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...country, capturing its gay and party scenes, and its key cultural figures, from the late Nobel Prize - winning author Patrick White to actress Cate Blanchett. From Sept. 19-25, he will showcase 16 prints of Sydney gay life at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in northern China's Shanxi province, while next February a major new work, My Generation, commissioned by Australia's National Portrait Gallery and based on the Sydney art scene of the 1970s and '80s, will be unveiled as part of Sydney's Mardi Gras. (See pictures of the gay rights movement...
...Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu addressed more than 100 police officers clad in all-black riot gear on a street near the People's Square in Urumqi, telling them that they were responsible for the people's safety. Security forces have come from as far away as central Shanxi and eastern Anhui provinces, and the influx of troops has brought the city largely under control. (See TIME's coverage of the G-8 summit...
...suffering, the most widespread water shortage since 1951, according to China's Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief. Beijing has not recorded precipitation since for over four months, the state-run Xinhua news service reported. And across the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, 4.3 million people and 2 million head of livestock are experiencing water shortages...
...wide variety of prizes, including pottery from Texan artist Murry Gans, tickets to the American Repertory Theatre, and select services pledged by many of the club members themselves. The proceeds from the benefit this year will fund the maintenance of the Children’s Home in Bao Ji, Shanxi province, which opened last November. With the help of their major sponsor, the Jenzabar Foundation, the HCC has so far funded surgeries for 40 infants and supported six completed adoptions at this orphanage. Robert A. Maginn, who is the chairman of the Janzabar Foundation, called the fundraiser...
...million Chinese farmers who sell to dairies and distributors are struggling to survive because the market has dried up. "We are trying to find other buyers, or sell directly to consumers, but no luck so far," says a farmer named He who owns about 1,000 cows on a Shanxi province collective farm. "I have 300-400 cows in production, and it's just not possible to store the fresh milk," he says. Over the past week, He has resorted to pouring out the surplus. Some farmers are considering slaughtering their animals to cut their mounting losses. He is trying...