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• Body of former CPC publicity chief cremated
• 8 killed, 4 missing in N. China rainstorm
• China relaxes QFII rules to attract investment
• China refutes US criticism of human rights
• Rainstorms to hit N China as heat strikes South
• Xinjiang railway service suspended due to flood
• Sr. official proposes more cross-Strait economic cooperation, cultural exchanges
• People mourn for victims in Beijing rainstorm
• NDRC pledges more investment reforms
• Solar product tariffs may hurt EU industry
• UN members fail to agree on global arms trade treaty
• HK women break life expectancy record
• Officials, academics urge preservation of migrant school
• Shooting suspect under psychiatrist's care
• Xinjiang railway service suspended due to flood
• 6 officials punished for coach overloading
• Officials, academics urge preservation of migrant school
• AIDS drug to be phased out
• Chinese audiences tune in to homegrown 'The Voice'
• AIDS drug to be phased out

Body of former CPC publicity chief cremated Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:08 AM PDT The body of Ding Guangen, a former publicity chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was cremated at Beijing's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Saturday.

8 killed, 4 missing in N. China rainstorm Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-28 15:51 ( Xinhua) TAIYUAN/LANZHOU - A total of 8 people were killed and four are still missing after a rainstorm hit North China's Shanxi province and Northwest China's Gansu province since Friday, local authorities said Saturday. Five people were killed and three were missing in Linxian county on Friday after a torrential rain with a precipitation of 197 mm within 3 hours smashed the county. Another worker at a highway construction site was also killed and one was missing in the rainstorm, according to the Shanxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. Two villagers were drowned in a flood at Heisongyi town, Gulang county of Gansu province on Friday night. Their bodies were found on Saturday morning, according to the provincial government. Nineteen work teams have been sent by the Shanxi provincial government to the cities along the Yellow River, the second largest river of China, to prepare for potential floods. Related Stories Rainstorms to hit N China as heat strikes South 2012-07-28 14:20 Beijing flood death toll hits 77 2012-07-27 08:03 32 dead, 20 missing in Hebei after rainstorms 2012-07-26 17:35 Rainstorms kill 111, affect 9 million people 2012-07-25 03:10 Six dead, two missing in SW China rainstorm 2012-07-23 16:40

China relaxes QFII rules to attract investment Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT BEIJING - China has eased its grip on its control on investments made by qualified foreign institutional investors (QFIIs), according to a revised QFII regulation released by the nation's securities regulator. Compared with previous rules, the regulation published by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Friday lowers the QFII threshold and allows QFIIs to invest in the nation's capital market through more than one securities dealer. The regulation also allows QFIIs to invest in the interbank bond market and private placement bonds issued by small and medium-sized enterprises and hold up to a 30-percent stake in a listed company, up from the previous 20-percent stake cap. The move aims to make it easier for QFIIs to invest in China's capital market, part of the nation's efforts to free up capital flows and accelerate the opening of domestic capital markets. The CSRC said it received 28 submissions after opening draft rules to solicit public opinion from June 20 to July 5, and the commission has made adjustments accordingly. The CSRC said it will continue to speed up the approval of QFIIs, facilitate the operation of the QFII scheme with related authorities and strengthen supervision to attract more long-term overseas investments. The CSRC has quickened QFII approvals lately, granting $5.62 billion in quotas to 51 QFIIs since December 2011. The State Council, China's Cabinet, in April increased total QFII quotas to $80 billion from the previous $30 billion. The CSRC has granted QFII licenses to 172 foreign investors since the program started in 2002. Foreign investment under the QFII program accounts for 1.1 percent of the total market value of the country's A-shares.

China refutes US criticism of human rights Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT BEIJING - China on Friday refuted criticism on its human rights situation from a US State Department official, urging the country to focus more on its own human rights improvement. "No country owns a perfect human rights situation. The United States is also facing serious problems in its judiciary, rights for aboriginal people and racial discrimination. We hope the US side would put more effort into examining and improving its own human rights situation," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. Hong made the remarks in response to a comment from US Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner, who said the overall human rights situation in China has continued to deteriorate, after the two-day China-US Human Rights Dialogue in Washington. Hong voiced "dissatisfaction and firm opposition" to the country's "groundless attack" against China's human rights situation after the dialogue. He said the dialogue was conducted in the spirit of equality and mutual trust, in which the US side acknowledged the new achievements China has scored in human rights areas and thought the dialogue had been candid, open and constructive. "The Chinese people are best qualified to judge China's human rights situation," Hong said. He added that China has witnessed fast economic growth, continuous improvement of people's livelihood and unprecedented rights and basic freedom for citizens since its reform and opening up. "We hope the US would view China's human rights situation in a comprehensive, objective and fair way, and play a constructive role in the sound development of the China-US Human Rights Dialogue," the spokesman said. The dialogue was held from Monday to Tuesday. The two sides exchanged views on human rights and other related issues, according to Hong.

Rainstorms to hit N China as heat strikes South Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT BEIJING - China's meteorological authorities on Saturday forecast rainstorms for the nation's northern areas over the next three days and a heat wave in the south. Heavy rains and rainstorms will hit northern parts of North and Northeast China from Saturday to Monday, the National Meteorological Center said in a statement posted on its website. During the period, torrential rains will batter eastern parts of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, central-western parts of Heilongjiang province, western parts of Jilin province, central parts of Liaoning province, northeastern parts of Beijing and Hebei province and northern parts of Tianjin, with precipitation reaching up to 120 mm in some regions, the center said. On Sunday and Monday, regions west of the Yellow River in Gansu province, central parts of Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, southern parts of Hebei and northern parts of Shandong province will see downpours, with precipitation in some parts amounting to 110 mm, the center said.'   Meanwhile, heavy rains and rainstorms are likely to hit most parts of Yunnan province and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from Saturday to Monday, and some areas will also see downpours, the center said. In the same period, a heat wave is expected to scorch regions along the Yangtze, Huai and Han rivers and Chongqing municipality, with temperatures rising up to 38 degrees Celsius, it added.

Xinjiang railway service suspended due to flood Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-28 14:08 ( Xinhua) URUMQI - Train services on parts of the Southern Xinjiang Railway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was suspended on Saturday morning due to flood, local authorities said. The flood water has immersed parts of the rails and caused the train service of the Turpan-Korla section to be suspended, a Urumqi Railway Bureau official said. More than 300 rescuers are working at the site. The trapped passengers have been arranged in safe places. Related Stories SOEs to boost investment in Xinjiang 2012-07-26 19:50 Xinjiang's foreign trade growth slows in H1 2012-07-24 17:40 Unique Xinjiang embroidery 2012-07-24 14:21 Populous diverdifolia embroidery made in Mori, China's Xinjiang 2012-07-24 14:11

Sr. official proposes more cross-Strait economic cooperation, cultural exchanges Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:25 PM PDT A senior Chinese official on Saturday proposed that the mainland and Taiwan should deepen economic cooperation and cultural exchanges in order to maintain the peaceful development of the cross-Strait relationship.

People mourn for victims in Beijing rainstorm Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:33 PM PDT Photo taken on July 27, 2012 shows a chrysanthemum laid to pay condolence to victims of last Saturday's rainstorm under the Guangqumen Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. Saturday's downpour, which the local weather bureau described as the "heaviest in 61 years," killed 77 people, including some who drowned in private cars.

NDRC pledges more investment reforms Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT China's top planning agency has acknowledged the latest guidance aimed at opening various industries to domestic private investment has fallen short of market expectations, and vowed more reforms.

Solar product tariffs may hurt EU industry Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday that protectionist measures will harm the European solar industry and the two sides can resolve the dispute through negotiations.

UN members fail to agree on global arms trade treaty Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT The member states of the United Nations failed Friday to agree on a global arms trade treaty designed to regulate the multi-billion-dollar industry.

HK women break life expectancy record Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT Hong Kong overtook Japan as having the longest living women in the world in 2011, according to the Census & Statistics Department of the Hong Kong SAR government.

Officials, academics urge preservation of migrant school Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT Government officials and university professors on Thursday issued a written statement calling for the preservation of a primary school for migrant children in Beijing.

Shooting suspect under psychiatrist's care Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT A former University of Colorado graduate student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area movie theater last week had been under the care of a psychiatrist who was part of a campus threat-assessment team.

Xinjiang railway service suspended due to flood Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:43 PM PDT Train services on parts of the Southern Xinjiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was suspended on Saturday morning due to flood, local authorities said.

6 officials punished for coach overloading Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:20 PM PDT Six officials in Taoyuan County of central China's Hunan Province have been given disciplinary demerits after a coach with 39 seats carrying 111 passengers were discovered, local authorities said Friday.

Officials, academics urge preservation of migrant school Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:40 PM PDT Government officials and university professors on Thursday issued a written statement calling for the preservation of a primary school for migrant children in Beijing.

AIDS drug to be phased out Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:21 PM PDT China has vowed to gradually phase out the AIDS drug D4T, which the World Health Organization recommended early in 2009 be phased out worldwide because of its long-term and irreversible side effects.

Chinese audiences tune in to homegrown 'The Voice' Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:21 PM PDT After NBC found immense success with "The Voice" in the United States last year, the show managed to sail into the Chinese mainland market despite the country's restraint on reality shows.

AIDS drug to be phased out Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:22 PM PDT China has vowed to gradually phase out the AIDS drug D4T, which the World Health Organization recommended early in 2009 be phased out worldwide because of its long-term and irreversible side effects.

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