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China's Communist Party has listed golf and gluttony as violations for the first time as it tightens its rules to prevent officials from engaging in corrupt practices Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 , while also turning an even sterner eye against sexual impropriety.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched a sweeping crackdown on deep-rooted graft since taking over the party's leadership in late 2012 and the presidency in 2013. Dozens of senior officials have been investigated or jailed.

Tales of graft and officials' high living, including extravagant banquets, have prompted widespread public anger because bureaucrats are meant to live on modest sums and lead morally exemplary lives.

The new rules are an update of existing regulations and are designed to better codify exactly what constitutes a violation of discipline, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Wednesday.

They are applicable to all 88 million party members for the first time and also include a new ethical code, Xinhua said.

"Party members must separate public and private interests Cheap Nike Air Max , put the public's interest first, and work selflessly," the report said. Party members must also "champion simplicity and guard against extravagance".

"The new discipline regulation explicitly lists extravagant eating and drinking and playing golf as violations, which were not included previously," it said.

The new rules talk about "improper sexual relations" with others Cheap Air Max 1 , broadening the scope of proscriptions that had only referred to "keeping paramours and conducting adultery".

The charge of adultery is frequently levelled at high-ranking graft suspects as a way of showing they are morally degenerate and deserve punishment.

The new regulations also include content banning the forming of "cliques" that seek to split the party, hiding personal issues that should be reported and abusing positions of power to seek gain for family members and staff.

HELSINKI, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in his New Year's address on Monday deplored the modest role of the European Union in the world decision making.

He noted Finland supports the proposals of UN Secretary-General to reform the organisation. "Despite its shortcomings, the UN is an irreplaceable actor in promoting international peace and security." He also described as a gloomier note the blunt U.S. criticism of this global organisation.

Niinisto said Finland is active in supporting stability and dialogue in the Baltic Sea area, Arctic areas and also globally. "Finland's foreign and security policy situation is stable Cheap Air Max 2017 ," he said, noting that Finland is committed to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and has just increased its international climate funding.

Commenting on the world economy, the Finnish president said tigther monetary policy is inevitable in the world at some stage and it will lead to a more challenging situation.

"The warning that abundant funding has been channelled into increased debts and asset values is well founded. Reasonable caution is now called for," he said.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday asked the United States to find a permanent solution for the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Cheap Air Max 2018 , most of which are of Mexican origin."

Pena Nieto made the remarks while speaking by phone with the U.S. President Donald Trump. In turn, Trump was optimistic that the U.S. Congress "would reach a solution for the young people that are today under this program," the Mexican presidential office said in a statement.

During the phone conversation, Trump "expressing his condolences and solidarity to Mexico for the damages caused by the earthquake and Hurricane Katia," while Pena Nieto expressed his solidarity with the U.S. for the impact Hurricane Irma had on the U.S. state of Florida Cheap Air Max , the statement added.

Last week, the U.S. government announced the end of DACA, a program passed by Barack Obama to protect almost 800,000 undocumented migrants from deportation.

Beginning in June 2012, DACA stopped thousands of young people who came to the U.S. as minors Cheap Nike Air Max 1 Sale , also known as Dreamers, from being deported and allowed them to work if they have a high school diploma and a clean criminal record.

According to government and academic research, the decision to revoke DACA will affects over 700,000 Mexican citizens in the U.S.

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PARIS Cheap Nike Air Max 2017 Sale , May 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Wang Qiang was eliminated by 10th-seeded Venus Williams 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round of 2017 French Open, while world No. 1 Angelique Kerber of Germany continued her lackluster performance on clay, losing to Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2.

The 25-year-old Wang built a 4-2 lead in the first set Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 Sale , before the seven-time Grand Slam singles winner used her experience to seal the set at 6-4.

Trailing 3-5 and 15-40 in the ninth game, Williams put on another comeback to turn around at 6-5.

Wang forced a tiebreak, but still could not get the upper hand. Her poor backhand attack earned Williams a 7-3 victory in the tiebreak.

Williams showed her dominance with 37 winners against Wang's 15.

"She (Williams) is much more experienced than me, and she knows how to handle some crucial points well," said Wang Cheap Nike Air Max Sale , adding she would play better on clay next year.

Kerber, who only had a personal best record of a last 16 .