China In 3 Minutes | June 25: Weibo the main source of 'fake' news; new app to help tourists find clean toilets
Nearly 60 per cent of “fabricated” news that was widely circulated last year originated from Weibo, China's answer to Twitter.
Politics and policy
All 31 provincial party secretaries of political and legal affairs, officials who oversee local courts, prosecution agencies and police forces, have dropped the simultaneous role of provincial police chiefs. The traditional arrangement of the past decade had been criticised for giving the officials too much power. (The Beijing News)
Seven of eight provincial human resources and social security bureaus to have issued this year's salary guidelines so far have trimmed the range of increases they recommended to local enterprises. (China News Agency)
Nearly 60 per cent of “fabricated” news that was widely circulated last year originated from Weibo, China's answer to Twitter. “Fake” news that circulated on mobile messaging app WeChat was more difficult to identify and correct, according to a study by state-run think tank Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. (CASS website)
Foreign Minister Wang Yi denied the halt of reclamation work in the South China Sea is a result of pressure from the US. He also said that China is a victim of hacking, with some of the activity traced back to the US. (Los Angeles Times)
The United States will keep pressing China to move to a market-determined exchange rate even after Beijing committed to intervene in currency markets only when market conditions are disorderly, said Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. (Reuters)