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	China News Network
		China holds its first Special Olympics, which was something unheard of in its past.
		China's stock market continues a stunning rally even though the central bank has raised interest rates for the fifth time this year.
		China's domestic stock market is likely to rise a further 10 percent by the end of the year, according to Yang Liu, the top China fund manager at Atlantis Investment Management.
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	Homosexuality in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The situation of homosexuality in China is currently quite ambiguous, although many instances have been recorded in the dynastic histories.
		Chinese homosexuals did not experience high-profile persecution comparing with that was received by homosexuals in Europe during the Middle Ages.
		Male homosexual behavior was illegal before 1991 in Hong Kong, the maximum sentence being life imprisonment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homosexuality_in_China (3136 words)

	Chinese Society More Tolerant of Homosexuality
		Though there are no laws against homosexuality in China, Chinese gay life has existed solely underground for years in a conservative country that now faces an historic reversal of long-standing social policy.
		Since it was a traditional obligation in China to bring offspring to the family, homosexuality was considered a threat not only to families but also to the society.
		Though it is difficult for the outsiders to tell whether one is a homosexual or not, it is easy for homosexuals themselves, according to several interviews with homosexuals conducted by the author.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2001/Oct/21394.htm (864 words)

	Spotlight on Teaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The governments of the "three Chinas" would like their own people and the world to believe that insofar as same-sex passion exists in Chinese domains now, it results from exposure to the decadent West, and is not found in their own tradition.
		Hinsch argues that it was not until China's love affair with the West of the Victorian missionary and nineteenth-century science that a new generation saw sex, love and affection between men as a moral fault.
		And where religion is concerned, until the late nineteenth century there was in China no strong sense that heterosexuals to remain "pure" need to exclude those who express themselves homosexually from the holy community, as is the case in Western societies influenced by "holiness codes" in the Hebrew Bible.
	www.aarweb.org /Publications/spotlight/previous/4-2/04-02-03same.asp (1715 words)

	Same-sex marriage in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In People's Republic of China, same-sex marriage is not allowed.
		During the course of the debate the proposal failed to garner the 30 votes needed for a placement on the agenda.
		Still, many scholars and gay people in China don't think it's possible for China to pass such a law in the near future.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_China (285 words)

	China: Information on Treatment of Homosexuals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Homosexuality is heavily referenced in ancient Chinese literature, and gay culture in China dates to the beginning of Chinese civilization (Reuters 7 July 2000, South China Morning Post 28 Jan. 2001, Agence France-Presse 15 Jan. 2001).
		Private "consensual homosexual acts" were decriminalized in Hong Kong in 1991 (IGLHRC Dec. 2000), and sodomy was decriminalized in China in 1997 (it remains illegal in 20 U.S. states) (Washington Post 24 Jan. 2000).
		Homosexuals are gaining ground in Chinese society and are eager to let people know they are there and have rights, yet there is still unofficial oppression in China, and the police can not always be depended upon for protection (16 Feb. 2001).
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/CHN01001.htm (1805 words)

	Homosexuality in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The situation of homosexuality in China is currently quite ambiguous although many have been recorded in the dynastic histories.
		Chinese homosexuals did not experience persecution comparing with that was received by in Europe during the Middle Ages.
		Male homosexual behaviour was illegal before 1991 in Hong Kong the maximum sentence being life imprisonment.
	www.freeglossary.com /Homosexuality_in_China (2306 words)

	Homosexuality in China - Jongo Knows - Encyclopedia of China
		Homosexuality is heavily referenced in ancient Chinese literature, and gay culture in China dates to the beginning of Chinese civilization.
		Homosexuality is still generally taboo in the media, though sources indicate it is changing.
		Homosexuals are gaining ground in Chinese society and are eager to let people know they are there and have rights, yet there is still unofficial oppression in China, and the police can not always be depended upon for protection.
	knows.jongo.com /res/article/16533 (685 words)

	AIDS and Homosexuality in China
		Since homosexual transmission of HIV is related to behaviors such as anal intercourse and number of sex partners, as well as to the prevalence of STDs, estimating the potential for an HIV epidemic among male homosexuals is difficult.
		Homosexuality is almost entirely absent from government, media and even academic discussions of AIDS in China.
		Homosexuals are generally ignored by public health authorities and ignored in public discussions of AIDS.
	www.usembassy-china.org.cn /sandt/webaids4.htm (974 words)

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	Intersections: Interview with Samshasha, Hong Kong's First Gay Rights Activist and Author
		A homosexual act between men is in all circumstances a criminal offence under provisions proscribing gross indecency or buggery (anal intercourse).
		After a series of homosexual scandals involving British civil servants in Hong Kong in the late 70s and early 80s, the colonial administration was sufficiently embarrassed to attempt to bring Hong Kong law relating to homosexuality into line with that of Britain.
		In China during the Ming Dynasty, there were already 'gay parades' taking place in cities as part of annual festivals and there were these plays where some male actors cross-dressed (male actresses) and the plots were full of homosexual intrigues, some of them glorifying the love between gay and lesbian couples.
	wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au /intersections/issue4/interview_mclelland.html (7303 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: Gays in Modern China
		His first homosexual encounter at 16 was snatched in the dark during a violent earthquake in 1976 that knocked out Beijing's electricity supply.
		Some headway China's gays have not gotten so far as to lobby the government for a change in laws -- such as allowing gays to serve in the military or legalizing homosexual marriages -- but Wan and a loose network of about 50 other activists in Beijing have made headway on several projects.
		Traditional literature is full of references to male and female homosexuality, where it was sometimes viewed as harmless unless it interfered with one's duty to have a family, Liu said.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/c-gays.html (2304 words)

	China Police : China Travel Guide
		While individual police can be very helpful and go out of their way to help foreigners, the PSB itself has all the problems of any police force in a country where corruption is widespread, and it’s best to minimize contact with them.
		Bear in mind that China is hardly Thailand consequences may be dire if you are caught and that AIDS is on the increase.
		Homosexuality is officially regarded as a foreign eccentricity, and gay sexual activities are technically illegal, though increasingly tolerated.
	www.lonelychina.com /china/china-police.html (1280 words)

	gay (homosexuality) in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Homosexuality is no longer considered a crime or a psychiatric illness.
		After denying the threat AIDS poses to its 1.3 billion people, China finally has taken the step of admitting it is battling a crisis, even inviting a group of Chicago health experts to offer advice.
		According to official figures, there are nearly 400,000 transsexuals in China, and over the past 16 years, more than 1,000 of them have realized their life-time dream to live as their real selves….In 1996, four Chinese transsexuals got married, and are now leading normal lives.
	www.websitesaboutchina.com /sex/sex_3.htm (530 words)

	China’s Landmark Decision on Homosexuality
		In what the South China Morning Post (October 13) has called "a landmark decision," Zhang Lihua, a thirty-something female judge of the Xuanwu District Court, has decided that homosexuality is abnormal and thus characterized same-sex love as unacceptable behavior among China’s citizens.
		Homosexuals in China, since publication, has sold 70,000 copies in this populous nation.
		China watchers scoffed at this latest attempt by established authorities to regulate private behavior.
	www.sodomylaws.org /world/china/chnews001.htm (709 words)

	Among Chinese, a Low-Key Gay Liberation
		The incipient openness of homosexual life in China is part of a broad trend in Chinese society toward more personal freedom that has grown during 20 years of economic reforms.
		China still has a long way to go before homosexuals achieve the level of acceptance they have in most parts of the West.
		In October, for example, a Beijing court ruled that homosexuality was "abnormal and unacceptable to the Chinese public" and ordered Fang to pay $7,500 to a man Fang identified as a gay bar owner in his book even though Fang did not give the man's name.
	www.richmond.edu /~vwang/ps345/art50.htm (1262 words)

	History Of Homosexuality In China - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		The government considered homosexuality to be a social disgrace or a form of mental illness.
		Homosexuality is always rife in all ancient civilisations, look at the Japanese and the Greek civilisations.
		i mean homosexuals can be good parents too you know.................i haven't read one report that says kids with homosexual parents will be gay because of the influence of their homosexual parents.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=8120 (2717 words)

	History of Homosexuality
		After the Han Dynasty, the general attitude was tolerant, so long as homosexuals fulfilled their filial duties by getting married and continuing the family line.
		Remarkably, a calm and dispassionate attitude to the homosexual phenomenon was always prevalent in ancient China.
		The government considered homosexuality to be a social disgrace or a form of mental illness.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2002/Oct/44940.htm (564 words)

	Life Studies Blog: Gays in China and Japan, homosexuality
		Ten years after China decriminalized homosexuality and six years after officials removed it from a state list of mental disorders, gay men and lesbians say one of their biggest obstacles is parental pressure to get married.
		I doubt that the situation is probably the same as in China.
		Homosexuality was an ordinary love relationship in Buddhist temples and in the world of samurai.
	www.lifestudies.org /weblog/2007/02/gays_in_china_and_japan_homose.html (618 words)

	Western Socialisation Versus Life in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Not that homosexuality is popular or visible, it is just that everything that men and women do in public in China smacks of homosexuality.
		In China, one begins to wonder if it is something genetic, or possibly relating to strict Government control over what can be seen on television, that leaves Chinese people free to live their lives unfettered by 'dark fears' of 'men' and 'dirty old men'.
		You may consider homosexuality to be a 'choice', a 'human right' or a 'predisposition', but your beliefs are irrelevant, for homosexuals are not wanted in China, and are regularly dealt with as criminals.
	magic-city-news.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/2/1869/printer (4802 words)

	China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A vice minister of health said last year that homosexuals should be given priority in the fight against AIDS and that they should not be ignored, nor discriminated against (link, in Chinese).
		China's first survey on gay men entitled "Chinese MSM (men who have sex with men): survey on sex and the state of self-identity" was completed in Beijing recently.
		China is becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, which until 2001 was listed as a mental disorder, but gays remain widely misunderstood and under heavy pressure to stay in the closet, state media said.
	chinadigitaltimes.net /test_tag.php?id=homosexuality (1446 words)

	Growing Tolerance Towards Homosexuals
		A recent survey reveals that male homosexuals in China have exceeded 5 million.
		Some homosexual behaviors were even considered violation of the Criminal Code before 1997 and homosexuality was listed among psychological diseases until 2001.
		The increased tolerance of the Chinese public towards homosexuality reflects the progress in Chinese society and will eventually contribute to the stability and development of the country.
	www.sodomylaws.org /world/china/chnews007.htm (363 words)

	China: Homosexuality and the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		China is not a country by law but by military and police force.
		There is no law in document against homosexuality, because the law maker thought there was no gay in China, but there are some provision named as hooligan which explanation include sodomy.
		For such situation, because China is huge and the law is not clear, different provinces or cities government espcially the police department may have different understanding according to the habits in the history or the need of crackdown movements, and the feelings of the officials about homosexuality.
	www.utopia-asia.com /chinlaw.htm (671 words)

	AEGiS-NYT: A Chinese University Removes a Topic From the Closet
		"The attitude toward homosexuality in China is changing," she said.
		But among China's gay and lesbian population, which may be as large as 48 million by some estimates though it remains largely invisible, the new course is being portrayed as a major advance.
		Less than a decade ago, homosexuality was still included under the heading of hooliganism in China's criminal code, and it was only in 2001 that the Chinese Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
	www.aegis.com /news/nyt/2005/NYT050902.html (1402 words)

	HIV & AIDS in China
		China's pilot programmes have proved successful and the policy is being expanded to other parts of the country.
		China is now beginning to take small steps towards addressing the needs of this high-risk group, but still has a long way to go.
		In China, it is estimated that the total number of migrants, both temporary and permanent, may be as high as 120 million.
	www.avert.org /aidschina.htm (6907 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Pink China comes out of shadows
		Now, gay activists in China are using the internet and other high-tech methods to try to create gay communities.
		But even as China's gays come tiptoeing out of the closet, they admit they are fighting an uphill battle.
		A gay and lesbian film festival attended by more than 100 people was recently held in a small room in a disused factory - a second attempt, after the authorities refused to allow them to hold the event on a university campus.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4575437.stm (632 words)

	China’s timid coming out
		Few militant homosexuals in China, such as this scriptwriter and teacher, dare to go public.
		Homosexuality is not illegal, even though the law against “sordid” offences that bars sexual relations in public was long used against homosexuals who met in parks.
		Homosexuality, with its power to break up families and transmit Aids, is therefore seen as an illness.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2001_07/uk/doss24.htm (912 words)

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