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Politics

Party secretaries in five Chinese cities have been investigated for discipline violations in the first half of the year 2015, including the party head in the southwestern city of Kunming, Gao Jinsong, who had been in office for just eight months. His two predecessors had also been probed for graft. (people.cn)

Diplomacy

China has almost finished building a 3,000-metre long airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, new satellite photographs of the area show. (Reuters)
 

France will increase the issuance of five-year multiple entry visas to Chinese citizens, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said during a meeting with visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. (China Youth Daily)