escort operation here Friday.

China to seek "early, proper" solution with Russia on detained Chinese ships Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT China here on Saturday voiced the will to maintain close contacts with Russia for an early and proper solution of the dispute on the detained Chinese fishing ships, which left a fisherman missing.

Obama vows to ensure public safety after Colorado shooting Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:15 AM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama has promised every effort will be made to ensure the safety of Americans, a day after a shooting rampage in a Colorado movie theater killed 12 people.

China rainstorms claim 12 lives Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT Torrential rains that lashed large swaths of northern and southwestern China from Friday night to Saturday have killed at least 12 people, authorities said.

500 flights cancelled, delayed due to rain in Beijing Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 21:34 ( Xinhua) BEIJING - Torrential rains in the Chinese capital led to the cancellation of 229 domestic flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport as of 6:30 pm Saturday, sources with the Beijing Capital International Airport said. Meanwhile, 246 domestic flights were delayed due to the torrential rains that began thrashing most parts of the city Saturday morning. A total of 14 international flights were also canceled with 26 others delayed due the heavy rains, according to the airport. China's top meteorological authority said that rainstorms in Beijing are expected to continue into Sunday night. The sources said the Beijing airport has launched an emergency response to the massive flight cancellations and delays due to the rains, and is taking multiple measures to mitigate the impact.

Beijing downpour kills 2, injures 6 Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT BEIJING - Heavy rains and strong gales that started around 10 am Saturday have left at least two people dead and six others injured in Beijing, police and medical workers said. A car is half submerged in a flooded road in Beijing on July 21, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] Rooftops at a construction site in the city's suburban Tongzhou district were toppled by strong winds, crushing five people, sources with the Beijing Emergency Medical Center said. Two of the people died on the spot, while the other three were taken to a nearby hospital. In another village in Tongzhou, strong winds toppled rooftops, leaving three people injured, sources with the medical center said. The heavy rain has inundated roads and cut off traffic, police said. A total of 223 flights were cancelled and 193 others delayed for more than one hour as of 6 pm, sources with the Beijing Capital International Airport said. A stretch of National Highway 109 was cut off by a rain-triggered landslide in the Mentougou district, according to the Beijing flood control and drought relief office. Beijing weather authorities have issued a warning for heavy rain and potential geological hazards, especially in mountainous areas in the city's suburbs. The Beijing Meteorological Bureau upgraded its rainfall warning from "blue" to "yellow" at 2 pm, hiking it even higher to "orange" at 6:30 pm. Heavy rain to continue China's top meteorological authority said that rainstorms are expected to continue into the night in the Chinese capital after heavy rains started thrashing the city around 10 a.m. Saturday. Precipitation in most parts of the city is expected to reach 40 to 80 mm. The eastern part of the city is expected to see the heaviest rainfall, with precipitation expected to reach as high as 100 mm, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). Thunder and lightning will occur in some areas, according to the NMC. The city's meteorological authority also issued an emergency response in the afternoon for the heavy rains, warning residents and flood control authorities to take precautions against heavy rains, flooding and mudslides. The NMC said the rain will end in most areas of the city by Sunday morning. Rainstorms also hit most parts of north China Saturday. The NMC warned that Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong provinces, as well as Tianjin municipality in the north, Jilin, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang provinces in the northeast and Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality in the southwest, will also experience heavy rains over the next 24 hours. Chinese meteorological authorities use a four-tier color-coded weather warning system. Precipitation in the Fangshan and Mentougou districts exceeded 30 cm as of 6 pm, according to the bureau.

China offers Colorado shootings condolences to US Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 20:05 ( Xinhua) BEIJING - Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday extended condolences to US Secretary of State Hillary Chinese Foreign Clinton over a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 people dead. Yang expressed his sympathy to Clinton for the mass shootings, the worst in the United States since 2007. A masked gunman released tear gas and opened fire into a crowded movie theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, early Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 59 others. Related Stories Vigil held in Aurora for theater shooting victims 2012-07-21 16:09 Obama offers federal help to Denver shooting 2012-07-21 11:15 NYC on alert after shooting in Denver 2012-07-21 08:02 Gunman kills 12 in Denver shooting at 'Batman' movie 2012-07-20 19:18

Mudslides strand over 400 vehicles in Xinjiang Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 19:57 ( Xinhua) URUMQI - More than 400 vehicles are stranded following rain-triggered mudslides that cut off multiple sections of a major road in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, border police said Saturday. Several stretches of National Highway 314 within the Kirgiz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu were buried by landslides triggered by downpours that started on Friday night, said Zhu Yong, a border police officer. No casualties were reported in the landslides and local police have delivered food and water to the stranded motorists. As of 4 pm, traffic on the road had resumed partially. The 314 National Highway starts from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and serves as a major route to Pakistan.

Rescued Taiwan fishing vessel arrived in Tanzania Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 19:57 ( Xinhua) DAR ES SALAAM - The 26 rescued Taiwan fishing vessel Xufu 1 crew members, escorted by a Chinese navy warship, arrived in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania on Saturday morning. All crew members looked well and were transported immediately to hotel for medical examines by a Chinese medical team waiting there. They crew members have also received medical and psychological examines when they were on the Chinese navy warship for three days after freed by Somalia pirates. Xufu 1, with 13 crew members from the Chinese mainland, one from Taiwan and 12 from Vietnam, was hijacked by Somali pirates in December off the Madagascar coast and taken to Somalia. Related Stories Rescued fishing vessel heads to Tanzania 2012-07-19 10:51

Beijing downpour kills 2, injures 6 Posted: 21 Jul 2012 05:33 AM PDT Rooftops at a construction site in the city's suburban Tongzhou district were toppled by strong winds, crushing five people, sources with the Beijing Emergency Medical Center said.

3 students selected to attend 2012 APEC summit Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT Three university students have been selected to attend the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, Russia, in September on behalf of all of the country's university students.

Senior leader urges enhanced social management Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT Senior leader Zhou Yongkang has called for more efforts to enhance and innovate social management in order to solve social problems at the grassroots level.

China's logistics industry slows in 1st half Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT BEIJING - China's logistics industry saw tempered growth in the first half this year amid the slowest economic growth experienced by the country since 2009, a logistics association said Saturday. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said in a statement posted on its website that the total value of the sector for the first six months grew by 10 percent year on year to 83.6 trillion yuan ($13.25 trillion). The growth rate was down 3.7 percentage points from the same period last year and down 0.9 percentage points from the first quarter this year, the federation said. Total expenses rose 11.9 percent year on year to 4.1 trillion yuan, down 6.4 percentage points from a year earlier, the CFLP said. "Growth in logistics expenses dropped to some extent, but remained relatively high," the statement said. The expenses represented 18 percent of China's GDP during the same period, much higher than the ratio in most developed economies. The federation expects the sector's value to grow by 11 percent for the whole year, as the number of favorable factors will increase in the second half due to macroeconomic regulatory policies. China's economy expanded 7.6 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2012, slowing from 8.1 percent in the first quarter, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. The growth rate marked the sixth consecutive quarter of decline and marked the slowest rate since the first quarter of 2009. China pared its GDP growth target for 2012 to 7.5 percent from 8 percent in March in the face of a persistent slump in the United States and spreading debt woes in the European Union. To buoy the economy, China has adopted a string of pro-growth measures, including lowering the reserve ratio for banks to boost lending, subsidizing energy-saving household electrical appliances and speeding up approval for major construction projects. In its latest move, the central bank recently cut the benchmark interest rate for the second time in a month to inject liquidity into the market.

Rain-triggered flood hits road in SW China Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 17:06 ( Xinhua) CHENGDU - A torrential flood triggered by continuous rain has damaged parts of a major road in southwest China's Sichuan province, local authorities said Saturday. A 600-meter stretch of National Road 212 was destroyed around 6 am near the city of Guangyuan, halting traffic, said Liu Jiong, an official with the Guangyuan Transportation Bureau. National Road 212 links Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu province, with the municipality of Chongqing in the southwest. No casualties have been reported so far, but local authorities estimated that the floods have caused direct economic losses of about 19 million yuan ($3 million). Liu said repairs cannot take place until the rain stops, adding that it is not yet clear when traffic will resume. China's weather authority forecast on early Saturday that heavy rains will sweep a large part of the country over the next three days. Most parts of north China, the Sichuan Basin and the central and southern part of south China will see heavy rains or rainstorms, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). The NMC has called for precautions to be taken against potential disasters caused by heavy rains, including mudslides and floods in urban areas. A downpour hit most parts of Beijing around noon Saturday. The Beijing government has issued a warning for heavy rain and potential geological hazards, especially in mountainous areas in the city's suburbs.

Senior CPC leader urges social management Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 17:05 ( Xinhua) BEIJING - Senior leader Zhou Yongkang has called for more efforts to enhance and innovate social management in order to solve social problems at the grassroots level. Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks at a national meeting on social management, held in Beijing on Thursday and Friday. Hailing the great contributions that social management has made to the country's harmony and stability, Zhou said the development of social management still requires more efforts and should adapt to new situations. "China should extend basic public services to more rural and underdeveloped regions and establish smooth channels for the public to voice their complaints," Zhou said, adding that measures should also be created to provide services for migrants and other special groups. Zhou urged departments at all levels to improve overall planning, promote international communication and cooperation and learn from the experiences of foreign countries. At the meeting, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu called on all government departments to summarize and promote successful experiences in order to improve social management.

Raining cats and dogs in Beijing Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT Vehicles move slowly in torrential rain in Beijing at 1:00 pm on July 21, 2012. Beijing Meteorological Bureau issued a yellow warning of rain, second-highest in its four-scale rain alert system. An hourly rain volume of 30 millimeters is expected to fall from 2 to 5 pm. And the rain will last for 12 hours. Heavy rains will sweep China's northern regions and some southern areas over the next three days, the weather authority forecast on Saturday morning. [Photo/Xinhua]

West China expected to see fastest growth Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-21 14:47 ( Xinhua) GUIYANG - The economies of China's western regions were among the fastest developing economies nationwide in 2011 and are expected to maintain their status this year, according to a report issued by Social Sciences Academy Press on Saturday. The report said the regional GDP reached 9.97 trillion yuan ($1.56trillion) in 2011 in 12 western provincial-level regions, including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and and Xinjiang. The report cited a steady decline in the impoverished population, the improvement of family income structures and increased housing as the results of poverty alleviation efforts in the west. However, the report indicated that poverty has had a "boomerang effect" in some regions, with some areas that were previously out of poverty becoming impoverished again. The report said authorities should establish a system of poverty alleviation "with more bodies involved," improve the insurance system for natural disasters that affect agriculture and enhance education for impoverished people. Related Stories Ningxia blazes trail for opening-up of western region 2012-07-20 11:28 Wage rise guidelines released in ten regions 2012-06-19 17:48

Six-point proposal offered in FOCAC Beijing Declaration to boost new strategic partnership Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:48 PM PDT A six-point proposal to deepen the new type of strategic partnership was offered by China and the involved African countries in the Beijing Declaration of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) issued in Beijing on Friday.

Young woman's death sparks online debate Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:07 PM PDT A young bride-to-be died in her sleep after a long day of work on her online shop, triggering an intense discussion online.

China awards overseas PhD students in Canada Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:43 PM PDT The Chinese government handed out a prestigious scholarship as a sign of support to 14 of its most outstanding overseas self-financed PhD students in Toronto on Friday.

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