May 15: State Council moves to cut bureaucracy; man arrested over baby stealing rumours
Politics
China's state council cancels non-administrative review process to cut red tape. (Xinhua)
Diplomacy and defence
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged Japan to speed up destruction of the abandoned chemical weapons in China as they remain a health and environmental threat. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
China said it opposed Japan's bid to list 23 coal mines, shipyards and other early industrial zones, many of which used forced labour from China and Korea during the World War II, as world heritage sites. (Ministry of Foregin Affairs)
Five were injured on Thursday in China’s Yunnan province when a bomb from Myanmar fell on Chinese territory. (The Beijing News)
Economy
China's money supply grew at its slowest pace on record and investment growth sank to its lowest in nearly 15 years as April data showed the world's second-largest economy was still losing momentum. (Reuters)
China's fiscal spending jumped 33.2 percent in April from a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday, quickening sharply from the 4.4 percent rise seen in March and reflecting government efforts to support a slowing economy. (Reuters)
Society
Police in China's Hunan province dismissed a girl's claim that her father tried to poison her for insurance money, as a hospital examination showed she was in good health. (people.cn)
Shandong police detained a man for spreading rumours that a gang of 100 men were stealing babies to get human organs. (people.cn)