From Radio Free Asia: A Hong Kong activist who has organized several mass marches for more democracy since the 1997 handover to China, says hackers from within mainland China have tampered with his e-mail account, raising fears that Beijing’s Internet police are extending their reach to the former British colony. Chong Yiu-kwong, a key figure […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via sundaytimes.co.za: During her visit home for Chinese New Year, Gan Xiaoge’s parents lined up five suitors for her, hoping the migrant worker, already considered an old maid in her village, would finally get married. “I met one man a day, but I didn’t like any of them. They were either construction workers […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Boys and girls between 14 and 20 in urban China have their first sexual experience at the average age of 17.4, nearly 9 years earlier than their grandparents when they were young, according to a survey published on Tuesday. The survey of 2,252 respondents in seven Chinese cities shows that people between 51 […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: There are still 26.1 million rural residents living in absolute poverty in China, 49.77 million with low income and over 22 million urban residents covered by subsistence allowances, Li Xuju, Chinese Minister of Civil Affairs revealed at a national working conference.
Read MoreFrom china.org.cn : According to research reported by China Youth Daily on June 26, the education gap between urban and rural areas is increasing even faster than differences in economic development, despite central government efforts. Drop-out rates in 17 rural middle schools were recorded by the survey. The highest rate was 74 percent, and the […]
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