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Foreign male models dressed in Spartan-like costumes walked through Beijing streets in a local store's PR stunt.
Opinion
China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online
China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online

July 23: Government promises to slash internet charges; ‘Spartan’ male models arrested in Beijing

The nationwide medical insurance system will expand to include 20 serious diseases including leukaemia and various cancers by the end of this year, the State Council said.

Politics and policy

The nationwide medical insurance system will expand to include 20 critical diseases including leukaemia and various cancers by the end of this year, the State Council said. (www.gov.cn)   
 

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged to order domestic telecoms firms to slash bandwidth and mobile internet fees by 30 per cent by the end of this year. (Xinhua)   
 

All provinces reached their targets for pollutant emission cuts last year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said. (Xinhua)
 

Diplomacy and defence

Economy and business

A total of 106 Chinese companies made this year's Fortune Global 500 list, up from 100 firms in 2014 and trailing only the US which boasts 128 companies, according to the annual ranking released Wednesday. China's top oil refiner, Sinopec Group, and the largest oil and gas producer, PetroChina, were the second- and fourth-largest companies on the list by total revenue. (Xinhua) 
 

China Construction Bank, the world's second-largest bank by assets, has been ordered to tighten money-laundering controls at its New York branch to resolve an enforcement action brought by the US Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services. (China Daily)
 

Technology

Alibaba Group's cloud computing unit said it will soon open a second data centre in the United States in an effort to expand abroad. (China Daily)
 

Society

Two hundred million hectares of grassland were devastated by a locust plague in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Beijing Times)  

Dozens of foreign male models dressed in Spartan-like costumes walked through Beijing streets in a local store's PR stunt, causing police to arrest several of them for disturbing social order. Read full SCMP report
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