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China appoints first anti-terror tsar: State media
China has appointed its first counter-terrorism chief, state media said on Dec. 21, as it wages a controversial campaign to stamp out ethnic violence linked to the western Xinjiang region.
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China says economic losses from drug abuse hit $81 bln a year
China on June 24 gave its first-ever assessment of the scourge of drug abuse, saying it caused annual economic losses of 500 billion yuan ($80.54 billion) and as many as 49,000 deaths last year.
China has intensified a crackdown on drugs as the rise of a new urban class with greater disposable income has fuelled a surge in the numbers of drug addicts.