Shen Danyang, a ministry spokesman, told Shanghai Daily that China had developed more sources of foreign investment.

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Local authorities also say they have found no links between cases of H7N9 and over 16, 000 dead pigs found in rivers near Shanghai, China Daily reports.

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Shi Yuanhua, Koreas expert at Fudan University in Shanghai, tells China Daily that North Korea's threat to cancel the armistice is in protest against ongoing US-South Korean military drills using more powerful weapons and to "prompt Washington back to the negotiating table".

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In other domestic news, the World Health Organization is watching out for mutations and possible human-to-human transmission of the new H7N9 bird flu strain after two family cluster cases - a father-and-son cluster and a husband-and-wife cluster - were detected in Shanghai, China Daily reports.

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The number of confirmed H7N9 bird flu cases in China increased by three to 63 today, according to the state-run Shanghai Daily.

FORBES: H7N9 Bird Flu Cases In China Rise By Three To 63; Four-Year-Old Carrier Discovered

Another five new cases of the deadly bird flu H7N9 were found in China yesterday, increasing the total in the country to 43, the state-run Shanghai Daily Newspaper reported today.

FORBES: H7N9 Bird Flu Cases Reach 43, Deaths At 11 In China; Slaughterhouses Freeze Unsold Birds

Four new cases of the deadly bird flu H7N9 were found in China yesterday, increasing the total in the country to 28, the state-run Shanghai Daily Newspaper reported today, citing Reuters.

FORBES: H7N9 Bird Flu Cases Rise To 28 in China; Shanghai Deaths Reach Five

Many Japanese businessmen residing in China also returned to Japan on Sunday as airports gradually return to normal operations in some cities, the Shanghai Daily reports Sunday.

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