After decades when homosexuality was either hidden or the subject of medical and psychiatric television reporting, French gays and lesbians started to appear on various sorts of television programmes after 1999. From 2000 onwards, gay and lesbian couples were regular guests on many TV shows that addressed topics characterised as 'marital issues', such as monogamy, fidelity and weight problems. Both commercial and public channels were affected by this 'homomania' […]

While the common man is holding the brunt of the taxes, there are groups, special-interest groups, that are getting off with paying none.

Liu Chung-kuei, a Maoist chieftain of Kwangsi province, speaking at a meeting May 7, criticized former vice premier Teng and anti-rightists.

In other words, what we can expect to see henceforward, provided that all Regions make the effort, is a welcome brightening-up of stations and improvement in the general standard of amenities.