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Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, observes operations during a flight in the South China Sea last week. Photo: Reuters
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China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online
China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online

July 21: Defence Ministry tells US not to take sides in sea disputes; Jobless rate dips in June

Politics and policy                                         

Refomist party elder and former chairman of the National People's Congress Wan Li's body will be cremated tomorrow in Beijing, with flags of government facilities nationwide lowered to half mast. (People's Daily
              
President Xi Jinping and six other top leaders of the Communist Party attended the funeral of Cheng Siwei, a renowned Chinese economist and former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, at a cemetery in Beijing yesterday. (Xinhua)                                                  
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with a family member of Cheng Siwei. Photo: Xinhua

Diplomacy                                                                                                            

The Defence Ministry called on Washington not to pick sides in quarrels over the South China Sea, days after the US Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Scott Swift flew over the disputed waters and made a visit to the Philippines, a close US ally which is locked in territorial disputes over the sea. (AFP)
 

Economy                  

Guangdong and Shandong provinces will each invest pension funds worth 100 billion yuan in the nation's stock market, in a pilot programme that may be followed by up to 30 per cent of the country's 3.5 trillion yuan pension funds being invested in equity investments in the future. (China Business News)    
                          

Society

Two people detonated a bomb last night in Shanxiang, eastern China's Shandong province, killing themselves and injuring 24 passersby, including three who were left in a severe condition. (dzwww.com
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