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Dog Year Bigots Barking Up Wrong Tree, Says China: Chinese tradition holds 2006 will be a year of bad luck for people born under the sign of the dog, but misfortune has come early for some looking for jobs. Chinese companies looking for new recruits had deliberately passed over candidates born as dogs in China's ancient 12-animal astrological cycle to ward off the bad luck expected for people in years of their same sign.

China to Get Tough on Cellphone Fraud, Spam: China will require all mobile phone subscribers to register using their real names next year, in a bid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted over mobile services.

China to double spending on AIDS/HIV prevention: China will double its spending on AIDS/HIV prevention to some $370 million over the next two years as the country tries to keep the number of HIV-positive people below 1.5 million by 2010.

Housing, Education and Med Care Most Important: A 2005 survey conducted by Horizon Group revealed that employment, social security and housing are the top three social concerns for Chinese citizens. Accordingly, the public is increasingly focused on reforms in housing, education and medical care.