TOP STORIES:
* A/H1N1 flu cases in Beijing school rise to 29
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A primary school in Beijing confirmed seven more A/H1N1 flu cases Saturday, including six students and one teacher, the municipal health bureau said.
* Chinese mainland A/H1N1 flu cases exceed 1,000
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland confirmed 42 new cases of A/H1N1 influenza in the 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Saturday, bringing the total to 1,002.
* China cancels travel warning in Mexico
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese tourism authority has cancelled its travel warning in Mexico as A/ H1N1 influenza epidemic has eased in the country.
* Family settles compensation for woman's death in east China hospital
HANGZHOU, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in east China's Hangzhou City said Saturday that relatives of a woman A/H1N1 flu patient who was accidentally electrocuted in her hospital ward bathroom had signed an agreement with the hospital over compensation.
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
* International business communities call for anti-protectionism
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- International business communities released a joint proposal against trade and investment protectionism here Saturday at the Global Think Tank Summit.
* Global FDI to halve in 2009: UNCTAD official
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Global foreign direct investment (FDI) was expected to slump by about 50 percent this year amid economic downturns, said an official with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Saturday.
* Bank of China signs yuan trade settlement deal with HSBC, BOC (Hong Kong)
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Bank of China (BOC), China's largest foreign exchange bank, announced Saturday it has signed a yuan trade settlement agreement with BOC (Hong Kong) and HSBC in Hong Kong.
FEATURES:
* China Focus: College grads become new blood in Chinese villages
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- In the hot sun Fu Yongxian picked ripe watermelons on the farm. He looks so tan that people could hardly believe he was once a college student in Shanghai, China's most prosperous city.
The 29-year-old came to Zaozhuang village, Baofeng County of Henan Province in north China, four years ago. He is now head of the village.
* China Focus-Feature: Community rehab renews life of drug addicts in border village
By Xinhua writers Li Laifang and Li Huaiyan JINGHONG, Yunnan, July 4 (Xinhua) -- After stealthily crossing an unnamed woody hill through a crooked path, they reached the China-Myanmar border. There they bought a pouch of opium from either familiar sellers or their relatives and then pussyfooted three kilometers back home.
This was what opium addicts of Bozhang, a village in drug-afflicted Yunnan Province in southwest China, used to do for years. However, a "community rehabilitation" project, which started early last year, has almost ended opium abuse in the remote, mountainous and poverty-stricken village.
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