I haven't been going to many gigs recently, but wanted to keep the blog going.
I picked up the Shanghai Daily in Starbucks this morning, and was motivated to re-publish a selection of news stories from everyone's favourite state newspaper.
I thought they would be interesting for those of you outside China...
Front Page: Hu Promotes Tibetan Stability
He stressed the need to promote development and stability in Tibet, as he joined a panel discussion with Tibetan lawmakers who are in Beijing for the annual session of the People's Congress.
Hu's remarks come ahead of several sensitive dates in Tibet.
The autonomous region will mark the 50th anniversary of the abolishment of slavery and the theocratic regime of the Dalai Lama on March 28th.
On March 10th, 1959, in an attempt to preserve the old serfdom, the nobles and slave owners staged an armed rebellion, which was foiled by the central government.
The riot changed everything in Tibet. The communists soon decided that democratic reform should be carried out immediately to demolish the entire old system led by the Dalai Lama.
From 1959 to 1966, one million slaves were granted land, houses and their freedom.
The Dalai Lama, who fled to India, has maintained a government in exile since 1959, and China has charged that this group was behind the riot in Lhasa on March 14 last year and other areas in China.
Earlier on Sunday, Legqog, chairman of he Standing Committe of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress, said the Dalai clique had increased its secessionist and sabotage activities in Tibet this year.
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China Vows Never to Adopt a Western Political Model
China will never copy the political system of western countries, top legislator Wu Bangguo said in Beijing yesterday.
He called on lawmakers to maintain the 'correct political orientation', with the leadership of the Communist Party of China as the core.
'We will never simply copy the western model,' he said.
China had adopted a system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, not a Western style multi-party system that enables different parties to come to power through elections, Wu pointed out.
As the ruling party, the CPC is at the core of the country's leadership, while other parties are participants.
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Skirt Teacher Sacked
A SCHOOL teacher in Beijing has been sacked because he liked to wear women's clothes.
Cao Jing, 46, got married in 2000 wearing a body hugging vest and colorful mini-leggings, the Southern Weekly reported.
But this enraged his wife and her family and the couple were soon divorced.
In 2004, Cao went to a photographer's studio for a set of pictures of him wearing various skirts, including mini-skirts, as a declaration of his new life, the magazine said.
But the high school he worked for immediately suspended him from duty.
Now Cao, who is seen around town wearing a white skirt and a red silk scarf, lives on just 600 yuan a month.
Cao told the magazine he had always been in love with a male friend from primary school, but he had lost contact with him about 35 years ago.
He had suffered several embarrassing moments during his studies. Once someone yelled "You're a homosexual' at him during class.
Cao now spend his days visiting book stores, CD and DVD shops and looking at skirt in women's boutiques he can no longer afford.
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