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Chinese President Xi Jinping
CHINESE President Xi Jinping gave an honorary award to representatives of a specialist police unit operating in Xinjiang province yesterday, commending them for their fight against terrorism in the autonomous region.
The People’s Armed Police Force unit received the title “Anti-Terrorist Sharp Knife Squadron” for its outstanding performance in the largely Uighur-populated province.
Delegates of the special operations group were presented with an honorary flag at a ceremony in the capital Beijing presided over by Central Military Commission (CMC) vice-chairman Zhang Youxia.
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One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
