Nanshan

— In the election on May 9, Chen Huibin won, but the other candidate, Wu Haining, cried foul. As Chen was preparing for a five-year term as the local delegate, starting with the fourth Nanshan District People’s Congress held on May 27, Wu claimed the election was fraudulent and reported it to the Shenzhen and Nanshan District People’s Congress Standing Committee.

— The modern industrial zone is located in the northeast of the Hegang coal mining area, including Xinlu West, Yixin West and Nanshan West, with a planned area of 13 km2. The administrative area is mainly affiliated to the northeastern part of Xingshan District of Hegang City, the southeast of Xiangyang District, and the eastern part of Nanshan District. It is less than 5km away from Hegang Railway Station.

— Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.