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 |  Workers threaten to jump off the two-story building if their boss refuses to pay their overdue wages in Xi'an, Feb. 9, 2004. [newsphoto]
 
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 | 'Red-package' money gifts a source of tension When the week-long Spring Festival holiday ended, many Chinese parents were left with a headache: what their precocious children would do with the "red-package" money gifts they received during the Lunar New Year.
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 | Joint-stock banking to get a boost The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said on February 9 it would take a prudent stance in approving new joint-stock banks, but would encourage private and foreign capital to buy into existing commercial banks.
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 |  From monologue to dialogue Vagina. Though merely the name of a part of the female anatomy, its utterance in public is likely to jar listeners - whatever their cultural background.
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