The People's Liberation Army (PLA) begins a five-day air defense drills in east and central China from August 3 to 7, said Xinhua news agency, following a large-scale military supply drill in the Yellow Sea last month.
China's flood control authorities said floods this year had left 928 people dead and 477 missing all over China as of 9 a.m. July 28. Floods had affected a total of 134 million people in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, resulting in direct economic losses of 176.5 billion yuan ($26.04 billion).
Top Chinese state and military leader Hu Jintao inspected the country's defense forces which will also stage a massive parade in Beijing in celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of New China.
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