Ministerial Reshuffle
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, approved on June 25 the appointment of Li Liguo as new Minister of Civil Affairs, replacing Li Xueju
Guangdong Bank Chief
Morris Li, a veteran Citi banker, has been appointed as president and executive director of the Guangdong Development Bank. Li joined Citibank in 1989 and had held several senior positions in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Facing Bribery Charges
Chen Shaoji, former top political advisor of Guangdong Province, appeared in court on June 25 to face charges of accepting bribes. Prosecutors told the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court that Chen, 64, had been using his position to promote the interests of other people in return for more than 29.59 million yuan

"The vote today is both an end and a beginning. Hong Kong will no longer be the same."

Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, welcoming the passage of the 2012 constitutional reform package by the region's legislature on June 24 and 25. Tsang said the package laid a solid foundation for the community to pursue detailed arrangements for universal suffrage according to the established timetable

"I don't think it is appropriate for us to have a one-size-fit-all bank levy."

Zheng Xiaosong, Director of the International Department of China's Ministry of Finance, suggesting countries should be allowed to decide independently on whether and how to introduce the EU-backed bank levy at a June 26 press conference on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Toronto, Canada

"We will not do things like pouring oil on the fire."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, rejecting criticisms over China's stance on the Korean Peninsula situation at a regular news briefing on June 29

"Chinese society urgently needs a transformation to prevent recent attacks on children from recurring, requiring philanthropic efforts to find out and cultivate people's responsibility to society."

Wang Zhenyao, former Director of the Social Welfare and Charity Promotion Department of China's Ministry of Civil Affairs who has quit his official post to head a newly-founded civil philanthropic institute

"When the house was on fire, we all knew what to do: get a hose. Today it becomes more difficult to find common ground."

Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, speaking at the G20 summit in Toronto, where world leaders agreed to halve national budget deficits by 2013

"We've been waiting for 52 years. Today I've waited three hours, but I don't mind."

Alassane Sylla, a state electricity company worker in Guinea, before casting a vote in the June 27 presidential election, which was seen as the first democratic poll ending a dictatorial regime in the West African country since its independence in 1958
 
SHOWING FACES Spokesmen for 11 departments and commissions of the Communist Party of China Central Committee attend a press conference in the Briefing Hall of the International Communication Office on June 30 (GAO XUEYU)
Party Members
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said that the number of CPC members has increased to almost 78 million during the past six decades
Live Fire Naval Drill
The People's Liberation Army Navy conducted an annual live-ammunition training exercise in the East China Sea from June 30 to July 5. The exercise, involving the No.91765 unit of the Navy's East China Sea Fleet, was held off the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province
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GREEN DISASTER
A visitor is seen among green algae in Qingdao, Shandong Province, on June 29. Local residents in the city have been struggling to remove a large mass of green algae that has washed ashore on beaches of the popular coastal tourist destination (LI ZIHENG)
YELLOW STORM
A severe sandstorm attacked Wuwei City in northwest China's Gansu Province on June 27, reducing visibility to zero in some areas (LI JUN)
SMELLS GOOD
A visitor sniffs a ganoderma lucidum bonsai during the Beijing International Modern Agriculture Exhibition. The three-day exhibition kicked off in Beijing on June 28 (LUO WEI)
FIRE FIGHTING
Armed police officers participate in putting out the blazes in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Heilongjiang Province on June 28, the third day since the start of forest fires. All blazes are said to be caused by lightening. The two biggest fire spots are under control (XINHUA)
 
ELECTRIC OPENING Cars roll down the production line of the Sino-U.S. joint venture Yangzhou Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd. during a ceremony on June 29 in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. The venture is expected to produce 5,000 electric cars annually (PU DECAI)
Trade Penalty
The U.S. Commerce Department on June 28 set final anti-dumping duties worth $55.92 million on imports of woven electric blankets from China. Chinese producers and exporters may receive an anti-dumping duty rate of 77.75 percent to 174.85 percent
Juicy Expo
China Juice 2010 will be held September 15-17 in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, said the expo organizing committee on June 27
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Stock Market Nightmare
A bearish mood dominated the Chinese stock markets in the first half of this year with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropping 26.82 percent by June 30
Manufacturing Slows
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 52.1 percent in June, down 1.8 percentage points from last month
Foxconn's New Plant
Foxconn International Holdings, the manufacturer for global electronic giants like Apple Inc., Panasonic and Dell, plans to set up a plant in central China's Henan Province
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  • GERMANY
    Newly elected German President Christian Wulff receives Chancellor Angela Merkel's congratulations in Berlin on June 30 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
    Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reviews a military parade in Kinshasa on June 30 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the African nation’s independence (SHU SHI)
  • SYRIA
    Parliamentary leaders from Islamic countries urge Israel to lift its siege on the Gaza Strip at a meeting in Damascus on June 30 (XINHUA)
  • PALESTINE
    President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas greets visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference in Ramallah on June 29 (XINHUA)
  • THE NETHERLANDS
    Construction of the European China Center, a large business complex jointly developed by the municipal governments of Shanghai and Rotterdam, starts in the Dutch capital on June 30 (PAN ZHI)
  • GREECE
    A protestor shouts in front of Parliament House in Athens on June 29 during a protest march as part of a general strike against austerity measures. It was Greece's sixth nationwide strike this year (XINHUA/AFP)
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