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A newspaper in Northwest China's Gansu Province confirmed Friday that it has published online an open letter questioning the detention of one of its journalists over blackmail allegations.


The judicial department has been investigating a blackmail case involving one of its journalists.


The open letter to the Liangzhou district politics and law department in Wuwei city went viral on Thursday.


An employee from the Lanzhou Morning Post confirmed with the Global Times Friday that the open letter was not published by the newspaper Miles Plumlee Jersey , but refused to reveal more.


However, several media outlets reported on Thursday and Friday that they had confirmation from several sources that the newspaper did publish the letter.


The open letter, under the name of the newspaper, listed five doubtful points in police's detention of Zhang Yongsheng Mike Bibby Jersey , who was detained on January 7 on charges of blackmailing the local government in joint interviews with two other journalists from Lanzhou Evening News and Western Economic Daily. It stated that the paper was happy to cooperate and had no intention of blocking legitimate investigation.


The letter then questioned the reasons for detention, saying that police first said Zhang was detained on suspicion of using prostitutes on January 7, and then the charge was changed to "blackmailing" on January 14.


Meanwhile, Zhang had been previously threatened over negative reports. Officials in the Liangzhou district public security department called him twice asking him to remove negative reports and threatened him over the phone after he turned them down Marco Belinelli Jersey , according to the letter.


The letter also questioned whether officials who allegedly bribed Zhang in order to remove stories should also be arrested.


A Shaanxi-based journalist first reported the disappearance of the three journalists on Weibo on January 15. Three days later, the Liangzhou district police announced that the three journalists had been detained for alleged extortion dating back to 2011.


The Liangzhou district government announced on Monday that Zhang Yongsheng had been officially arrested on suspicion of blackmail, and the other two journalists are out on bail.




SANTIAGO, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Mining Minister Aurora Williams said on Friday the government was upgrading its price projections for copper in 2017 Kevin Huerter Jersey , from 2.60 to 2.64 U.S. dollars a pound on the world market.


The prices for copper, Chile's main export product, in the year of 2018, were also adjusted Kent Bazemore Jersey , up from 2.60 to 2.68 dollars per pound.


"The rise in 2017 is due in part to the improved performance of China's economic indicators, which surpassed market forecasts," Williams said at a press conference.


China's economy continued steady expansion in the first half of this year with the GDP up 6.9 percent year on year, according to the latest data released by Chinese authorities. The reading is well above the government's target for the year of 6.5 percent.


Another factor was lower expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will increase its benchmark interest rate more than once in the second half of the year Josh Smith Jersey , she said.


Meanwhile, Sergio Hernandez, the executive vice president of the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), said that global copper demand in 2017 was expected to reach 23.6 million tons John Collins Jersey , or 1.5 percent more than in 2016.


"In the second half of the year, Cochilco expects foundries that were under maintenance in China to begin operating, a reduction in the availability of scrap metal, a recovery in inventories and greater stability in economic growth Ersan Ilyasova Jersey , which will lead to a recovery in copper demand," said Hernandez at the press conference.


In 2018, global copper demand is expected to reach 24 million tons.


Chile's economy has slowed down since 2013, in part due to falling prices for its main export.


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LOME, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Togo's Prime Minister Selom KomiKlassou on Tuesday urged African countries to consider trade asdriver for substantial growth of wealth.


He expressed this in his opening speech of the special sessionsof private sector and civil society representatives as part of the16th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) themed"The U.S. and Africa: Partnering for Prosperity through Trade" inLome, capital of Togo.


"The Lome sessions must serve as catalyst to fulfill our shareddreams and actually consider trade as unavoidable driver forsubstantial growth of wealth of our nations and improve the livingconditions of our people," Klassou said.


Over a thousand participants from 38 Sub-Saharan Africancountries and the United States are expected at the three-dayforum.


Tuesday's sessions gathered private sector and civil societyrepresentatives as well as U.S.-sponsored African Women'sEntrepreneurship Program (AWEP).


Discussions were focused on how they can contribute tostrengthening economies through trade Dikembe Mutombo Jersey , expanding inclusive andsustainable economic growth, holding governments accountable, andthe necessity of social corporate responsibility which contributeto the development of prosperous societies.


Klassou believed that these sessions are "excellent frameworkfor discussions that will enable to overcome the bottlenecks thatare faced with in the implementation of AGOA between the UnitedStates and the eligible Sub-Sahara.