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Gay men marrying lesbians in China to stay in closet Gay couples kiss during a ceremonial "wedding" to raise awareness of homosexual marriage in Wuhan, China on March 8, 2011. Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder in China until 2001. Today, gays face social pressure to remain in the closet ...

China to raise its poverty line : "China says it will raise the poverty line by a big amount as part of its effort to spread the wealth more equally, according to Chinese media reports, ... See all stories on this topic » "

China to "Basically Eradicate Poverty" in 10 Yrs: Wen : "China aims to "basically eradicate poverty " by 2020 while greatly raising its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday. The State Council is drafting a new ten year poverty -reduction plan (2011-2020), ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA

China to Spend Billions More on 'One Belt' Initiative; Campaigners Want Focus on Poverty - At China's Communist Party Congress this week, President Xi Jinping said the country would be a contributor to global development. Key to that is the ...

China to improve healthcare under 2- child policy  - China is adopting measures to better allocate maternal and child health resources and train more doctors, Wang Peian, deputy head of the National ...

China to ease one- child policy  - World Population Day China will loosen its decades old one- child population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of the parents is an only child ,  ...

HIV prevention: Bring safe sex to China : China's discomfort over discussing sex, and especially homosexuality , is a major problem when it comes to HIV, says a consortium of researchers in China. An estimated 18 million men engage in homosexual sex in China, and they face growing risks to ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

SKorea, China agree to sign free trade deal  - more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. .... Two-way trade between China and South Korea was $229 billion in 2013. ... South Korea said it was the first time for China to include finance, ...

UN urges China to drop HIV spa ban  - BEIJING : The United Nations' AIDS agency Monday condemned a draft Chinese regulation to ban HIV -positive people from spas and public bathhouses,  ...

For America , The Key to China Is Closer to Home  - Meaningful education reform would extend America's global leadership in innovation over China for years to come. If the U.S. wants to challenge ...

British Columbia, China to collaborate in fight against HIV -AIDS  - A made-in-B.C. strategy in the fight against HIV -AIDS is gaining international traction. British Columbia and China are uniting in the global fight against the  ...

China province to abolish teacher HIV test HIV carriers are excluded from civil service jobs including teaching and policing in many provinces across China, leading to accusations of discrimination from rights groups. But the state-run China Daily said on Tuesday that HIV tests had been removed ...

Beijing Court Accepts Case Requiring China's Censors to Justify Ban of Gay Content - Yanzi Peng, founder of LGBT Rights Advocacy of China, which has been supporting Fan and his lawyer, says he is not optimistic about the outcome of the case. "We expect to lose somehow, because this is a national government department [we are challenging]," he says. "But we still wanted to file the ...

In recent years, America's internal divisions have been exacerbated by ... The report recommends America to create a united front against China to ... but a deeply fragmented society poisoned by systemic racism, growing inequality ... View article...

America's Self-Defeating China Policy - may think that his approach to China amounts to ... ability to address shared challenges like inequality and climate change. ... To be sure, even if the US were exercising more global leadership, the ...

China's LGBT Rise to British Prime Minister's Tweet  - Everyday, the world continues to shrink thanks to technology, where great distance has become insignificant thanks to instant communication.

Poverty forces Indians to brave deadly dives : The divers descend to depths of 30 to 37 meters, repeatedly diving and resurfacing, pushed by poverty to ignore safety rules. A few die every season; many more are paralyzed by decompression sickness, commonly known as the bends. ... China Daily

A Britain cut loose from Europe has nothing special to offer the US - But look at what the rest of the world has to offer – from China's autocratic state capitalism to America's blatant social inequalities and growing isolationism, not to mention the corruption and lack of rule of law found in many “emerging” countries – and surely it is obvious where Britain's best partnership ...

Activists Go to Court to Fight for LGBT Rights - China rarely made a spectacle by openly prosecuting LGBTQ persons, so negative exposure to LGBTQ existence was seldom heard of.

China's campaign in Latin America to isolate Taiwan - China's campaign in Latin America to isolate Taiwan ... now seems like the best path for many of Latin America's poverty -stricken countries.