Sunday, December 21, 2003

News

China rejects US religious freedom report: China rejected the US State Department's annual report on religious freedom Sunday with "strong displeasure" and "resolute objection". Commenting on the International Religious Freedom Report 2003 released by the US State Department, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said the criticism on China's religious policies and freedom situation in the report defied facts and was "extremely unfair and absolutely unreasonable".

Chinese get life for arranging sex tour for Japanese: A Chinese court sentenced a hotel employee and a brothel keeper to life imprisonment yesterday for organising what was described as an orgy for hundreds of Japanese tourists.

China's love of records: It has been a record-breaking year for China. It set a new national record for setting records this year, having 19 new records verified in the Guinness World Records. A tiny teapot measuring just 6.8 millimetres and a dragon dance made up of 3,200 people are among China's new world records.

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