Chinese Police Arrest Hundreds of Cyber Attack Suspects

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_11632535.htm

Chinese Increasingly Hit the Road in Their Own Cars

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70,000 People Relocated for China's water diversion plan

70,000 Residents of China's Hubei Province have all relocated to new communities because their residences will be underwater after the creation of the South-North water diversion project. An additional 10,000 people will also have to be relocated to make way for the project.

The South-North water diversion project will be taking water from the Yangtze River which is the largest in China and make routes to get water into drought prone areas of China. These routes include an eastern, middle, and western route. The creation of the middle route will force another 330,000 residents to relocate.

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_21450692.htm

Tax puzzle

The disagreement between the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Commerce over the legitimacy of a 1,000-yuan tax on iPads purchased overseas and brought into the country for personal use seems to have come to an end. But it should not have ended in the way it has.

In a statement released on Tuesday morning, the commerce ministry said it supports the customs in carrying out its duties, and believes levying the tax is consistent with the latter's duties and current conditions.

Before that, the ministry sent an enquiry to the customs authorities and expressed concerns about the legitimacy of the tax. The letter pinpointed two concerns shared widely by ordinary citizens. First, both the sum and rate of the tax imposed on iPad units brought into the country for personal use are too high. Second, the after-tax price of iPad units has been over-estimated.

The official reply from the customs, though simple and assured, sounded lame to most. Instead of presenting a convincing clarification of the composition of the blanket 1,000-yuan levy, it said the sum was determined in consideration of passenger convenience at customs.

Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-11/17/content_11562371.htm

Video: http://www.china.org.cn/video/2010-11/16/content_21351948.htm

Experts: Same-sex marriage could help curb HIV

AIDS among teens, seniors on the rise in Beijing

The number of HIV/AIDS carriers aged over 60 in the capital has been increasing in recent years, an official surnamed Mao from the Beijing Health Bureau revealed on Friday.

Mao said the number of teenagers and seniors with HIV/AIDS was climbing fast in the city.

An additional 16 clinics offering tests and consultations for the disease were opened this year.

By the end of September, Beijing had 61 such clinics in 16 districts and counties.

According to statistics from the bureau, four hospitals that offer treatment to people with HIV/AIDS - including YouAn Hospital and Ditan Hospital - had helped more than 1,100 patients this year.

This article says that only .05 of China's population is gay. With a population size of over 1 billion, .05 of the population is around 67 million people!

If the article is right in claiming that 1 in 5 gays have HIV, that still leaves a total of around 15 million afftected.

rest of article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/29/content_11620886.htm

Hospital Scam Sparks Crackdown

Beijing - China's Ministry of Health vowed to crack down on bribery in hospitals after news of the corruption scandal involving dozens of doctors in East China broke early this week.


"In China, it is common for hospitals to profit from drug selling to continue operating, since they are in charge of the pharmaceutical departments and this provides chances for some doctors to make illegal money," said Xiao Yonghong, chief physician of the No 1 Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University.

Read about the corruption:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566543.htm

Chinese flock to US for further education

As the wealth of the middle class in China increases, more and more Chinese students are coming to the US for post-secondary education.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2010-11/17/content_11562239.htm