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A total of 112 bodies have been found and 95 people remained missing after the explosion north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua
Opinion
China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online
China In 3 Minutes
by SCMP online

August 17: Internet censorship restrains Tianjin blast discussion; China warned over secret operations in US

Politics and policy

The Chinese government has ramped up internet censorship on the nation's social media and websites following the warehouse explosion in Tianjin last week to ensure online discussion stays within approved confines. (The Wall Street Journal)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the Tianjin blast scene on Sunday, pledging a thorough investigation and promising compensation and honours to all the firefighters killed in the incident regardless of whether they were official firefighters or contract counterparts. (Xinhua)

Wei Jianxing, a former senior communist party official who oversaw the party's top anti-corruption agency between 1992 and 2002 was cremated on Sunday and all seven top incumbent senior communist party officials attended the ceremony. (Beijing Times)

A report by the Ministry of Environment Protection showed that the average PM 2.5 air pollution concentration in the 74 biggest Chinese cities dropped by 17.1 per cent in the first half of this year from a year earlier. (People's Daily)
 

Diplomacy

China has been warned by Washington about the presence of Chinese government agents operating secretly in the United States to pressure prominent expatriates, including those wanted on charges of corruption, to return home, according to American officials. (New York Times)

A commentary by the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party of China blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two last week as lacking sincerity in its apology for Japan’s atrocities during the war. (People's Daily)
 

Economy and business

As Beijing steps up efforts to boost China’s slowing economy, more companies are using the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model to obtain additional funding for related projects. (China Securities Journal)

China Vanke, the world’s largest residential-property developer by revenue, reported its net profit rose 0.8 per cent to 4.85 billion yuan (US$759 million) in the first half of 2015 following looser regulatory limits on home purchases and more-accommodative monetary policy. (The Wall Street Journal)
 

Society

At least seven people have died and 57 remain missing more than four days after a landslide buried the living quarters of a vanadium mining company in northwest China's Shaanxi province. (AFP)

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