China villagers ignorant of pig disease: In a small hillside community near the town of Zizhong, everyone has a backyard pigsty. The locals are both nervous and confused about this strange virulent swine disease that they hear has struck nearby.
Pope Gives Special Greeting to Chinese: Pope Benedict XVI greeted a group of priests from China "with particular affection" Wednesday, the first time a pontiff has publicly welcomed members of the state-controlled church in the latest sign of warming relations between the Vatican and Beijing.
English Names More Preferred than 'Comrade': People in China today are more accustomed to address their peers by their English names or directly calling their Chinese names, rather than by employing the term "comrade" -- a word used to address others in socialist Chinese society of the past half century.
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