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SHANDONG

Man dies after being run over by airplane

An aircraft maintenance technician died at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in Shandong province on Monday after he was run over by an airplane. As an Airbus A320 aircraft belonging to Qingdao Airlines was being towed through the airport, it ran over the technician, who had bent down to pick up his badge, which he had accidentally dropped. His co-workers failed to alert the tow truck's driver in time because they were not carrying alarm devices, news website ThePaper.cn reported.

BEIJING

Former bank boss expelled from Party

He Xingxiang, former vice-president of China Development Bank, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office for grave violations of Party discipline and national laws, the country's top anti-graft bodies said on Wednesday. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission said he abused his power as the person in charge of examinations and approvals of financial issues, which led to major financial risks and caused great losses for the country. They have handed the case over to prosecutors.

Xinhua - China Daily