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                 Source: Xinhua | 2017-02-14 17:20:41 | Editor: huaxia

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes remarks when addressing the opening session of a workshop on the 6th Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended by senior provincial and ministerial officials, at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, Feb. 13, 2017. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Hi, here's what you need to know about China.

BEIJING -- China on Monday firmly opposed the affirmation made by U.S. and Japanese leaders that the U.S.-Japan security treaty covered China's Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea.

"China expressed grave concern at and firm opposition to the statements [concerning the Diaoyu islands] made by Japan and the United States," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily press briefing. "We firmly oppose that Japan asked for the endorsement of the United States on its illegal territorial claim in the name of the U.S.-Japan security treaty." xhne.ws/LdD4E

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BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping on Monday told leading officials to practice strict self-discipline and eliminate special privileges.

Xi made the remarks when addressing the opening session of a workshop on the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The workshop at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee was attended by senior provincial and ministerial officials. xhne.ws/8zKbl

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CHENGDU -- Southwest China's Sichuan Province reported two human H7N9 avian flu cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the province this year to six.

One of the patients is a 60-year-old man surnamed Huang, in Pengxi county, while the other is a 48-year-old woman surnamed Zhou, in Zhongjiang county. They are both in critical condition, according to the provincial health and family planning commission. xhne.ws/8I3kC

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BEIJING -- China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft via a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket in April, sources said Monday.

The Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft, which departed from north China's Tianjin on Feb. 5, arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday for assembly and testing, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). xhne.ws/ugIll

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TAIPEI -- A tour bus that overturned Monday evening on a highway in Taipei has left 33 people dead as of Tuesday afternoon, according to local authorities.

The bus was carrying 44 people, including the driver and a tour guide, most of whom were senior citizens. Thirty people were confirmed dead at the site, and a further three were announced dead after medical treatment failed, the local fire authority said. xhne.ws/aDqRG

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UNITED NATIONS -- China on Monday called for international cooperation to protect infrastructure in countries along the Belt and Road against terrorist attacks.

"China's Belt and Road Initiative takes infrastructure interconnection as cooperation priority to support the countries along the Road to improve their infrastructure development, achieve mutually beneficial win-win cooperation and synchronize development to benefit all," Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said at an UN Security Council open debate on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. xhne.ws/JMPhD

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Source: Xinhua 2017-02-14 17:20:41

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes remarks when addressing the opening session of a workshop on the 6th Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended by senior provincial and ministerial officials, at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, Feb. 13, 2017. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Hi, here's what you need to know about China.

BEIJING -- China on Monday firmly opposed the affirmation made by U.S. and Japanese leaders that the U.S.-Japan security treaty covered China's Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea.

"China expressed grave concern at and firm opposition to the statements [concerning the Diaoyu islands] made by Japan and the United States," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily press briefing. "We firmly oppose that Japan asked for the endorsement of the United States on its illegal territorial claim in the name of the U.S.-Japan security treaty." xhne.ws/LdD4E

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BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping on Monday told leading officials to practice strict self-discipline and eliminate special privileges.

Xi made the remarks when addressing the opening session of a workshop on the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The workshop at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee was attended by senior provincial and ministerial officials. xhne.ws/8zKbl

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CHENGDU -- Southwest China's Sichuan Province reported two human H7N9 avian flu cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the province this year to six.

One of the patients is a 60-year-old man surnamed Huang, in Pengxi county, while the other is a 48-year-old woman surnamed Zhou, in Zhongjiang county. They are both in critical condition, according to the provincial health and family planning commission. xhne.ws/8I3kC

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BEIJING -- China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft via a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket in April, sources said Monday.

The Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft, which departed from north China's Tianjin on Feb. 5, arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday for assembly and testing, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). xhne.ws/ugIll

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TAIPEI -- A tour bus that overturned Monday evening on a highway in Taipei has left 33 people dead as of Tuesday afternoon, according to local authorities.

The bus was carrying 44 people, including the driver and a tour guide, most of whom were senior citizens. Thirty people were confirmed dead at the site, and a further three were announced dead after medical treatment failed, the local fire authority said. xhne.ws/aDqRG

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UNITED NATIONS -- China on Monday called for international cooperation to protect infrastructure in countries along the Belt and Road against terrorist attacks.

"China's Belt and Road Initiative takes infrastructure interconnection as cooperation priority to support the countries along the Road to improve their infrastructure development, achieve mutually beneficial win-win cooperation and synchronize development to benefit all," Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said at an UN Security Council open debate on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. xhne.ws/JMPhD

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