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JINGHONG, Yunnan, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A governmental decision to go ahead with the sprinkling spree to celebrate a traditional festival has sparked controversy as a prolonged severe drought in southwest China has left tens of millions of people thirsty for water and crops withered.Netizens posted their harsh criticism after Duan Jinhua, head of the information office in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, confirmed in his microblog a week ago that celebrations for the New Year in the ethnic Dai calendar, featuring the sprinkling spree, will not be canceled despite the drought that is ravaging most parts of the province. A woman touches the base of a dry reservoir in the drought-hit Yi Autonomous County of Shilin, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 25, 2010An online survey on the leading Internet portal Sina.com, showed that 52.3 percent of respondents backed the celebrations while 40 percent regarded it a waste of water.However, the government of the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture has decided to cancel official celebrations for the Water Sprinkling Festival, and leave local people free for their own choices.The Water Sprinkling Festival, which is also observed by several other ethnic groups in addition to Dai in Yunnan, falls on April 15 this year. The traditional festival was listed a state intangible heritage in 2006 and has become a chance for carnival.Actually, the official celebration in Xishuangbanna would be cut to two hours, three hours shorter than in previous years, and people are encouraged to splash less water, according to Duan.But the cut did not satisfy critics as the worst drought in a century has increasingly become a major national concern.

TASHKENT, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday called for efforts to increase cooperation in regional security and economic matters among the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).Speaking at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, Yang said that uncertainty and instability have been increasing and it would still take time for the world economy to fully recover.He suggested that the SCO member states make efforts in line with the consensus reached by their heads of state to further enhance coordination of their policies and strategies on affairs of common interest. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attends a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, May 22, 2010.The member states should boost security cooperation to safeguard reigonal stability, including stepping up the fight against extremism, separatism and terrorism, optimizing the model for cooperation in ensuring security for major international events and carrying on joint anti-terrorism exercises, Yang said.Yang also called for bettering links among the SCO member states, boosting infrastructural construction, further facilitating trade and investment and expanding cooperation in sectors such as finance, transport, energy, telecommunications and agriculture amid the economic downturn.China will try to make sure that the 10 billion U.S. dollars credit it extended to other SCO member states, a commitment made by President Hu Jintao last year at the Yekaterinburg summit, is used for the best, Yang said.Yang and his counterparts from the SCO member states exchanged views and reached consensus on important regional affairs, including Central Asia security and stability, the international role of the SCO and its links with other multilateral organizations.They signed the Joint Declaration on SCO/U.N. Secretariat Cooperation after the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers.The foreign ministers also met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov.

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Revised regulations on internal management, discipline and formation regulation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are issued Thursday to further advance the army's development and modernization.Chinese President Hu Jintao, also Chairman of China's Central Military Commission, recently signed an order to promulgate and enforce the three regulations.Unlike the previous version, the revised regulation on internal management adopted provisions on psychological counselling to armymen and provisions on their use of mobile phones and the Internet.It also modified a wide range of provisions covering oath, dress and bearings, as well as confidentiality rules, security systems and financial management.The three revised regulations are to come into force from June 15 this year.

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Former chairman of Chinese electronics retailer giant Gome Huang Guangyu was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a Beijing court Tuesday morning over illegal business dealings, insider trading and bribery. File photo of Huang Guangyu.

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