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President urges unity, reaffirms ‘one country, two systems’

By AN BAIJIE ment’s power. [email protected] “Any attempt to endanger China’s sovereignty and secu- President Xi Jinping’s trip to rity, challenge the power of Hong Kong, which concluded Any attempt to ... the central government and on Saturday, boosted the con- the authority of the Basic Law fidence of its people for a bet- challenge the pow- of the Hong Kong Special ter future, despite various Administrative Region or use challenges remaining ahead, er of the central Hong Kong to carry out infil- analysts and residents said. tration and sabotage activi- During his 49-hour visit government ... is ties against the mainland is to the special administra- an act that crosses an act that crosses the red tive region, Xi participated line, and is absolutely imper- in 20 activities and held the red line.” missible,” he said. intensive talks with people Many Hong Kong people Aided by boatmen, residents make their way around streets flooded by heavy rain in Rongshui Miao autonomous county in the from all walks of life, ran- President Xi Jinping expressed appreciation for Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Sunday. LONG LINZHI / FOR CHINA DAILY ging from schoolchildren the president’s visit, saying and teenagers to top gov- they hope the public will ernment officials. and focus your energy on heed the messages the He also inspected the Peo- Hong Kong’s development”. president brought and ple’s Liberation Army’s Shek He said that there are many reunite to achieve an even Already soggy southern China Kong barracks in Hong Kong challenges for Hong Kong. brighter future. on Friday. The garrison should For example, it has yet to Lau Siu-kai, vice-president resolutely champion State sov- build public consensus on of the Chinese Association of ereignty and ensure the some major political and legal Hong Kong and Macao Stud- region’s prosperity and stabili- matters; the Hong Kong econ- ies, said he was delighted to warned to brace for new floods ty, he said. omy faces a number of hur- see Xi reaffirming the central In his speech on Saturday dles; and housing and other government’s firm stance in marking the 20th anniversary issues that affect the daily implementing the “one coun- By HOU LIQIANG in Beijing of Hong Kong’s return to Chi- lives of the people have try, two systems” principle in and FENG ZHIWEI 8 people killed, 35 injured when gas pipe ruptures, burns na, Xi called on the fifth-term become more serious. Hong Kong. in government of the Hong Kong Toaddress the challenges, Xi The president’s commit- SAR to unite people of all sec- said, “We must stay on the ment to it helps boost people’s As a heat wave in northern A ruptured gas pipeline in of the fire were evacuated, the showed flames shooting skyward. tors to fully and faithfully right and steady course, gain a confidence in Hong Kong’s China continues, more rain is southwestern Guizhou province authorities said. More details about the cause implement the principle of full understanding of the poli- long-term prosperity and sta- expected along the Yangtze burst into flames, killing eight The fire was put out by 7 pm, of the rupture will come after “one country, two systems”. cy of ‘one country, two systems’ bility, and helps it focus on River, which flooded for the people and injuring 35 on Sun- and the gas leak had been con- an investigation, the provincial Noting that China’s rapid and faithfully implement it.” devising strategies to push for- first time this year on Saturday. day morning. trolled, they said. government said. development provides an In his speech, Xi warned ward its own development China’s national weather Four of the injured were in Around 10 am, a section of After the incident, public invaluable opportunity, Xi against moves to undermine along with the country’s. observatory issued a yellow critical condition, and eight gas pipeline running thorough security authorities, firefighters called on the people to “cher- national sovereignty or chal- alert for the third consecutive others sustained severe inju- Qinglong county, Guizhou, was and medical teams from the ish the opportunity, seize it lenge the central govern- See Xi, page 5 day on Sunday, the second-low- ries, the provincial govern- broken in a landslide after days county, city and province con- est in a four-tier weather warn- ment said in a statement on of heavy downpours, and leak- verged on the site to assist. ingsystem,forrainstormsinthe Sunday night. All the injured ing gas had been burning for The pipeline belongs to Chi- southern part of the country. were taken to the hospital, hours, the statement said. na National Petroleum Corp. First emergency phone line turns 80 The southern regions have and people living near the site Some online video clips YANG JUN seen six heavy downpours. June precipitation in central LONDON — The intro- 1930s, just 24 staff members first case of a criminal being province, for example, duction of the world’s first in the old Victoria Embank- arrested through use of tele- was double that of the same emergency telephone num- ment headquarters of Scot- grams was recorded in 1845. month last year. Rain began to batter Hunan rivers above warning levels. the Yangtze to reduce the flow ber 80 years ago was cele- land Yard dealt with a couple The impetus for a new, dedi- Days of torrential rains in on June 22, and the ensuing A search and rescue opera- of discharge to 18,000 cubic brated on Saturday by hundred calls a day. The three cated emergency number Hunan raised the water level of floods have forced the evacua- tion is underway. meters per second to relieve police forces across Britain. centralized complexes now came after a tragic event in the Xiangjiang River, a major tion of 577,100 people. Nearly “The water is rising, and the flood pressure down- Now the 999 number to employ more than 2,000 peo- London in 1935 when five tributary of the Yangtze, beyond 406,000 hectares of crops my house is in danger of stream, and launched a Grade alert police, fire, ambulan- ple who deal with up to women died in a fire at a Wim- its record flood level on Sunday have been damaged, and 9,861 being submerged. I was III emergency response plan, ces and coast guards to 20,000 calls daily. pole Street doctor’s house. morning. The water level at houses have been destroyed, relieved when I saw a rescue the second-lowest of the four- emergencies is the best The system has been A parliamentary committee Changsha, Hunan, reached according to the provincial boat coming,” said Zhou tier national response system. known number in Britain. upgraded and redesigned inquiry followed, and recom- 39.44 meters at 3 pm — the pre- meteorological service. Changsong, who was evacu- In Jiangxi province, which In London, the Metropoli- numerous times over the dec- mended a universal number vious record, set by a massive A rain-triggered landslide ated on Saturday afternoon neighbors Hunan, flooding tan Police, described how, in ades, leading to the sophisti- easily memorized by the pub- flood in 1998, was 39.18 meters . in county led to from Chenxi county, Hunan. was blamed for seven deaths. its early days at Scotland Yard, cated multiscreen automated lic and instantly recognizable Already at 3.44 meters above the deaths of five people. Four In the neighboring Guangxi Two people remain missing. a handful of police officers service that prioritizes 999 to telephone operators. the warning, the water level is people remained missing. Zhuang autonomous region, About 440,000 people had transmitted emergency mes- calls using interactive satellite After 111, 222 and 0000 were expected to continue to rise as Many parts of the county flooding disrupted railway ser- been evacuated as of Saturday. sages by Morse code. mapping, as well as access to rejected, the number 999 was heavy rains are forecast for received more than 200 milli- vices, with 45 trains canceled, Today, the emergency service translators in 170 languages agreed upon, and thousands upstream regions over the next meters of precipitation within forced to return or detoured. Contact the writers at houli- is run from three high-tech cen- and special text numbers for of traditional red phone boxes few days. Water at Dongting 24 hours, with flooding dis- The State Flood Control [email protected] tralized communications com- deaf people. were converted to allow free Lake and in several major riv- rupting traffic and telecom- and Drought Relief Head- plexes in Bow, Hendon and Police in Britain have long emergency calls starting in ers in Hunan has also risen munications, while raising quarters has ordered the Xinhua contributed to this Lambeth boroughs. made use of new technology to July 1937. above warning levels. water levels in reservoirs and Three Gorges Reservoir on story. In the early days of the help them fight crime. The XINHUA

Zhang Her last phone activity was at Circling for soccer Kidnap suspect charged; Yingying: 1:30 pm that day — a call in Long March 5 Chinese which she told the landlord she scholar has was running late and would rocket fails Chinese ‘heartbroken’ been not be there until around 2:10, missing local media reported. after launch more than Zhang’s father and other By WANG LINYAN under surveillance after identi- three weeks family members arrived at The flight of China’s latest in New York fying his vehicle, overheard him the university from China in heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long explaining that he kidnapped mid-June. March 5-Y2, failed on Sunday The Chinese consulate in Zhang on June 9. family on Saturday morning, Christensen, will remain in evening when an anomaly Chicago is asking for a thor- “Based on this, and other expressing condolences and custody pending his initial court occurred after its 7:23 pm blastoff ough investigation and swift facts uncovered during the promising support. appearance in Urbana, which is from Wenchang Space Launch justice in the case of a Chinese investigation of this matter, law Zhang’s boyfriend, Hou scheduled for Monday at 10 am. Center in Hainan province. scholar, Zhang Yingying, 26, enforcement agents believe Xiaolin, said the most urgent An associate chancellor of Experts are working to dis- who is feared dead after an that Ms Zhang is no longer thing is to find Zhang quickly, the university, Robin Kaler, cover exactly what happened. apparent kidnapping. alive,” a statement by the US and he expressed hope that said on Saturday that Chris- The Long March 5, China’s “We are shocked and heart- Department of Justice said. those responsible will be given tensen had earned a master’s largest rocket to date, made its broken about what happened The criminal complaint harsh punishment. degree in physics from the Uni- maiden flight in November, to Zhang,” said Hong Lei, Chi- said Christensen had read Zhang, a graduate of Peking versity of Illinois in May, and sending its payload into a pre- na’s consul general in Chicago, about kidnapping on a fet- University, was conducting that “his affiliation with the set orbit. The Y2 designation adding that the feelings are ish-oriented social net- research at the Department of department ended that same Kindergartners gather during a soccer festival in Changxing of Sunday’s rocket signifies the shared by all Chinese people. working website, FetLife. It Natural Resources and Envi- month”,according to The Asso- county, Zhejiang province. XU YU / XINHUA second in the series. Brendt Christensen, 28, said police found that the ronmental Sciences at Uni- ciated Press. Christensen’s See story on page 4 XINHUA was formally charged in US part of Christensen’s car versity of Illinois at Urbana- LinkedIn profile online states federal court on Friday with where Zhang was believed Champaign. She was living in that he is a PhD candidate in kidnapping Zhang more than to have been sitting had university housing. physics at the university and three weeks ago. been cleaned. She was reported missing on has been a graduate teaching A member ©2017 China Daily 国内统一编号: CN11-0091 According to an affidavit, FBI Hong, the consul general, June 9, when she was supposed assistant there since 2013, the of the Asia All Rights Reserved 国际标准编号 : ISSN0253-9543 agents, who had Christensen visited members of Zhang’s to see a prospective landlord. AP reported. News Network Vol.37 — No. 11595 邮发代号:1-3