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Politics and policies
The Ministry of Culture shut down eight animation and cartoon websites and fined another 29 for violent and pornographic content. (Xinhua)   
 
China will relax requirements for foreigners applying for permanent residency by broadening the range of occupations deemed eligible. (Global Times)

Diplomacy and defence
Fan Changlong, vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, began a six-day visit to the United States amid rising tensions over Beijing’s assertive stance in the South China Sea. (AFP)
 
Economy
China’s consumer inflation eased to 1.2 per cent year-on-year in May, compared with 1.5 per cent the prior month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The number is weaker than market expectations, raising concerns about growing deflationary pressures as the economy cools. (Reuters)   
China bought about a quarter less crude oil in May than it did in April, official data showed on Monday. (Reuters)
 
Society
A Peking University study found over 70 per cent of China’s high school and college students suffer from myopia, the highest percentage in the world. The study estimates there are 500 million short-sighted and far-sighted people in the country. (People's Daily)      
Police in the southern city of Nanchang have arrested nine people for organising surrogate exam-takers after undercover journalists revealed the activity during the annual nationwide college-entrance examinations. (The Beijing News)
 
Authorities will complete the DNA identification of the 412 bodies retrieved from the Eastern Star cruise ship disaster within two days. (The Beijing News)
 
A farmer killed three people, including two police officers, and injured five villagers with a double-barrelled shotgun before he was shot dead by police in Suning County, Hebei province on Tuesday early morning. (Xinhua)
 
Technology
The Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, said it has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of shares in Chinese peer-to-peer download software Xunlei Ltd, saying the company made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose material risk. (marketwatch.com)


June 9: Cartoon websites shut down for violent content; over 70 per cent of students are short-sighted

Pupils have their heads put on a myopia-prevention racks as they write in a classroom in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Photo: Xinhua

Candidates wait to enter Dongzhimen High School for the national college entrance exams in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Rescue workers prepare to remove a body from the Eastern Star after it was righted and lifted by cranes in the Yangtze River. Photo: AP

An employee adjusts a price tag at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Reuters

Chinese Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission Fan Changlong in a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing last month. Photo: Reuters

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