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JAKARTA, July 14 (Xinhua) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted waters southwest of Southeast Maluku Regency in Indonesia's Maluku Province at 12:49 p.m. Monday local time, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.

The epicentre was located approximately 170 km southwest of Southeast Maluku, with the hypocentre at a depth of 108 km, BMKG reported on its website.

Due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is often subject to seismic activity. –0–

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — Journalists from China and abroad have been invited to cover events in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.

The online registration system will be available at http://kzjn80reg.zgjx.cn from July 15 to July 29, 2025.

Overseas journalists, as well as journalists from the Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan, can apply for accreditation through the system.

For the convenience of journalists, a press center will be operating in Beijing during the events, providing services such as holding press conferences and briefings, coordinating interviews, and distributing updated news through the official website and its Wechat account. -0-

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — Former deputy head of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Zhang Tianfeng has been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of party discipline and laws, an official statement said Monday.

The decision was made following an investigation conducted by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Committee with the approval of the CPC Central Committee.

During the investigation, it was found that Zhang Tianfeng had lost his ideals and beliefs and was resisting the organizational inspection.

Ignoring the "Eight-Point Rules" of the CPC Central Committee, Zhang Tianfeng made gifts of money and gifts in violation of relevant regulations. He was also found to have attended banquets that could affect his impartial performance of official duties.

He violated the Party's organizational principles by extracting benefits for others in the process of nominating and appointing cadres, in exchange for which he received money and material goods.

Moreover, he abused his official position and other state resources for personal gain, using his influence in the tobacco sector to engage in “leveraging” transactions, as well as on behalf of third parties in concluding contracts for projects and advancing up the career ladder, for which he illegally received from them monetary and material assets on an especially large scale, the statement said.

Following the investigation, a decision was made to confiscate his illegally obtained income, as well as to transfer his case to the prosecutor's office for further consideration and the initiation of criminal prosecution, the document says. -0-

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SHANGHAI, July 14 (Xinhua) — The SCO Think Tank Forum 2025, themed "Promoting Sustainable Development Guided by the Shanghai Spirit," was held from Saturday to Sunday at the SCO Center for International Legal Training and Cooperation (China) based at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.

Nearly 100 experts and scholars from leading universities and think tanks in China and abroad attended the forum. They held in-depth exchanges of views on the issues of “SCO and the Transformation of the Global Governance System,” “SCO’s Own Construction and Reform,” “Striving for Sustainable Common Security,” “Inclusiveness, Win-Win, Mutually Beneficial Cooperation, and Striving for Common Prosperity,” “Searching for Universal Values in the Diversity of Civilizations,” and “Development Prospects for the SCO.”

Rector of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Director of the Office of the Center for International Legal Training and Cooperation of the SCO /China/ Liu Xiaohong noted that over the past 20 years, guided by the "Shanghai Spirit", the SCO has achieved significant success in regional security, economic cooperation and humanitarian exchanges and serves as an important example of a new type of regional cooperation mechanism. She also expressed hope that the forum will give new impetus to regional cooperation.

According to Sun Zhuangzhi, Director of the Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the launch of the “SCO Year of Sustainable Development” within the framework of China’s rotating chairmanship of the SCO will contribute to the development of global governance in a more just and rational direction and will make the SCO’s contribution to promoting peace and development throughout the world.

Speaking at the event, former SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov suggested that SCO think tanks focus on priority tasks, including aligning national strategies for transport infrastructure development, developing a unified mechanism for monitoring carbon emissions with the involvement of national environmental agencies, and expanding research into SCO humanitarian diplomacy, which, he said, not only reflect the realities of the current geopolitical and economic context, but also outline a concrete agenda that can transform the SCO from a platform of declarations into a mechanism for practical solutions.

The forum was jointly organized by the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, the SCO Center for International Legal Training and Cooperation (China), the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) and the China Center for SCO Studies. -0-

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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — China's national-level economic and technological development zones (NTDZs) have served as powerful engines of regional growth, spurring industrial development in both prosperous and less developed regions, a guest speaker said at the latest edition of the China Economic Roundtable hosted by Xinhua News Agency.

These national-level economic and technological development zones play a leading role in their respective provinces or regions. Specializing in key industries, the economic and technological development zones expand the economic influence of developed regions and accelerate the development of less developed regions, said Ji Xiaofeng, spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Investment of the Ministry of Commerce.

Ji Xiaofeng noted that economic and technological development zones not only function as platforms for global opening-up, but also as centers for the orderly movement of industries across regions. By strengthening the cluster development of competitive and leading industries, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China will fully utilize the beneficial influence of the zones on the regions, she added.

For example, the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone is actively expanding its industrial and supply chains to neighboring areas, allowing local enterprises to benefit and achieve mutual growth.

According to Ji Xiaofeng, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China also gives priority to deepening ties between leading regional enterprises in the industry through interaction between eastern and western economic and technological development zones.

In 1984, China established its first national-level economic and technological development zone in the northeastern city of Dalian. By 2024, the number of such zones had reached 232, with a gross regional product of 16.9 trillion yuan (about $2.36 trillion). -0-

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YAOUNDE, July 14 (Xinhua) — Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Sunday announced his decision to run for re-election in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for October 12.

"I am running for president. Rest assured that my determination to serve you is in line with the urgency of the tasks before us," P. Biya said in a letter published on his social networks.

He said the "welfare of youth and women" would be his top priority.

P. Biya, 92, who ruled Cameroon for 43 years, is seeking an eighth presidential term. –0–

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HONG KONG, July 14 (Xinhua) — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands at 05:49 GMT on Monday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

According to preliminary data, the epicenter was located at a point with coordinates of 6.35 degrees south latitude and 131.35 degrees east longitude. The hypocenter was located at a depth of 10.0 km. –0–

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HARBIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — The opening ceremony of the 2025 Alice and Eleonora Shenfeld International String Competition was held in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sunday. More than 100 top performers from 22 countries are taking part in the competition, which has become an important part of the Harbin Summer Music Festival.

The competition's chairperson and head of the Sisters Shenfeld International Music Society, Xue Suli, said the event helps promote musical culture around the world and identify talented performers.

Harbin boasts a century-long musical history, said Vice Mayor Wang Bo. He noted that the competition, which has been held in Harbin on an ongoing basis since 2020, is a signature event of the Harbin Summer Music Festival, promoting string music and cultural exchanges.

The competition, named after musicians Alice and Eleonora Shenfeld, was established in 2013. In 2014, the event was first presented in Harbin and has since been held there four times. In 2017, the competition received membership in the World Federation of International Music Competitions /WFIMC/, and in 2021, it joined the WFIMC board of directors as the first member from China. -0-

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