The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China issued a document in 2003, listing things that passengers are not allowed to take aboard a plane. According to the document, passengers are banned from carrying any cutting tool. (China Daily)

East China's Fujian Province reopened a cross-Pacific shipping route from its Xiamen Port to Latin America, according to local bureau of port affairs. The route connects major ports of Xiamen, Shanghai and Qingdao in East China, Busan in the Republic of Korea, Manzanillo in Mexico, Buenaventura in Colombia, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Callao in Peru, Iquique, Valparaiso and Lirquen in Chile, Yokohama in Japan, and Keelung, Chiwan, and Hong Kong in China. (Xinhua)

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