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Still, Beijing is no San Francisco. Openly gay filmmaker Cui Zien says it's still easy to cross an invisible line. "I organized a gay film festival, and the authorities warned us not to advertise the location and the date, not even on the Internet." Despite the restrictions, the festival was allowed to go ahead (unlike some in previous years) and was well attended. Also, since the SARS outbreak in 2003, the government has become more enlightened about AIDS. Cui notes that "there are lots of education programs on safe sex and HIV prevention in gay communities...
...might not sound like the sexiest deal, but today the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will auction off rights to the 700 MHz band of wireless spectrum - a sale that has the potential to create a seismic shift in the telecommunications landscape. The powerful band of prime cross-country airwaves, which is currently being used for analog TV broadcasts, is due to free up by February 2009 when TV goes fully digital. So, if ever a new telecom player were to carve out a piece of the lucrative nationwide wireless pie, now would be the time. "This is the last auction...
...opened up its backward banking sector to overseas investment in order to tap the expertise of foreign financiers, in recent years the CAAC has been allowing foreign airlines to take small stakes in domestic carriers, hoping that outside partners could improve airline management. Air China, for example, has a cross-shareholding agreement with Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, and in 2005 American financier George Soros invested $25 million in Hainan Airlines, the country's fourth largest airline by revenue. But by freezing out Singapore Airlines, CAAC officials signaled that they have decided to close ranks around their domestic carriers - potentially...
Bush himself got in on the cross-party action on a conference call last Thursday. To ease negotiations within their caucuses, leaders of both parties in the House and the Senate asked the President not to talk specifics when he rolled out the package the next day. And the President and his aides complied, offering only broad stroke outlines of the package as the White House press corps grilled them with question after question. Pelosi says she expects to pass the stimulus package sometime before Congress breaks for the Presidents' Day holidays later in February...
Unlike in Iowa, this caucus showed a cross-section of the new America: valets, chefs, croupiers, waiters, maids - all of whom made me realize how much easier it would be if every event I covered was attended only by people wearing name tags and uniforms signifying their occupations. And unlike in Iowa, these people were rowdier than kids at a pep rally before the game against their rival Texas football team. They screamed and chanted and - since this is Vegas and the ballroom had a stage - jumped up there to dance, chant and fake fight with each other. "This...