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• Flood waters recede along upper Yangtze
• Vice premier urges more efforts in combating floods, disasters
• 168,000 affected by Typhoon Vicente in S China
• Torch Festival celebrated in SW China
• Alert issued on Nanshan Bywise baby milk powde
• Harbin citizens donates $1.1m to 'hero' teacher
• China to build 1st large luxury cruise liner
• China fishing fleet returning from South China Sea
• Yi Jianlian to fly China's flag in London
• China fishing fleet returning from S. China Sea
• 160 cultural relics damaged in Beijing
• Huawei overtakes Ericsson as world's largest telco player
• 160 cultural relics damaged in Beijing
• Plan to boost development of C. China approved
• Plan to boost development of C. China approved
• Report: Chinese detainees attacked at UK Center
• Report: Chinese detainees attacked at UK Center
• Two dead, 5 missing as boat capsizes in E China
• Biggest flood peak passes Three Gorges Dam
• Experts hail China's achievements in fighting HIV/AIDS

Flood waters recede along upper Yangtze Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT The Yangtze River, China's largest waterway, is receding after days of flooding which have affected hundreds of thousands of people along the river's upper reaches, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Wednesday.

Vice premier urges more efforts in combating floods, disasters Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has pressed for more disaster-relief efforts from central government departments and local authorities as the country faces a severe flooding situation.

168,000 affected by Typhoon Vicente in S China Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-25 21:55 ( Xinhua) NANNING - Typhoon Vicente has affected 168,000 people in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, including 9,900 who were forced to evacuate, local authorities said Wednesday. Vicente, this year's eighth typhoon, made landfall near the city of Taishan in Guangdong province early Tuesday, bringing gales and rainstorms to Guangdong and Guangxi. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon, precipitation surpassed 200 mm in several cities in Guangxi, while winds of more than 70 km per hour were recorded in the cities of Nanning, Yulin, Wuzhou and Beihai, according to the region's meteorological center. The storm has toppled more than 1,200 farm houses and damaged 8,490 hectares of crops. Direct economic losses totaled 46.6 million yuan ($7.3 million), the region's civil affairs department said. In Guangdong, three people died and six others were reported missing due to disasters caused by the typhoon, which also caused temporary blackouts and traffic disruptions. Local meteorological authorities in Guangxi said heavy downpours could continue into Friday.

Torch Festival celebrated in SW China Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT People of the Yi ethnic group in Haiya county, Southwest China's Sichuan province celebrate the Torch Festival on July 24, 2012. The festival is one of the main holidays of the Yi people of Southwest China, and is also celebrated by other ethnic groups of the region. People hold various activities to celebrate the festival, including a bonfire party, dancing, bull fighting, wrestling and horse racing. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Alert issued on Nanshan Bywise baby milk powde Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-25 21:37 By An Baijie ( chinadaily.com.cn) The country's top quality supervision agency has banned the sale of infant milk powder produced by a company in Central China's Hunan province. Five batches of Nanshan Bywise infant milk powder, made by Hunan Ava Dairy Co, were found to contain excessive amounts of Aflatoxin M1, which could harm the livers of human beings, tested by the Guangdong industrial and commercial authorities on Sunday, according to a report of the Xinhua News Agency. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a notice issued on Tuesday that the milk powder must be withdrawn from shelves and its sale forbidden. A government official from Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, said during a news conference that the problematic milk powder was produced between July 2011 and December 2011, and the poisonous content was caused by contaminated feed for the cows. Some 31.48 tons of milk powder was affected, and was mainly sold to Hunan province and South China's Guangdong province, the local government said. The Hunan Ava Dairy Co apologized to the public on its website on Monday, vowing to keep tighter quality controls on its product in future.

Harbin citizens donates $1.1m to 'hero' teacher Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-25 21:26 ( chinadaily.com.cn) Citizens in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, donated more than 7 million yuan ($1.1 million) to a teacher named Zhang Lili who they call a hero, a Harbin official said July 24. Zhang Lixin, Harbin's publicity chief, told g reporters that citizens in Harbin donated 7.11 million yuan to Zhang in less than half a month after she was hospitalized in Harbin. Zhang Lili was hit by a runaway bus as she pushed two children out of the way on May 8 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang province. The Chinese-language teacher at Jiamusi's No 19 Middle School saved the students' lives, but she was so seriously injured that doctors were forced to amputate both of her legs.

China to build 1st large luxury cruise liner Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-25 21:01 ( Xinhua) XIAMEN - Construction on the first large luxury cruise liner in China began Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen near Taiwan. The project is included in a package of infrastructure facilities aimed at boosting the city's tourism and shipping industries, local officials said. The Southeast China International Shipping Center package has 10 projects led by the construction of a 100,000-tonne luxury cruise liner, a cruise terminal and a shipping business center. Combined investment tops 16.73 billion yuan ($2.63 billion). The projects, all located in the Haicang district of Xiamen city near the Taiwan Strait, are key to promoting the city as a future shipping hub in southeast China, and they are expected to lead the economic growth of the region, said Kang Tao, deputy mayor of Xiamen. Details of the cruise projects were not immediately publicized, but local media had previously reported that the cruise liner, with an estimated cost of 3.1 billion yuan, would not likely to be tested in water until 2018. The cruise industry is believed to be part of Xiamen's economic structural reform to shift focus to domestic consumption -- particularly from the booming middle class -- to spur economic growth. Xiamen was mostly known for its concentration of export-oriented factories until tourism took off in recent years, putting the city among China's top leisure and relaxation destinations.

China fishing fleet returning from South China Sea Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:07 AM PDT A 30-boat fishing fleet casting nets in the South China Sea left Meiji Reef on Wednesday evening for Sanya Port in the southernmost province of Hainan, bringing a 13-day voyage to an end.

Yi Jianlian to fly China's flag in London Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT Chinese basketball player Yi Jianlian has been picked to become the national flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games on July 27, Sports Weekly reported on Wednesday.

China fishing fleet returning from S. China Sea Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:15 AM PDT A 30-boat fishing fleet casting nets in the South China Sea left Meiji Reef on Wednesday evening for Sanya Port in the southernmost province of Hainan, bringing a 13-day voyage to an end.

160 cultural relics damaged in Beijing Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:37 AM PDT About 160 unmovable cultural relics in Beijing were damaged during a downpour last Saturday, the Beijing cultural heritage bureau said Wednesday. The heaviest rain in 60 years also left 37 dead in the capital city.

Huawei overtakes Ericsson as world's largest telco player Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:35 AM PDT Huawei Technologies knocked off Swedish telco giant Ericsson to become the world's largest telecom equipment vendor by sales for the first time, after it reported an increase of 5.1 percent in sales to 102.7 billion yuan (US$16.1 billion) yesterday.

160 cultural relics damaged in Beijing Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:04 AM PDT About 160 unmovable cultural relics in Beijing were damaged during a downpour last Saturday, the Beijing cultural heritage bureau said Wednesday. The heaviest rain in 60 years also left 37 dead in the capital city.

Plan to boost development of C. China approved Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:23 AM PDT China's State Council, or cabinet, on Wednesday approved a plan to promote the development of its central regions.

Plan to boost development of C. China approved Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:29 AM PDT China's State Council, or cabinet, on Wednesday approved a plan to promote the development of its central regions.

Report: Chinese detainees attacked at UK Center Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:29 AM PDT Six Chinese men were beaten in an unprovoked attack while awaiting repatriation at the Campsfield House immigration repatriation center in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, according to a report on the Ukchinese website.

Report: Chinese detainees attacked at UK Center Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:33 AM PDT Six Chinese men were beaten in an unprovoked attack while awaiting repatriation at the Campsfield House immigration repatriation center in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, according to a report on the Ukchinese website.

Two dead, 5 missing as boat capsizes in E China Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:47 AM PDT Two people died and five were missing after a boat capsized in a reservoir in east China's Jiangxi Province early Wednesday, the local government said.?

Biggest flood peak passes Three Gorges Dam Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:46 AM PDT The biggest flood peak in nine years smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam as the waterflow into the dam receded on Wednesday morning.

Experts hail China's achievements in fighting HIV/AIDS Posted: 24 Jul 2012 10:45 PM PDT China has made great achievements in fighting HIV/AIDS in recent years, said experts at the International AIDS Conference.