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  • Police Block China's First Gay Pageant
  • 警方阻止中國首次舉行同性戀盛會
  •   Police in China prevented China's first ever gay pageant from taking place shortly before it was to begin Friday.
  • 中國警方星期五在中國首度舉辦的同性戀盛會開始前阻止盛會展開。

  •   Organizers say police arrived at an upscale nightclub in Beijing about an hour before the scheduled start of the event.
  • 組織者說,警方在盛會開始前一個小時,抵達舉辦盛會的北京一家高級夜店。

  •   The country's gay community had organized the event including a gay fashion show in the club.
  • 中國同性戀團體計劃在這家夜店舉行包括同性戀服裝秀等盛會。

  •   Police said the show could not proceed because organizers had failed to obtain a proper license.
  • 警方說,由於組織者沒有取得適當的許可證,盛會無法舉行。

  •   Chinese authorities frequently cite procedural reasons for closing down political and other gatherings they deem inappropriate.
  • 中國當局經常以程序為理由關閉他們認為不適當的政治和其他集會活動。

  •   Homosexuality was a crime in China until 1997 and it was officially considered a mental illness until 2001.
  • 1997 年以前,同性戀在中國是犯罪行為;直到 2001 年,同性戀都一直被認為是一種精神疾病。

  •   Participants and organizers of what was to be China's first gay pageant expressed disappointment at the last-minute cancellation.
  • 首次同性戀盛會的組織者和參加者對活動開始前被取消感到失望。

  •   Organizers said they had hoped the event would mark another step toward acceptance of gay people in the country where homosexuality is still largely ostracized.
  • 他們說,他們本來希望盛會能代表中國社會對同性戀者的接受程度又向前躍進了一步;目前中國人對同性戀大多抱排斥態度。

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  • Foreign Money Pours into China
  • 外資大量流入中國市場
  •   Foreign companies and individuals appear to be betting on China's economic recovery, more than doubling their investments in China last month.
  • 外國公司和個人投資者看好中國的經濟復蘇,他們對中國的投資上個月翻了一番。

  •   A Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman (Yao Jian) said Friday that foreign direct investment rose to $12.1 billion in December, a 103 percent over the same month last year.
  • 中國商務部發言人姚堅星期五表示,去年 12 月外國對中國的直接投資增加到 121 億美金,比去年同期增加 103 個百分點。

  •   China said it is the fifth consecutive month that foreign investment increased.
  • 中國說,這是外資投資連續第五個月增漲。

  •   Officials said most of the money was invested in manufacturing and the service sector.
  • 有關官員表示,其中大部分資金流向製造業和服務業。

  •   Despite the increase, foreign investment in China still fell 2.6 percent for 2009.
  • 儘管如此,2009 年一年中國的外國投資仍然下降 2.6 個百分點。

  •   Earlier this month, China announced it overtook the United States as the world's largest market for automobiles.
  • 本月早些時候,中國宣佈已超過美國成為全世界最大的汽車市場。

  •   Officials also said the country overtook Germany as the world's top exporter.
  • 有關官員也表示,中國超過德國成為全世界最大的出口國。

  •   China is also the world's top holder of foreign currencies, and new data released Friday showed it reserves surged to a record level.
  • 同時,中國也是全世界外匯儲備最多的國家,星期五公佈的數據顯示,中國外匯儲備上升到一個創記錄的水準。

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