Monthly Archives: June 2015
A boat holding 458 people sank in the Yangtze River in China
Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, June 2, (Greenpost)–A boat holding 458 people sank in the Yantze River in China, according to China News Agency.
Eleven people have been rescued and the others are still missing.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang went to the site where the accident took place.
It was reported that a man who swam out three hours after the boat sank and rang to the authorities. The authorities received the message around midnight.
Nanjing monitoring center said when the boat set off there was no
dangerous signal.
It was said that the boat encountered strong wind of 12 class and a tornado took place when the boat arrived at Hubei territory.
People say there were a few small boats sinking there before.
But the strong storm made the boat sank just within two minutes.
The water there was tested as 15 meters deep.
The Three Gorges Committee decided to slow down the water speed flushing down the river bed so that the rescue work became
easier.
It was discovered that the age of the people in the boat ranges from
45 to 76 years old. They were organized by Xiyanghong or Sunset Elderly organization.
China to close cultural development gap between rich, poor areas
China to close cultural development gap between rich, poor areas
Stockholm, June 2 (Greenpost) — China is working to close the gap of cultural development between developed and poor regions in order to meet the public demand and enhance the country’s soft power, the cultural minister said on April 22.
Currently, cultural development in rural-urban fringe zone, poor areas, ethnic minority regions and border areas still lags far behind developed regions, Luo Shugang cited a report by the State Council up for review to the top legislature’s week-long bimonthly session starting from Monday.
Inadequate cultural services are partially caused by local government’s “overemphasis on economic development and deliberate ignorance to cultural development,” the report said.
About 601,000 rural libraries have been built in China’s villages, said the report, adding 16,000 digital libraries have been built in the country’s poor, remote areas.
More publications, TV and radio programs in ethnic minority languages have been produced and publication of books for the blind have been strengthened, it said.
According to the report, China ranked the third globally in terms of the annual amount of film production. Meanwhile, it was the world’s largest TV series producer.
China has attached more importance to culture. A draft law on the overall national security strategy, tabled for its second reading on Monday, called for reinforced education and dissemination of socialist core values, to prevent the infiltration of harmful moral standards and culture. Enditem Source Xinhua
Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Court details voice recognition patent case involving Apple
China releases wanted list for worldwide fugitive hunt
China releases wanted list for worldwide fugitive hunt
Stockholm, June 2, (Greenpost) — Interpol’s National Central Bureau of China has released a wanted list of 100 persons worldwide as the country intensifies hunt for economic fugitives.
On the list are officials and state organ functionaries allegedly involved in key corruption crimes based on ample evidence and on Interpol’s Red Notice for international arrest, said a statement released Wednesday by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The list, publicized on the CCDI website (www.ccdi.gov.cn), is complete with the suspects’ photos, ID and visa numbers, possible flight destinations and the crimes they allegedly committed.
“Via Interpol and other channels, China has requested law enforcement organs in related countries strengthen cooperation and help bring these suspects back to justice,” it said.
The move was part of the “Sky Net” anti-corruption campaign that aims to repatriate Chinese suspected of official or economic corruption. Sky Net combines government, the Communist Party, the central bank and diplomatic services.
According to the CCDI, those on Wednesday’s list were only a fraction of the country’s targets, and future suspects escaping overseas will receive the same treatment on a case-by-case, person-by-person basis.
“With intensified effort, a ‘sky net’ is being weaved. We will strengthen law enforcement cooperation with other countries and mobilize various resources to make these fugitives unwelcome guests and finally bring them back to justice,” the statement said. Enditem Source Xinhua
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