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Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua), founded in 1931, has grown into the most prestigious national news agency in China and expanded its service to the world since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The headquarters of Xinhua is located in Beijing and its president is Mr. Li Congjun.

Xinhua has domestic bureaus and sub-bureaus throughout China's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It also has five overseas regional bureaus based in Hong Kong, Mexico City, Nairobi, Cairo and Brussels, as well as resident bureaus in more than 100 countries and regions, establishing a vast news gathering, editing and distributing network.

As one of the founders and board members of AsiaNet, Xinhua handles AsiaNet business in China via its News and Information Center (also known as the China Economic Information Service) by translating AsiaNet releases into Chinese and distributing widely to various media organizations through the Internet, email or fax.

Xinhua has already set up a new section for AsiaNet on its website (www.xinhua-news.com) including images, original releases in English, Chinese translations and edited translations, making access to AsiaNet's material even more handy.

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HK lowers flag at half-mast to mourn victims of abduction tragedy

HK lowers flag at half-mast to mourn victims of abduction tragedy

HONG KONG, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- All government offices in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) lowered flags at half- mast Tuesday to mourn Hong Kong tourists killed in the abduction tragedy in the Philippines.
Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Monday night that all government offices would keep flags at half-mast Tuesday while principal officials would cancel unnecessary activities to mourn the dead.

Major newspapers in the city were printed in black and white Tuesday. Home pages of government websites were also turned black and white.

Hong Kong Exchanges Clearing Ltd (HKEx) held a 10-minute memorial ceremony before the stock opened.

A 21-member Hong Kong tour group aboard a bus was hijacked by a dismissed Filipino policeman earlier in the day. The crisis ended on Monday night with eight killed, seven injured, one of whom is in critical conditions, Philippine government officials said.

Hong Kong has issued the Black Outbound Travel Alert for the Philippines.

The black alert is the highest level of Hong Kong's three-sign Outbound Travel Alert system, indicating a "severe threat" exists and all travel to the destination should be avoided.