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BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed Tuesday that no corrupt official would be above the law and Communist Party of China (CPC) discipline.

Addressing a plenary session of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Party’s anti-graft body, Hu said efforts should be made to investigate cases of power abuse, corruption and embezzlement as well as dereliction of duty.

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — China’s missile interception test Monday accorded with its defensive military strategy, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Tuesday.

LHASA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Tibet regional government chairman Qiangba Puncog is to tender his resignation at the ongoing session of the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the confirmed agenda of the annual meeting.

A new chairman will be elected before the session concludes on Friday.

LHASA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — China will set a new record for the world’s highest airport with an airport planned at an altitude of 4,436 meters, the regional civil aviation director announced Tuesday.

Xu Bo, director of the Tibetan Branch of the China Civil Aviation Administration, said the airport, planned for Nagqu Prefecture,  would be 102 meters higher than Bamda Airport in Tibet’s Qamdo Prefecture,  which has been the world’s highest airport since its completion in 1994.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese shares on both the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges rose Tuesday, led by heavyweights and car companies as official data out Monday showed China overtaking the U.S. as the world’s biggest auto market.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.91 percent, or 61.22 points, to close at 3,273.97 points.

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — China’s largest search engine, Baidu.com, confirmed that its website was paralyzed Tuesday morning after coming under a cyber-attack.

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HARBIN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Looking up at a new building for sale, Jin Jian, a fitness trainer in Harbin, turned and left with a sigh.

“There’s no way I can afford it.” The 28-year-old has been dating for sometime but his relationships have gone nowhere. They often failed because the women wanted a man with a decent apartment, said Jin.

“Frankly speaking, I can’t afford to marry if that means I have to buy an apartment,” he said.

Like Jin, many Chinese born in the eighties, at a time when China began its market reforms, were struggling as a consequence of the country’s bullish property market.