Saturday, August 21, 2004

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No Tips for Tour Guides: The Shanghai Tourism Administrative Commission said Friday it forbids travel guides from asking for tips or charging any kind of commission in advance, following the national tourism administration regulation that tourist guides are not allowed to request tips.

Avian flu 'discovered in pigs': Scientists in China say they have discovered a highly virulent strain of bird flu virus in pigs.

China faces elderly dilemma: China, the world's most populous country, is now crowned with another title: one of the world's most rapidly aging nations. According to statistics from the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC), the country's top population policy-maker, residents who are 65 or older already accounted for 7.1 per cent of the overall population at the end of 2001.

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