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July 24, 2017 Category One-line news, Weekly
- Foreign movies and TV shows were abruptly deleted from two of China’s most popular video-sharing websites, Bilibili and AcFun, in what appeared to be part of an intensifying crackdown. Some programs from Hong Kong and Taiwan were also pulled from the sites. Video streaming and sharing sites have become the main channel for Chinese people to watch foreign movies and TV dramas.
- By 2030, Chinese residents may again breathe air as fresh as it was some four decades ago – but only if the country continues switching to cleaner energy sources, according to a new study by scientists from China, France and the United States, published in the journal Science Advances. By 2030, more than 70% of the people in China will be living in cities, compared with less than 60% at present.
- Chen Rugui, former Party Secretary of Zhongshan in Guangdong province, was appointed Acting Mayor of Shenzhen. He will be the 13th Mayor of Shenzhen and the 12th since the city was designated as China’s first special economic zone (SEZ). He will also be the first Shenzhen Mayor in 27 years who was born in Guangdong. Shenzhen’s mayoral office has been vacant for four months, following the transfer of Xu Qin to Hebei province as Governor.
- Wang Min, a former Party Secretary and Governor of Jilin province, and Party Secretary of Liaoning province, pleaded guilty to corruption. The verdict will be announced at a later date.
- About 210,000 people have been disciplined by anti-graft agencies across the country in the first half of this year, an increase of nearly 30% over the same period last year, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Of those punished, 38 were provincial level officials.
- Su Shulin, former Governor of Fujian province, has been put under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes. Wang Yincheng, former President of the People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC); Zhou Chunyu, former Vice Governor of Anhui province; and Cai Xiyou, former General Manager of Sinochem Group were also placed under investigation.
- Huang Yan, Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-rural Development, is suing China’s fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui in New York State’s Supreme Court for USD10 million for defamation, citing allegations of sexual favors and graft, which Guo made against her in a public YouTube video.
- Sunac China Chairman Sun Hongbin has officially been appointed as the new Chairman of the listed arm of LeEco, replacing the group’s founder, Jia Yueting.
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