Wednesday, July 13, 2005

News

Beauty of Shui Nationality costumes: Models present costumes with characteristics of Shui Nationality at a beauty pageant held in the Sandu Shui Autonomous County July 5. Contestants from villages and townships of Sandu come to display beauty of Shui Nationality's costumes and charms of girls of Shui at the pageant.

Widening income gap, the most serious social problem in China: The widening income gap was the most serious social problem in China in 2004, according to a recent survey conducted by the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The survey also found that reform of the income distribution system in 2005 is the top concern of the respondents. Statistics showed that the ratio of the average annual disposable income between urban and rural citizens stood at 1:3.2 last year, compared with 1:2.6 in 1985.

China pastor on trial over Bibles: The leader of an underground Chinese church appeared in a Beijing court on Thursday, accused of illegally printing more than 200,000 Bibles.

Disney sets sights on China: In a sign of the times, Walt Disney is behind the kung fu retelling of its 1937 animated classic, which is part of an intensifying strategy to make inroads into the Chinese cinema market ahead of Hollywood rivals.


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