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Beijing

Fugitive from UAE extradited

Chinese police officers escorted a fugitive from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the first such case since the two nations signed an extradition treaty in 2004, according to public security authorities. Police in Shanghai's Putuo district said that in September 2007, the suspect, surnamed Kan, falsely claimed that he was authorized to sell a property, swindling deposits of 2 million yuan ($289,000). He fled to the UAE in March 2008.

Guangdong

Official expelled from Party, post

A senior official has been removed from his post and expelled from the Communist Party of China. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-graft body, published a statement on its website on Wednesday saying Li Jia, former Party chief of Zhuhai, has severely violated Party disciplines, a phrase that usually refers to corruption. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Committee, was said to have allowed his family members to abuse his position to reap huge profits.

Inner Mongolia

Region to protect the Great Wall

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region will take measures to preserve its stretch of the Great Wall, the regional culture department said on Wednesday. Protective nets and fences will be set up along sections of the Great Wall near villages and damaged parts will be restored in the next three years, the department said. A report released late last year showed that some sections of the Great Wall in the region had not been well preserved and illegal activities such as mining, construction and farming were discovered in protection areas around the Great Wall.