International Judge
Veteran Chinese diplomat and international law expert Xue Hanqin was elected judge of the UN International Court of Justice on June 30
Acrobatic Stunner
Adili Wuxor, a Uygur wire-walking performer, created a new world record for tightrope walking on July 2 after walking on a 3.3-cm tightrope 60 meters over the National Stadium in Beijing for 198 hours and 23 minutes in 60 successive days
HK Hero
Charles Kao Kuen, 77, the laureate of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, has been awarded a Grand Bauhinia Medal, Hong Kong's highest honor

"China took only 30 years to produce the environmental problems that had gradually emerged in developed countries over 200 to 300 years. As a big developing country with a population of 1.3 billion, China is under unprecedented pressure for both economic development and environmental protection."

Zhou Shengxian, Minister of Environmental Protection of China, on environmental challenges to the country at a theme forum of the World Expo in Shanghai on July 4

"I do not feel any different today than usual. The memories of the July 5 riot [in 2009] are fading and it should not be intentionally mentioned. We should look forward."

Dilare, a freshwoman at the Foreign Language School of Xinjiang University in Urumqi, talking about the deadly riot that scarred the city last year

"The newest member of the UN family has been born today. This is truly a watershed day."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, after the UN General Assembly approved the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women. The new UN body is tasked to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls around the world

"Those who still pretend that we are not a nation at war are complicit in these deaths."

Farahnaz Ispahani, a spokeswoman for Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, after a July 1 attack on a Sufi shrine in Lahore by two suicide bombers that left at least 37 people dead and 175 injured

"We are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression...and this third depression will be primarily a failure of policy."

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, on his theory spending cuts by the world's richest nations will hurt the world economy rather than improve it

"We're in danger of raising the first generation who could live sicker and die younger than the generation before them."

James Marks, Senior Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation based in Princeton, New Jersey, on results of a study of the institution that found that adult obesity rates rose in 28 U.S. states over the past year and that more than one third of children and teens are obese

 
 
TRACING HISTORY Visitors observe an exhibit on the former Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War (1941-45) at an exhibition that opened in Beijing on July 7. The event is to mark the 65th anniversary of the victory over Fascism (LUO XIAOGUANG)
Flood Relief
China's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs on July 6 jointly sent 377 million yuan to four southern provinces that have been recently battered by rainstorms and consequent floods
Population Projection
The population of China is expected to reach 1.39 billion by the end of 2015, with those aged 60 or over topping 200 million
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PRESERVING RELICS
A two-year repair project on city walls of Jiming Courier Station in Hebei Province will be completed by the end of this year and cost around 500 million yuan ($73.5 million). The station has a history of nearly 600 years (GONG ZHIHONG)
YOUNG BUDDHA
The sixth Living Buddha Dezhub Jamyang Sherab Palden sits on a throne in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, on July 4. Reincarnation of the fifth Living Buddha Dezhub was selected following a lot-drawing ceremony held earlier that morning (CHOGO)
COOLING DOWN
An elephant sprays water at tourists during a water splashing festival at the World Park in Beijing on July 7 (RU TAO)
SMOOTH SAILING
Icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, the carrier for China's fourth Arctic scientific expedition, which departed from China on July 1, enters the Sea of Okhotsk on July 7 (ZHANG JIANSONG)
 
BONANZA The 16th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair was held in Lanzhou, Gansu Province on July 5-9, 2010. The value of contracts inked at the fair totaled 100 billion yuan ($14.77 billion) (WANG JUN)
Resources Tax
China, the world's second largest energy consumer, plans to impose a new tax on the extraction of coal, oil and gas in the country's western region
Sovereign Fund Spin-off
Chinese authorities are considering a plan to strip China Investment Corp. of all its domestic banking stakes, which will hopefully help diversify its investment portfolio
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Gold Bonanza
With the consumer price index creeping higher in China, gold will maintain its appeal as a hedge against inflation
Auto Refuge
For global auto giants struggling after the sweeping industry meltdown, the thriving Chinese market has become a safe haven
Investment Destination
European companies remain optimistic about China's surging economic growth, but are concerned about uncertainties in the business environment
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  • UNITED STATES
    U.S. President Barack Obama meets with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 6 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • KAZAKHSTAN
    A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome on June 30, carrying a new robotic cargo ship filled with tons of supplies for the International Space Station (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SWITZERLAND
    Solar Impulse's CEO and pilot Andre Borschberg prepares to take off in the world's largest solar-powered airplane for a 25-hour experimental flight at the Payerne Airport on July 7 (XINHUA)
  • JAPAN
    Activists hold banners in front of the Tokyo District Court denouncing New Zealand's anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune during his trial in Tokyo on July 7. Bethune was handed a suspended two-year prison term for offences relating to clashes with Japanese whalers (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SWEDEN
    Geely Chairman Li Shufu and Lewis Booth, CFO of the Ford Motor Company, attend the signing ceremony of an agreement on the Chinese automaker’s takeover of Ford’s Volvo car unit at Volvo headquarters in Goteborg on March 28. The European Commission approved the acquisition on July 6 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SPAIN
    People holding traditional red scarves mark the beginning of the San Fermin Festival on July 6 in Pamplona, northern Spain. Despite condemnation from animal rights groups, the festival attracts thousands of tourists to watch bull runs (XINHUA/AFP)
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