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BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council, the cabinet, said on Monday that the government was discussing measures and policies for the healthy development of the country’s real estate sector as house prices in some cities are rising too fast.

CHONGQING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Police on Sunday detained a lawyer who allegedly instructed a mob boss to lie in court during an organized crime trial in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping left here Monday morning for an official visit to Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Myanmar and Cambodia.

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest film has taken more than 100 million yuan (14.49 million U.S. dollars) at the box office, despite a mixed reception.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — China’s power consumption in November rose 27.63 percent year on year to 328.39 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up for the sixth consecutive month since June, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced Monday.

FEATURES:

MACAO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Ten years ago, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, became chief executive of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

By Xinhua Writers Jiang Xufeng and Lin Jianyang

FUZHOU, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Although some Chinese exporters have seen a fledgling market recovery, they should prepare for a long-term struggle as trade pressure grows, says Wu Tiejun, assistant mayor of Qingdao City, one of China’s export powerhouses.

KUNMING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have found through genetic studies that modern humans had successfully colonized the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the Late Paleolithic Age, at least 21,000 years ago.