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• To-be-executed Mekong murderers' rights fully respected while jailed
• Liaoning anchoring not due to regional situation: spokesman
• China has no cyber warfare troops: spokesman
• China urges Japan to repair bilateral ties
• CPC Central Committee adopts candidates for state leadership positions
• Shanghai to speed up development of Lingang
• PLA deputies to national legislature more diverse
• Drug dealer executed in E China
• Woman threatened after posting photo online
• Average marriage age for Shanghai women over 30
• US pork importers must prove no ractopamine
• China tightens military car plate approval
• China has no cyber warfare troops: MND
• DPRK leader, ex-NBA star watch game together
• China has no cyber warfare troops: MND
• Italy's Berlusconi probed for alleged corruption
• Drug dealer executed in E China
• CCTV to release documentary on Tibetan self-immolation
• Enterprises urged to be environmentally-friendly abroad
• "Self-immolation Instructions": desperate craze of the Dalai clique

To-be-executed Mekong murderers' rights fully respected while jailed Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:02 AM PST A prison official in southwest China's Yunnan Province said Thursday that the four men who were given the death sentence for murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011 had their legal rights fully respected while incarcerated.

Liaoning anchoring not due to regional situation: spokesman Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:43 AM PST The anchoring of China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, at its homeport has nothing to do with the regional situation, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

China has no cyber warfare troops: spokesman Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:39 AM PST A military spokesman said Thursday that China does not have any soldiers engaging in cyber warfare.

China urges Japan to repair bilateral ties Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:33 AM PST China on Thursday called on Japan to go in the same direction with it and take practical measures to turn around strained Sino-Japanese relations.

CPC Central Committee adopts candidates for state leadership positions Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:25 AM PST The 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted a list of candidates for state leadership positions as its second plenary session closed Thursday.

Shanghai to speed up development of Lingang Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST Thirty guidelines have been issued by the Shanghai municipal government to help Lingang, a satellite city on the southeastern tip of Shanghai, build a more livable and enterprise-friendly city, sources said. The Lingang area plays an important role in the overall development of Shanghai, and the municipal government has provided solid policy support for Lingang to attract talent from high-end manufacturing and innovative industries, Xiao Lin, vice-director of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, told a news conference Thursday. The 30 guidelines include providing capital and financing support to high-end manufacturing, supporting development of modern services, offering favorable policies to people working there, and ensuring low-cost land use. Zhu Jiajun, deputy director of Lingang's development and construction management commission, said the satellite town plans fixed-assets investment of 100 billion yuan ($15.9 billion) in the next three years "Through 10 years of development and construction, the Lingang area has retained a 45 percent annual growth rate in total industrial output value, and had invested 116 billion yuan in fixed assets as of the end of 2012," Zhu said. According to Zhu, the Lingang area has formed an industrial structure that includes new energy equipment, auto parts and components, key components for ships, ocean engineering, engineering plants, civil aviation affiliated industry, and strategic new industry. To attract and retain talent, the area will offer favorable policies to help them start their own businesses, and apply for visas. Apartments and housing will also be built for those working in Lingang. Lying about 50 km from downtown Shanghai, Lingang was developed as a support project for the Yangshan Deepwater Port in 2003.

PLA deputies to national legislature more diverse Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST BEIJING - The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has elected 268 people -- a younger group that includes more women and grassroots soldiers -- to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature. According to a PLA statement released Thursday, 78 of the deputies are grassroots officers, soldiers and professional technicians, accounting for 29.1 percent of the total -- up 3.4 percentage points from the 11th NPC. Meanwhile, 29 women deputies take up 10.8 percent of the total, up 2.6 percentage points. The number of deputies who come from ethnic minority groups and who are at least college graduates both increased slightly. According to the statement, the 268 PLA deputies have an average age of 53.1, down from the 52.8 for the 11th NPC, and they are all members of the Communist Party of China. The deputies include many renowned experts, academicians as well as outstanding soldiers. Among them is Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut. Liu entered space aboard the Shenzhou-IX spacecraft on June 16 with two male crew members and successfully conducted both automatic and manual space docking procedures with the Tiangong-1 orbiter. The first annual session of the 12th NPC is scheduled to start on March 5.

Drug dealer executed in E China Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST FUZHOU - A drug dealer who was convicted for selling methamphetamine after being released from prison for related offenses was executed in East China's Fujian province on Thursday, a court official said. Deng Wei, 35 and a native of Chongqing, was sentenced to six-month's imprisonment by a Chongqing court in September 2009, after being convicted of using and illegally possessing drugs. After his release from prison, Deng sold more than 1,000 grams of methamphetamine to a man, surnamed Xiao, in August 2010. Xiao made his wife, whose surname is Li, transfer the methamphetamine from Chongqing to Putian city of Fujian province on a bus. Putian police found that the drug was being sold in the city and clues led to Xiao. Working with Chongqing police, Putian police arrested Deng, Xiao and Li on Aug 31, 2010 in Chongqing when they were involved in another drug deal. Deng was executed on Thursday after the Supreme People's Court approved his death sentence earlier this month, officials with the Intermediate Court of Putian said. Drug trafficking is a capital offense in China.

Woman threatened after posting photo online Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST A woman who photographed one of two Chinese passengers sneaking bottles of red wine on a flight back from France has received threats. Wen Fei, a manager of a media company in Changsha, Hunan province, wrote in her micro blog on Friday that the men secretly brought several small bottles of red wine on a flight from Paris to Wuhan, Hubei province. She tried to stop them, but the men only scolded her, the Xiaoxiang Morning Post reported. Wen then took a picture of one of the men and posted it on her micro blog. The post has drawn wide attention from netizens, who said that the men behaving that way in front of foreigners had embarrassed China. Wen said her company received four phone calls from two men on Tuesday afternoon that urged her to delete her posts. If she doesn't, the men allegedly said, they will go to Changsha to make Wen "have no comfort zones in China". Wen defended her putting the photo online, saying she did so not to identify the men, but to urge them to behave. She will not delete her micro-blog post unless someone can prove her wrong, Wen said in another post. The incident has prompted wide discussion online about what other improper behavior Chinese tourists have engaged in on international flights and in foreign countries.

Average marriage age for Shanghai women over 30 Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST The average age that women in Shanghai are getting married is now over 30 for the first time. The average age at which a woman gets married climbed from 29.9 years in 2011 to 30.3 years in 2012, according to figures published by the municipal Civil Affairs Bureau. The average age of men climbed from 32.4 in 2011 to 32.7 years in 2012. The average age at which Shanghai residents marry for the first time has consistently risen as well. The average age at which a woman gets married for the first time rose from 27.2 years in 2011 to 27.3 years in 2012. The first-marriage age for men climbed to 30 years in 2012 from 29.3 years in 2011. The statistics were compiled from the 143,819 couples who tied the knot in 2012, the civil affairs bureau said. There were 50,287 marriages with one partner born out of Shanghai, or 35.5 percent of the total. When choosing non-locals as life partners, Shanghai residents most often chose people from the nearby Jiangsu province, followed by natives of Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, statistics showed. Shanghai residents least often selected spouses from western regions, such as the Tibet autonomous region and Qinghai province. The city, with a population of 23 million permanent residents, also has seen its divorce rate rise in recent years, with 43,964 couples filing for divorce in 2012, up 13.6 percent from a year earlier. The marriage between couples in their 30s are most fragile, followed by couples in their 20s and 40s, figures showed. The post-1980s generation was more quick than previous generations to be bored with their relationships, with the "seven-year" itch being supplemented by a "three-year itch" among this group. Analysis showed that the post-'80s group, mostly single children who are the product of China's 1979 family-planning policy, gets more financial aid from their parents than previous generations but has less patience to mend their relationships when problems emerge. As for the reasons for divorce, about 70 percent of people cited soured relationships, followed by conflicting personalities and interference from a third person. Statistics showed that financial difficulties, family disputes, dissension generated from the education of children and long-time living apart can also contribute to estranged relationships.

US pork importers must prove no ractopamine Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:57 AM PST Companies importing pork from the United States must provide test reports indicating that there are no traces of ractopamine in the meat before it can enter the Chinese market starting from March 1, China's top quality control authority said on Thursday. Ractopamine, a feed additive used to promote lean muscle growth, is banned in China. The regulation is to protect the health of Chinese consumers after traces of the substance were detected in pork imported from the US on multiple occasions, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The total value of US pork exports to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong last year was $886 million, according to media reports.

China tightens military car plate approval Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:55 AM PST China's military will use new car plates from May 1 and tighten controls on their approval, a move to stop civilian cars from carrying army plates and stamp out bogus military car licenses.

China has no cyber warfare troops: MND Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:55 AM PST A military spokesman said Thursday that China does not have any soldiers engaging in cyber warfare.

DPRK leader, ex-NBA star watch game together Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:53 AM PST The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s top leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) retiree Dennis Rodman sat side by side and watched a basketball game Wednesday between teams from the two countries, local media reported.

China has no cyber warfare troops: MND Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:53 AM PST A military spokesman said Thursday that China does not have any soldiers engaging in cyber warfare.

Italy's Berlusconi probed for alleged corruption Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:53 AM PST Italy's four-time premier Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated in Naples for suspected corruption and illegal party funding, local reports said on Thursday.

Drug dealer executed in E China Posted: 28 Feb 2013 03:46 AM PST A drug dealer who was convicted for selling methamphetamine after being released from prison for related offenses was executed in southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday, a court official said.

CCTV to release documentary on Tibetan self-immolation Posted: 28 Feb 2013 03:46 AM PST National broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) will release a documentary on self-immolation in the Tibetan-inhabited areas of northwest China's Qinghai Province on Thursday night.

Enterprises urged to be environmentally-friendly abroad Posted: 28 Feb 2013 01:47 AM PST China on Thursday issued a guide to encourage its enterprises to fulfil their social responsibility on protecting the environment when developing businesses abroad

"Self-immolation Instructions": desperate craze of the Dalai clique Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:55 AM PST Recently, the Dalai Lama clique published a "Self-immolation Instructions" on the Internet, openly encouraging the Tibetans within the Chinese border to "carry out self-immolations according to plan and procedures".

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