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Politics
Fifty junior officials in Beijing have been investigated for corruption in April, close to the total number of corruption investigations in the first three months in 2015. (The Beijing News)
 
China’s anti-graft chief Wang Qishan said China and the United States should deepen cooperation on fighting corruption, during a meeting with representatives from the Democrat and Republican parties in Beijing. (Beijing Youth Daily) 
Diplomacy and defence
China said on Thursday that the United States should look to problems on its own doorstep rather than criticising China over human rights, after Washington repeated a call to release Pu Zhiqiang, a well-known Chinese lawyer who was detained for highly critical online posts against the Communist Party. (Reuters)
 
China and India cooperated well on relief efforts after the earthquake in Nepal, Huang Xilian, a senior diplomat was quoted as saying on Thursday, dismissing the idea that China was trying to compete for influence with its work. (Reuters)
 
China warned Philippine air force and navy planes at least six times to leave areas around the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military commander responsible for the region told a Senate hearing on Thursday. (Reuters)
President Xi Jinping held talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev during his visit to the country. (Xinhua) 
Economy
China’s GDP growth will drop to 6 per cent in 2017, the International Monetary Fund projected. (IMF)
 
China’s State Council announced new guidance to encourage e-commerce after Premier Li Keqiang visited Zhongguancun, dubbed as the country’s Silicon Valley. (Xinhua, The Beijing News)
 
Seven state-owned enterprises in China have appointed new chairmen this week. (China.com.cn)
 
China will release April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) on Saturday. Experts predict that China will cut down its interest rate in May. (Guangzhou Daily)
Tech
Internet giant Alibaba has appointed a new CEO. (thepaper.cn)
 
China yesterday started building the Huanglong 1 reactor, the first home-developed third-generation nuclear reactor, on the southeastern coast. (thepaper.cn)
Society
A Chinese man was caught on camera brutally beating a three-year-old boy. Police said the attacker suffers from schizophrenia. (China Central Television) Read full SCMP report here
 
American-developed ride-hailing app Uber has been investigated for illegally hiring private cars for its taxi service in Chengdu city, in Sichuan province. (newssc.org)
 
Pupils in a county in China’s Anhui province were bullied by their class representative, who threatened to fail them in their regular coursework check – and even forced them to drink urine and eat excrement – if they did not hand in their pocket money. (thepaper.cn)


Wang Qishan urges anti-graft cooperation with US politicians; IMF forecasts China GDP to drop to 6 per cent

Wang Qishan (2nd R), secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), meets with a U.S. delegation composed of members from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been detained by police since last year after he attended a gathering to mark the 25th anniversary of the June 4 military crackdown on protesters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, Kazakhstan. Photo: Xinhua

An image taken from surveillance footage of the attack in Shaanxi province. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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China In 3 Minutes | Wang Qishan urges anti-graft cooperation with US politicians; IMF forecasts China GDP to drop to 6 per cent