• China establishes Sansha City

China on July 24 established the city of Sansha on Yongxing Island in the southernmost province of Hainan.

A ceremony to mark the city's establishment began at 10:40 a.m. on a square in front of the city government's main building.

The national flag was hoisted while the national anthem played after the signboards of the Sansha Municipal Government and the Sansha Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) were unveiled. [Full story]

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