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: Xinjiang resolutely fights terrorism as risks remain
Senior officials from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday said the region has maintained a high-pressure crackdown to ensure stability as destabilizing factors remain.

: Courts act to improve protection of rights
China's judicial authorities will continue efforts to correct wrongful verdicts this year and take comprehensive measures to protect citizens' personal and property rights, two senior judicial officials said on Sunday.

: Two suspects arrested over pangolin dinner case
Two suspects have been arrested over a "pangolin dinner" case that went viral, a Chinese official said on March 12 in Beijing.

: China's int'l manhunt for corrupt officials nabs 164
Chinese authorities managed to return to the country 164 corruption suspects previously on the run in an international manhunt starting 2014, Procurator-General Cao Jianming said Sunday.

: Jiang Kun: Universities should set up folk arts major
Famous crosstalk comedian Jiang Kun, who is also a national political advisor, on Friday spelt out his ideas for launching a major for students to learn folk arts in higher education institutes.

: China in national move to bring up second child
China's universal two-child policy has witnessed an "initial success" in 2016, with the largest annual number of newborns since 2000.

: Political advisors pool wisdom for public concerns
Chinese political advisors gathered Saturday to pool wisdom for religious belief, cross-Straits relations, food safety, financial governance, judicial reform and united front work, among other topics.

: Training village Party chiefs 'crucial' to poverty reduction
To reduce poverty in rural areas, more money should be allocated to train Party chiefs in villages as they are at the forefront of poverty-alleviation program, said Li Liancheng, NPC deputy from Xixin village in Central China's Henan province.

: Courts conclude 45,000 graft cases in 2016
China's court system concluded 45,000 graft cases in 2016, implicating 63,000 people, a work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday.

: Death penalties only apply in extremely severe cases
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday China's courts only handed out death sentences to an extremely small number of criminals for extremely severe offenses in the past ten years.

: Political advisor urges Taiwan to acknowledge 1992 Consensus
A national political advisor Saturday called on Taiwan authorities to acknowledge the 1992 Consensus and conduct consultation and cooperation with the Chinese mainland under the one-China framework.

: Panchen Lama laments Buddhism threatened by commercialization
The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu Saturday lamented some Buddhist temples and monks are being eroded by commercialization and called on followers to behave correctly.

: Yao Ming: Sports industry not only about money
Chinese sports icon Yao Ming said Tuesday that the rapidly growing Chinese sports industry needed much more than investment.

: Over 1,700 ethnic, religious activities peacefully held in Tibet
The regional government in Tibet hailed social stability and religious harnomy in the autonomous region, citing over 1,700 ethnic and religious activities held there in a peaceful and orderly manner, according to a report released Friday.

: CPPCC member: Translators are undervalued in China
Huang Youyi, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, called for raising translators' payment in China.

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