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Hackers with suspected links to the Chinese government appear to have accessed personal information on US intelligence and military personnel, US officials said. Details emerged of a major hack of up to four million federal government employees’ personal information last week, but now officials have disclosed information about a second breach.
"It is up to China to decide who their foreign minister is," US Department of State deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters after China's Forieng Minister Qin Gang was removed from office, according to Chinese state media. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian representative Anton Korynevych brands Russia a "terrorist state", blaming the blowing up a major dam at Nova Kakhovka on Moscow. Ukraine is facing off against Russia in a case before the International Court of Justice relating to Moscow's occupation of eastern Ukraine and the Crimea. SOUNDBITE
The US Justice chief accuses China of interfering with the American justice system as he announces indictments of 13 Chinese nationals who allegedly worked for Beijing's spy agencies. Three separate cases unveiled showed that "the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights," says Attorney General Merrick Garland. SOUNDBITE
Hong Kong, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jerome Favre) China's industrial production grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported Monday.The figure was below analysts' forecasts - who expected 7.8 percent - and lower than the 8.3 percent growth recorded the previous month.FOOTAGE OF THE HANG SENG.