Xinhua China News Digest at 16:00 GMT, Aug. 27

The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 16:00 GMT, Aug. 27.

TOP STORIES:

*Mainland "resolutely opposes" proposed Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland said Thursday it "resolutely opposes" the proposed visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan "in whatever form and capacity".

*Myanmar people flooding in China due to war

KUNMING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar residents are flooding in neighboring Yunnan Province in southwest China Thursday amid a domestic war, the provincial government said.

*China Focus: China greenlights armed police to handle terrorist attacks, riots with new law

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature Thursday passed the country's first law on the armed police, giving the force new duties and statutory authority to respond to security emergencies.

*China legislature ends session, adopts armed police law, climate change resolution

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature concluded its four-day, bimonthly session Thursday, after approving the country's first armed police law and climate change resolution.

* 1st Ld-Writethru: China's legislature endorses climate change resolution

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature approved Thursday afternoon a resolution on climate change, ahead of an international conference in December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

* China urges U.S. to reduce surveillance operations

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China has called on the United States to reduce, and gradually put an end to air and sea military surveillance and survey operations to avoid naval confrontations.

* China legislature removes former Shenzhen mayor from deputy post

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature approved Thursday the removal of two officials, one the former mayor of south China's Shenzhen City, from their posts as deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) for "serious violations of discipline."

* Beijing issuing movie coupons to promote patriotic films

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- From Sept. 1, Beijing cinemas will issue about 900,000 coupons to moviegoers to encourage them to watch patriotic films as a prelude to China's National Day holiday.

* Coal mine gas blast kills seven, injures three in southwest China

GUIYANG, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A coal mine gas blast killed seven people and injured three others in southwest China's Guizhou Province, authorities said Thursday.

BUSINESS & FINANCE:

* HSBC enters China's life insurance market

SHANGHAI, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited, a joint venture set up by HSBC and the Beijing-based National Trust, opened for business in Shanghai Thursday, marking the global financial giant's entrance into one of the world's fastest-growing life insurance markets.

* 1st Ld-Writethru: China's stocks fall on government's overcapacity restraint

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's equities closed slightly lower, as the benchmark index slid down 0.71 percent at Thursday's close, in the wake of the government's move to curb overcapacity.

FEATURES:

* Commentary: China bets big on green future

by Xinhua writer Yu Zheng

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- One heritage the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games left China is a clearer sky as well as a realization that any economic miracle without proper care for the environment would still be a failure.

* China Exclusive: Dezhou highlights proactive energy efficiency

by Xinhua writers Fu Shuangqi and Teng Junwei

DEZHOU, Shandong, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- For 200 years, Dezhou in east China's Shandong Province has been famous for braised chicken cooked in soy sauce with special spices.

But today the city of 5 million people has shifted its speciality from cuisine to solar energy.

* Xinhua Insight: Labor shortfall felt in coastal China as orders pile up

by Xinhua writers Wang Yaguang, Xie Yunting BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Although China's employment situation is still grave, a shortfall in labor resources has cropped up in some coastal regions as both domestic and world economy are making positive changes.

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