First Golf Major
Chinese golfer Feng Shanshan wins the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Championship to become the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory
Human Rights Plan
The Chinese Government publicizes its second National Human Rights Action Plan, promising to address challenges and work for the happiness and dignity of every citizen
Food Safety Campaign
A week-long publicity campaign is launched in China to promote honesty in the food industry after a series of food safety scandals
Foreign Labor Rules
The Chinese Government issues new regulations for the management of foreign labor service enterprises to protect workers sent overseas
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"Fundamentally, the improvement of air quality relies on our own efforts, while it is beyond foreign embassies' capability and willingness."

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai, responding to foreign embassies' monitoring and issuing of air quality data for fine particles in China, in an interview with Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on June 13

"We wanted to show with actions in our country that we do not need the paralyzing protection of others."

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, declaring that Italy does not need a bailout from its European partners during a Senate briefing in Rome on June 13

"We are now in the early stages of the project to build nuclear submarines. In view of the advances we are making in the related areas, we hope that we will see the use of nuclear submarines by the navy in the future."

Rear Admiral Abbas Zamini, Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy, in an interview with the semi-official Mehr News Agency in Tehran on June 12

"It's unfair to students from rural areas who have never seen an iPhone or iPad. If the [people who set the questions for] gaokao need to be more creative, why not include [a question about] breeding pigs and sheep?"

Li Yi, a professor at Beihang University in Beijing, accusing exam chiefs in Sichuan Province of discriminating against rural students by including references to Apple Inc. and micro-blogging in this year's national college entrance exam in his micro-blog on June 9
DEEP DOWN
Crew members aboard China's Haiyang-6 research vessel retrieve a surveying device from the Pacific Ocean on June 11, in preparation for dive attempts by the country's deep-sea submersible, the Jiaolong, at the Mariana Trench between mid-June and early July. The Jiaolong will attempt the world's deepest manned submersible dive by going 7,000 meters under the sea surface (ZHOU WENJIE)
DRESS-UP SHOW
Local residents visit an exhibition of cheongsams, a traditional Chinese women's dress also known as mandarin gown or qipao, at the China Silk Museum in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on June 11 (JU HUANZONG)
HEAVY RAIN, BIG LOSS
Residents are evacuated in Anren County, central China's Hunan Province, on June 11. Torrential rains swept across Hunan on June 9-11, killing nine people and affecting 1.1 million (LI XIWAN)
PLAYING A DREAM
Beijing-born pianist Tian Jiaxin plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466, at the Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church in New York City on June 2 (SUN YUTING )
 
EQUIPMENT SHOW An exhibitor (right) introduces coal mining equipment to visitors at the Eighth China International Exhibition for Energy Industry and Green Technologies in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on June 11 (WANG PENG)
ASSEMBLING AIRBUS Workers check parts for the 100th Airbus A320 aircraft in the final assembly line in north China's Tianjin on June 13. The aircraft will be delivered by the end of the year (JIA KE)
PSBC President Investigated
The Postal Savings Bank of China President Tao Liming is under investigation because of suspicions of "personal economic problems."
Inflation Falls
China's inflation eases to a 23-month low, providing ample room for the government to boost economy
Trade Rebounds
China's foreign trade growth trumped market forecasts to post double-digit rates in May, boosted by slightly improved external markets and more working days in the month
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Safeguarding Private Investment
A major highlight of the macroeconomic figures in May is the surge in private investment
Airlines Raising Money
China Eastern Airlines, the country's second largest carrier by passenger numbers, plans to issue up to 8.8 billion yuan in corporate bonds
Alibaba's Bookstore
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China's e-commerce giant, has launched a book-selling service through its B2C platform Tmall.com
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  • THE UNITED STATES
    A firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to homes near Horsetooth Reservoir in Colorado on June 11. Massive wildfires damaged hundreds of square km of forests in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico (XINHUA/AFP)
  • TAJIKISTAN
    Chinese troops participate in the opening ceremony of the Peace Mission 2012 joint antiterror drill in north Tajikistan's Chorhudairon training field on June 9. More than 2,000 service people from the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization took part in the drill (LI XIANG)
  • IRELAND
    Colombian diver Orlando Duque dives 23 meters from a helicopter next to Ashford Castle in Cong in west Ireland on June 11 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • YEMEN
    Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed looks through binoculars as he oversees a military operation against Al Qaeda in Abyan Province in south Yemen on June 10. Two days later, government forces retook the Al Qaeda strongholds of Jaar and Zinjibar in a major victory of a month-long offensive (XINHUA/AFP)
  • GERMANY
    Two jaguar cubs play at the Berlin Zoo on June 12. Their mother gave birth to three cubs two months earlier (XINHUA/AFP)
  • BELARUS
    Villagers in traditional dress celebrate the holiday of Rusalye, devoted to water nymphs, in Sosny, 170 km from Minsk, on June 10 (XINHUA/AFP)
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