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Politics and policy
The National Anti-drugs Committee revealed China had nearly three million registered drug abusers as of the end of 2014, 6.5 times more than in 2008. It estimated the actual number of drug abusers across the nation could exceed 14 million, or about one in a hundred of the population. (Beijing Times)
 
Diplomacy
China has left the door open for the United States and Japan to join a Beijing-led infrastructure bank but the offer has so far been rebuffed, Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
 
President Xi Jinping met King Philippe of Belgium in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, proposing to boost cooperation in high-end manufacturing, biomedicine, environmental technology and sustainable development. (Xinhua)
Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting later this month in Brussels, the first since the change of EU leadership. From June 28 to July 2, Li will visit Belgium and pay an official visit to France, visiting the headquarters of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
 
Economy and business
A deputy trade minister at the Ministry of Commerce called on the US to remove bans for national security reasons on Chinese investment, saying the barriers were "invisible doors" to stop Chinese companies from operating in the US. (Reuters)
 
Airbus is in talks to sell some 50-70 A330 wide-body jets to China as part of plans to set up a new industrial plant in the world’s fastest-growing aviation market, sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Top economy planning agency National Development and Reform Commission on Tuesday approved two railway construction projects together worth 130 billion yuan (US$20.9 billion) in Wuhan, Hubei province and Changchun, Jilin province to expand their railway networks. (Wall Street Journal)
 
Technology
Mobile messaging app company Momo, which listed on the Nasdaq last December, said its Chief Executive Yan Tang and three investment firms had proposed taking the company private for US$3.6 billion. (Reuters)

A group of Beijing-based engineers are developing laser radar equipment that can monitor and analyse air pollutants such as fine particles PM2.5. The equipment will go on sale next year. (China Daily) 
 
Society
A Chinese exchange student at National Taiwan University was found guilty by a Taiwan court of the sexual assault of a Hong Kong female student in a motel in Taiwan and was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. (Chinatimes)


June 24: Drug abusers could top 14 million; Airbus in big China plane deal  

Zhang Mo, son of renowned actor Zhang Guoli, was sentenced earlier this year by a court in Beijing to six months in prison for drug offenses. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan stand with Belgium King Philippe and his wife Queen Mathilde at the welcome ceremony in Beijing. Photo: AFP

A China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-300 plane lands in front of an Air China plane waiting next to the runway at Beijing Airport. Photo: Reuters

Mobile messaging app company Momo's Chief Executive Yan Tang and three investment firms proposed taking the company private for US$3.6 billion six months after its IPO on the Nasdaq.

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The National Anti-drugs Committee revealed China had nearly three million registered drug abusers as of the end of 2014, 6.5 times more than in 2008. 


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.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}China In 3 Minutes | June 24: Drug abusers could top 14 million; Airbus in big China plane deal

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The National Anti-drugs Committee revealed China had nearly three million registered drug abusers as of the end of 2014, 6.5 times more than in 2008.

China In 3 Minutes | June 24: Drug abusers could top 14 million; Airbus in big China plane deal

The National Anti-drugs Committee revealed China had nearly three million registered drug abusers as of the end of 2014, 6.5 times more than in 2008.