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BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — China will adhere to a fair and impartial attitude, continue to maintain close communication with Cambodia and Thailand, actively promote reconciliation and negotiation, and play a constructive role in promoting a ceasefire, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday.

With international mediation, Cambodia and Thailand recently expressed their willingness to end hostilities, although clashes continue along the border between the two countries, according to media reports.

Answering a question about China's position on this situation, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry drew attention to the fact that Cambodia and Thailand have always been and will be neighbors to each other, and at the same time, both countries are friends and neighbors of China.

According to him, firmly adhering to the principle of good-neighborliness and mutual trust, as well as properly resolving differences, serve the fundamental and long-term interests of the two countries, as well as peace and stability in the region.

The official said China was deeply saddened by the casualties on both sides and expressed its sincere condolences.

As the diplomat pointed out, China hopes that both sides will proceed from the interests of the two peoples, cherish peace and good-neighborliness, maintain calm and restraint, reach a ceasefire at an early date, and peacefully resolve differences through dialogue and consultation, so as to restore peace and stability in the border areas at an early date.

Noting that Cambodia and Thailand are important members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the spokesperson said ASEAN has been actively promoting a ceasefire between the two sides in recent days. China highly appreciates this and welcomes all efforts to help de-escalate the situation, he added. –0–

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TAIYUAN, July 27 (Xinhua) — One person was killed and 13 others are missing after contact with a mid-size bus was lost early Sunday in north China's Shanxi Province amid days of heavy rain, local authorities said Sunday evening.

The mid-size bus carrying 14 people went missing early Sunday morning near a village in Tianzhen County, Datong City, the emergency rescue headquarters said.

According to the headquarters, at 13:43 a dead person was found downstream, later identified as one of those who were on the bus.

As of 4:00 p.m., various agencies have mobilized more than 700 rescuers to search roads and rivers where the bus may have passed. The operation involves two helicopters, eight drones and six kayaks.

The authorities also organized a search by administration staff, residents and police officers from the volosts and villages along a 20 km stretch upstream and downstream from the place where contact with the bus was lost.

China's Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a task force to coordinate rescue operations on site, and the National Institute of Disaster Management has delivered aeromagnetic equipment to assist in the search.

Local roads have been flooded after days of continuous rains since July 23, Xinhua correspondents reported from the scene. Water mixed with mud and sand has covered roads and bridges, complicating search and rescue efforts. –0–

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JERUSALEM, July 27 (Xinhua) — The Israeli military on Sunday announced a daily 10-hour humanitarian pause in military operations in parts of the Gaza Strip and opened safe routes for aid, amid growing international pressure over a worsening food crisis in the Palestinian enclave.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its forces would suspend military operations in areas including al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City from 10:00 to 20:00 local time /07:00-17:00 GMT/ each day until further notice.

As specified, the designated safe corridors will be open daily from 06:00 to 23:00 /03:00-20:00 GMT/ to ensure unimpeded movement of UN convoys and humanitarian organizations that deliver and distribute food and medicine.

The Israeli army announced on Saturday evening that it had resumed airdrops of food supplies to the Palestinian enclave to ease the humanitarian crisis.

Since the start of the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 127 people, including 85 children, have died from hunger and malnutrition, the Gaza Strip's health authority said on Saturday.

International condemnation of Israel continues to grow, with governments and humanitarian organizations calling Israel's blockade of Gaza a humanitarian catastrophe. –0–

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KUNMING, July 27 (Xinhua) — Five people trapped in a car by a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday have been confirmed dead, local authorities said.

According to the Press Office of the Pu'er City People's Government, prolonged heavy rains caused a landslide on a highway in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in Pu'er at around 10:00 a.m., trapping a car and five people inside.

They were pulled from the rubble at approximately 1:40 p.m., but by that time they were all already dead.

More than 80 people, including firefighters, police, health and emergency services personnel, as well as five excavators, took part in the rescue operation.

Local authorities are currently working to identify hidden risks and eliminate the consequences of the natural disaster. –0–

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BANGKOK, July 27 (Xinhua) — Acting Prime Minister of Thailand Phumtham Vechayachai will lead a delegation to Malaysia to discuss the Thai-Cambodian border issue, Thai government spokesman Jirayu Hungsub said Sunday.

In a statement, he said Phumtham Vechayachai would visit Malaysia on July 28 at the invitation of Anwar Ibrahim, the prime minister of that country, which holds the current chairmanship of ASEAN. The Thai delegation would also include Foreign Minister Marit Sangyampong.

Malaysia has also invited Cambodian officials to the talks, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet expected to attend, Jiraju Hungsub said. The official added that Thailand would not compromise on sovereignty. –0–

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KINSHASA, July 27 (Xinhua) — At least 43 civilians were killed in an attack on a church attributed to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday night, local sources said Sunday.

According to local media, ADF fighters attacked a Catholic church in the early hours of July 27 in Komanda, Ituri province. Most of the victims, mostly believers, were preparing for Sunday mass when the attack occurred, a local civil society leader said. Several houses were burned, and an unknown number of people remain missing.

According to eyewitnesses, the attackers also looted a local bank and other public property before fleeing into a nearby forest.

Since early July, ADF rebels have stepped up their attacks in Ituri province. The UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC condemned recent ADF attacks in a statement earlier this week, which have killed at least 82 civilians in both Ituri and neighboring North Kivu province.

The Allied Democratic Forces, considered an affiliate of the extremist group Islamic State in Central Africa, is a Ugandan rebel organization that operates in eastern DRC. Since November 2021, the DRC and Ugandan armed forces have been conducting joint operations against the ADF. –0–

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TAIYUAN, July 27 (Xinhua) — China on Sunday successfully launched a new group of low-orbit satellites to provide internet access from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.

The group of satellites, the fifth of its kind, was launched at 18:03 Beijing time by a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites successfully entered their designated orbits.

The current launch was the 585th flight mission for the Long March series of launch vehicles. –0–

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LUOYANG, July 27 (Xinhua) — Just before noon on July 26, the square in front of the Dingdingmen Gate Museum in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, was filled with ancient sounds as participants of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit climbed the steps, immersing themselves in the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty's bustling trade with other countries at the time.

On this day, about a hundred Summit participants arrived in Luoyang to see with their own eyes the rich historical heritage and modern development dynamics of this city.

Luoyang Mayor Zhang Yujie warmly welcomed the guests. “Luoyang is the cradle of Chinese civilization, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, where the capitals of 13 dynasties were located at different times,” he said. “The city has witnessed brilliant pages of trade and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. Today, Luoyang is rapidly building a national innovation city and creating a bridgehead for opening up China’s inland regions to the outside world, actively integrating into the Belt and Road Initiative.”

Zhang Yujie expressed hope for joint projects with the media of the SCO countries in the format of “Retracing the Silk Road” in order to tell the stories of ancient and modern Luoyang from new angles.

Standing on the majestic tower of the Dingdingmen Gate, Tlesh Mamakhatov, a leading researcher at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS), admired the grandiose layout of the ancient capital.

“Chinese culture is immensely deep. Confidence in one’s own civilization while respecting others is the key to the prosperity of ancient Chinese culture, economy and the flourishing of the Silk Road,” he stressed.

Today, according to him, the SCO countries under this banner are following the path of mutual learning between civilizations and harmonious coexistence.

Guests also visited the immersive project “Empress Wu’s Banquet”, going on a cultural journey through a thousand years to the Tang Dynasty. Based on the gastronomic traditions of the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, the project recreated the atmosphere of banquets – from table setting to dish design. Classic dishes of the Luoyang Banquet Menu / Shuixi / were accompanied by ancient music and dance. Participants, enjoying the delicacies, watched the performance of artists in Tang costumes. This feast was not only a gastronomic but also an aesthetic immersion into the majestic culture of the Tang Dynasty.

In the "China YTO Group Intellectual Innovation Space", guests were introduced to the development and production processes of intelligent agricultural machinery, learned about the export of the company's products, and felt the pulse of modern Luoyang. Participants enthusiastically took pictures against the backdrop of large-sized tractors, giving high marks to premium-class equipment made in China.

The program ended at the Longmen Grottoes and Temples, where guests experienced the unique charm of China's largest open-air stone sculpture museum.

“It is very interesting to visit the historical city of Luoyang and such special places where you can feel the spirit of China,” said Irina Akulovich, Director General of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BELTA), calling her sixth trip to China absolutely “amazing” and “unusual.”

“I have never seen such sculptures and caves in my life!” I. Akulovich noted with admiration during her visit to this complex, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a history of more than 1,500 years and represents the pinnacle of Chinese stone carving art. -0-

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ZHENGZHOU, July 27 (Xinhua) — Shi Yongxin, the abbot of the Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province, is under investigation by multiple agencies, the temple administration said in a statement Sunday.

Shi Yongxin is suspected of criminal offenses including embezzlement and misappropriation of project funds and temple property. He is also accused of serious violations of Buddhist precepts, long-term inappropriate relationships with multiple women, and having at least one illegitimate child.

The statement said additional information would be made available to the public in a timely manner. –0–

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ZHENGZHOU, July 27 (Xinhua) — Participants at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit held in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, from July 23 to 27 stressed the importance of properly publicizing the SCO's cooperation and outstanding achievements.

“We are very well aware that we, journalists, are shaping the news agenda and are starting to talk more and more about the countries of the global South,” said Irina Akulovich, director general of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BELTA), citing the fact that, according to estimates, the agency has already released several hundred articles about the SCO in recent months.

According to her, today people need short and quick information, and social networks in many ways do not take responsibility for the information they provide, which leads to the truth having a harder time getting through.

We must teach people to use information correctly, as well as to trust state media and analytics, said I. Akulovich.

“That is why we must learn to quickly, interestingly and concretely talk in accessible language about what is happening and what our countries are doing to change this world,” she emphasized.

According to Mirzohid Rakhimov, director of the Coordination and Methodological Center for the Modern History of Uzbekistan at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, it is very important for the media to cover the history of the formation of the SCO, showing the path the organization took from its first steps to such a large national formation.

He believes that lecture courses dedicated specifically to the SCO and what the media shows are also useful in that the SCO countries can exchange experiences in development with each other.

“In recent years, I have visited Chinese universities several times and observed society, the city. I can say that the Chinese experience of transforming science and education is very useful for the countries of Central Asia. I think that here countries can learn a lot from each other in terms of studying aspects of the development of society, so it is important for the media to show all this comprehensively and objectively,” he said.

Director of the Kyrgyz Center for Expert Initiatives “Oi Ordo” Igor Shestakov said: “Today it was said that one of the tasks of the SCO is to provide objective information. And here the role of analytical centers and mass media is very high.”

Having stated that he is a regular reader of the Xinhua News Agency and learns news about China through it, I. Shestakov noted that with its network of correspondent offices in almost all SCO countries, Xinhua serves as an important example.

“We should be guided by the Xinhua model and communicate more not on the Internet, not by phone, but on forums like these,” he said.

In his view, people in China and Central Asia learn about the SCO from experts and the media, which therefore play a very important role. However, it is important to talk about the organization objectively, he added.

The five-day event brought together around 400 representatives from approximately 200 leading media outlets, renowned think tanks and government agencies from 26 SCO countries, as well as international and regional organizations such as the UN, the SCO Secretariat, etc.

As noted in the Zhengzhou Consensus released during the summit, the media and think tanks of the SCO countries should give full play to their roles as bridges and links to jointly and properly report on the SCO cooperation and showcase its outstanding achievements, thereby bringing wisdom and strength to the promotion of peace, stability, prosperity and development in the region and the world. -0-

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