Popular Anchor Detained

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Rui Chenggang, a financial news channel anchor with the state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) network, was detained by prosecutors on July 11, according to Century Weekly magazine.

Rui's much-talked-about detention came after the Supreme People's Procuratorate's announcement on June 1 that the channel's Director General, Guo Zhenxi, and producer, Tian Liwu, were both being investigated on corruption charges. The investigation of Rui is reportedly related to Guo's fall.

Rui was born in 1977 in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. He joined CCTV's English news channel after graduating from China Foreign Affairs University. In 2008, he transferred to the financial news channel.

The anchor has raised eyebrows before, most notably at a news conference on the sidelines of the 2010 Group of 20 Summit. When U.S. President Barack Obama gave reporters from host country South Korea a chance to ask the last question, no South Korean reporters rose. Rui seized the chance, saying: "I'm actually Chinese, but I think I get to represent all of Asia."

First Femal

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Dilihumal Ablet, who graduated from the Dalian Naval Academy in northeast China on July 11, has become the first female Uygur officer in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

Born in 1989 in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Ablet joined the PLA Navy six months after finishing her undergraduate studies in electric engineering at the Xinjiang University. Due to her outstanding performance during nearly two years' service on China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, she had the rare opportunity to attend a one-year training program at the Dalian academy in 2013. During the program, she completed 25 courses and participated in trainings on warships at sea. With her new skills, Ablet will continue to serve on the aircraft carrier.

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