China In 3 Minutes | August 5: China vows to deploy police at internet firms 'to combat cybercrime'; Taiwan's education protests hit stalemate

Politics and policy

Student demonstrators in Taiwan protesting its controversial high school textbook guidelines and the Education Ministry continued to be locked in a stalemate as state legislators decided to stay clear of the controversy and the students threatening to stage more drastic protests. (AP)
 

The Ministry of Public Security, in its latest measures to combat online crime, says it plans to dispatch officers to some “critical” websites and internet companies to enhance surveillance and curb illegal activities, including hacking, internet fraud, and the spread of information about terrorism. (Xinhua)
 

The nation’s top health authority urged greater efforts to encourage breast-feeding, whose popularity has declined over the past decade with the widespread promotion of powdered milk. Less than 28 per cent of babies under six months old were breast-fed in China in 2013, compared with 67 per cent in 1998, according to a study last year. (China Daily)

Diplomacy 

Customs officials at Zurich airport have seized 262 kilograms of ivory that three Chinese men had dispatched from Tanzania – contraband that may have come from up to 50 elephants, Swiss authorities said on Tuesday. The authorities put the estimated black-market value of the ivory at about US$413,000. (AP)