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  • Police Block China's First Gay Pageant
  • 警方阻止中国首次举行同性恋盛会
  •   Police in China prevented China's first ever gay pageant from taking place shortly before it was to begin Friday.
  • 中国警方星期五在中国首度举办的同性恋盛会开始前阻止盛会展开。

  •   Organizers say police arrived at an upscale nightclub in Beijing about an hour before the scheduled start of the event.
  • 组织者说,警方在盛会开始前一个小时,抵达举办盛会的北京一家高级夜店。

  •   The country's gay community had organized the event including a gay fashion show in the club.
  • 中国同性恋团体计划在这家夜店举行包括同性恋服装秀等盛会。

  •   Police said the show could not proceed because organizers had failed to obtain a proper license.
  • 警方说,由於组织者没有取得适当的许可证,盛会无法举行。

  •   Chinese authorities frequently cite procedural reasons for closing down political and other gatherings they deem inappropriate.
  • 中国当局经常以程序為理由关闭他们认為不适当的政治和其他集会活动。

  •   Homosexuality was a crime in China until 1997 and it was officially considered a mental illness until 2001.
  • 1997 年以前,同性恋在中国是犯罪行為;直到 2001 年,同性恋都一直被认為是一种精神疾病。

  •   Participants and organizers of what was to be China's first gay pageant expressed disappointment at the last-minute cancellation.
  • 首次同性恋盛会的组织者和参加者对活动开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.
  • 他们说,他们本来希望盛会能代表中国社会对同性恋者的接受程度又向前跃进了一步;目前中国人对同性恋大多抱排斥态度。

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  • Foreign Money Pours into China
  • 外资大量流入中国市场
  •   Foreign companies and individuals appear to be betting on China's economic recovery, more than doubling their investments in China last month.
  • 外国公司和个人投资者看好中国的经济復苏,他们对中国的投资上个月翻了一番。

  •   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.
  • 中国商务部发言人姚坚星期五表示,去年 12 月外国对中国的直接投资增加到 121 亿美金,比去年同期增加 103 个百分点。

  •   China said it is the fifth consecutive month that foreign investment increased.
  • 中国说,这是外资投资连续第五个月增涨。

  •   Officials said most of the money was invested in manufacturing and the service sector.
  • 有关官员表示,其中大部分资金流向製造业和服务业。

  •   Despite the increase, foreign investment in China still fell 2.6 percent for 2009.
  • 儘管如此,2009 年一年中国的外国投资仍然下降 2.6 个百分点。

  •   Earlier this month, China announced it overtook the United States as the world's largest market for automobiles.
  • 本月早些时候,中国宣佈已超过美国成為全世界最大的汽车市场。

  •   Officials also said the country overtook Germany as the world's top exporter.
  • 有关官员也表示,中国超过德国成為全世界最大的出口国。

  •   China is also the world's top holder of foreign currencies, and new data released Friday showed it reserves surged to a record level.
  • 同时,中国也是全世界外匯储备最多的国家,星期五公佈的数据显示,中国外匯储备上升到一个创记录的水準。

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