Shen Danyang, a ministry spokesman, told Shanghai Daily that China had developed more sources of foreign investment.

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Local authorities also say they have found no links between cases of H7N9 and over 16, 000 dead pigs found in rivers near Shanghai, China Daily reports.

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Shi Yuanhua, Koreas expert at Fudan University in Shanghai, tells China Daily that North Korea's threat to cancel the armistice is in protest against ongoing US-South Korean military drills using more powerful weapons and to "prompt Washington back to the negotiating table".

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