Xinhua China News Digest at 16:00 GMT, Jan. 19
The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 16:00 GMT, Jan. 19.
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* China focus: China dismisses Japan's claim of tiny atoll in Pacific
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday objected Japan's claim on a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean, saying international laws saw no justification for Japan's latest move on the atoll, some 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo.
The Japanese government reportedly submitted a bill to the congress on Monday, which proposes the protection of the coastlines of remote islands, including the so-called Okinotori island.
* China to maintain low birth rate: Vice Premier
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday China would continue to pursue a low birth rate while actively coping with problems such as sex ratio imbalance and the aging of population.
* 2nd Ld-Writethru: China's former supreme court VP gets life imprisonment
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Former Vice President of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) Huang Songyou was sentenced Tuesday to life imprisonment for taking bribes and embezzlement.
Huang, 52, was convicted of taking more than 3.9 million yuan (about 574,000 U.S. dollars) in bribes from 2005 to 2008 by abusing his post paper bag printing as SPC vice president, said the Intermediate People's Court of Langfang City in north China's Hebei Province.
* Shanghai selects 70,000 volunteers for World Expo 2010
SHANGHAI, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai, the host city of the World Expo 2010, has chosen 70,000 volunteers to work inside the Expo site, organizers told a press briefing Tuesday.
* 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese Premier calls for faster economic adjustment
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday the acceleration of the adjustment of China's development pattern while maintaining steady and fast economic growth must run through all the government's work this year.
* China says Google "no exception" to law
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese government official said Tuesday that Google was "no exception" in observing China's laws and shouldering its social responsibilities.
"Foreign companies in China should respect the laws and regulations, respect the public interest of Chinese people and China's culture and customs and shoulder due social responsibilities," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu at a regular press briefing.
BUSINESS & FINANCE
* Profits of Chinese state-owned enterprises up 9.8 pct in 2009
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Combined profits of China's state- owned enterprises (SOEs) grew 9.8 percent last year to 1.34 trillion yuan (196 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday.
* Stable yuan conducive to world economic recovery: Chinese official
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Maintaining a basically stable exchange rate of the Renminbi, China's currency yuan, would help the world economy go out of the global financial crisis and back on the track of growth, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming sa
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