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China urges U.S. to stop surveillance
24082014
Chinese Defense Ministry here on Saturday urged the U.S. side to stop close-in surveillance of China, and create a sound atmosphere for bilateral military ties.
The ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said in a statement that one U.S. anti-submarine plane and one patrol aircraft flew to an airspace about 220 kilometers east of China’s Hainan Island to conduct close-in surveillance Tuesday morning, and then a Chinese fighter jet took off to make regular identification and verification.
Commenting on relevant criticism made by the U.S. side, Yang said that was “totally groundless,” as the Chinese pilot, with professional operation, kept the jet within a safe distance from the U.S. aircraft.
It was U.S. massive and frequent close-in surveillance of China that endanger the two sides’ air and marine security, and is the root of accidents, he said.
China urged the U.S. side to abide by international law and international practice, respect concerns of the coastal countries, and properly deal with the differences between the two sides on air and marine security issues, he said.
China invests 30 bln yuan on Tibet water infra
24082014
China invested a total of 30 billion yuan (4.87 billion U.S. dollars) on water infrastructure projects in the Tibet Autonomous Region in the last two decades, data from the Ministry of Water Resources showed on Saturday.
More than 1,000 projects have been organized by the ministry since China initiated a program to aid the region about 20 years ago.
The facilities provided safe drinking water for 2.39 million people, and the works also brought electricity to about 360,000 herdsmen, said the ministry.
The area of farmland under irrigation in Tibet is over 3 million mu, or 200,000 hectares
Mugabe on way for state visit to China
24082014
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday left for China on a five-day state visit that is expected to boost bilateral ties.
The nonagenarian president did his last state visit to China in 2005, though he had been to China on private visits and to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2006 and the Shanghai Expo in 2010.
Mugabe is accompanied by his wife Grace, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made and Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi. Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Obert Mpofu are already in China, state media said.
There has been so much expectation on Mugabe’s China visit as the country struggles with a slowing economy and rising unemployment. Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF party drafted a five-year blueprint to turn around the 13-billion-U.S.-dollar economy, but officials confess that the plan’s implementation requires 27 billion dollars investment, way beyond the cash-strapped government’s financial capacity.
Responding to Xinhua in two separate occasions prior to his visit, Mugabe said he will seek more Chinese investment to fund infrastructure development and value-addition industries in Zimbabwe through various projects.
“We will be talking about how we can together once again now in our socio-economic program so the fruit of what we fought for together can be yielded by yet another joint struggle, a peaceful and economic struggle that we shall be waging with our natural recourses so we can produce necessary wealthy for our people,” he said.
In recent years China has emerged as Zimbabwe’s top source of foreign direct investment. Chinese investments are concentrated in mining, construction, telecommunication, and agriculture sectors.
According to figures released by China’s Minister of Commerce, Chinese investment to Zimbabwe in non-financial sectors topped 602 million dollars in 2013, leading Chinese investments to any other African country in that year.
In addition, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Lin Lin said China Exim-Bank over the years has provided 1 billion dollars preferential, concessionary and commercial loans to Zimbabwe for projects including the National Defence College, Harare water project, medical equipment for hospitals, Victoria Falls Airport expansion and Kariba South hydropower station expansion.
“China is ready to work hand-in-hand with Zimbabwe to lift our bilateral relations to a new high,” he said.
Eight executed in Xinjiang including Tiananmen attackers
24082014
Eight terrorists have been executed with the approval of the Supreme People’s Court in Xinjiang, according to the publicity department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday.
Their crimes involved five cases including the terrorist attack in the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, the gun-seizing and police-assaulting case in Aksu, the illegal manufacturing of explosives and intentional killing case in Kashgar, and the establishment of terrorist organization, murder of government officials and incineration of checkpoint in Hotan.
Huseyin Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and Yusup Ehmet had been sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life by court for organizing and leading terrorist organization and jeopardizing public security with dangerous means. They masterminded the terrorist attack in the Tian’anmen Square of Beijing which killed 3 and injured 39 on Oct. 28 in 2013.
Rozi Eziz, also sentenced to death by court, was convicted of gun seizing and intentional killing of police officers. He committed the crime on June 28, 2013 in Wushi County of Aksu.
Abdusalam Elim had organized a terrorist gang with himself as the ring head since May 2011. The court found that Abdusalam Elim and others listened and watched religious extremist audio-visual materials and conducted illegal religious activities. They raised funds for members to conduct physical training and manufacturing, storage and transportation of explosives devices. He was sentenced to death and deprived of political right for life by court on charges of organizing and leading terrorist organization as well as illegal manufacturing, transportation and storage of explosives.
The court found that Memet Tohtiyusup had watched audio-visual materials on religious extremism, violence and terror since February 2013. He killed an innocent civilian on April 18, 2013. He was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life by court for intentional killing.
Abdumomin Imin had organized terrorist training since March 2008 and became a ring leader. He led Bilal Berdi and other members to have burned two checkpoints and two police vehicles in 2011 and murdered an officer with the forestry bureau of Hotan on Dec. 13, 2013. They were both sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life by court on charges of organizing and leading terrorist organization, arson and intentional killing.
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