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  2. 21st century - Wikipedia

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    There is a lack of general agreement over how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. Academics have pointed out that the early years of previous centuries were commonly pronounced as, for example, "eighteen oh five" (for 1805) and "nineteen oh five" (for 1905). [21]

  3. Transgender people in China - Wikipedia

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    In March 2019, China accepted recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council on banning discrimination against LGBTQ people. [21] In fact, as of now (2024 Q2), it is still recognized as a disease in medical practice. [22] However, transgender people in China have a different view.

  4. Football in China - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese Olympic football team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.. The Chinese Football Association Super League (referred to as "Chinese Super League" or "Chinese Super League") is the highest-level professional football league in mainland China (Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan have football associations and leagues directly under FIFA and AFC).

  5. News - Wikipedia

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    News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media.

  6. Concubinage in China - Wikipedia

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    Concubinage in China traditionally resembled marriage in that concubines were recognized sexual partners of a man and were expected to bear children for him. Unofficial concubines ( Chinese : 婢妾 ; pinyin : bì qiè ) were of lower status, and their children were considered illegitimate.

  7. Suicide in China - Wikipedia

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    China's suicide rates were one of the highest in the world in the 1990s. However, by 2011, China had one of the lowest suicide rates in the world. [1] [2] According to the World Health Organization, the suicide rate in China was 9.7 per 100,000 population [3] [obsolete source] as of 2016

  8. Baidu - Wikipedia

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    Baidu is the most used search engine in China, controlling 76.05 percent of China's market share. The number of Internet users in China had reached 705 million by the end of 2015, according to a report by the internetlivestats.com. [102]

  9. Mainland China - Wikipedia

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    "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China ...