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February 20, 2017 Category One-line news, Weekly
- Thousands of residents in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, rallied at city hall, demanding that construction of an aluminum plant being built by a subsidiary of China Zhongwang be stopped. Protesters chanted “reject pollution, resist Zhongwang” during the rally. The plant’s location is less than 1 km from a major reservoir, and three major universities are also in the vicinity.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered leading cadres to guard against the influence of interest groups and “eliminate special privileges”. “We must insist that interactions have principles, boundaries and rules,” Xi said, as he was addressing hundreds of ministerial-level cadres at the Central Party School.
- Lenovo Group, the world’s largest supplier of personal computers, posted weaker-than-expected earnings in the three months ended December 31, as the company’s three main lines of business recorded slow to no growth at all. Lenovo’s net profit fell 67% to USD98 million, compared with USD300 million in the same period in 2015. Revenue declined 3% to USD12.17 billion.
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