Beijing Today (July 27, 2007)

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BEIJING TODAY

Art collector brings passion to city

Dutch donkey fun for captial kids

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Shades that never were

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY JULY 27 – AUGUST 2, 2007 NO. 321 CN11-0120 HTTP://BJTODAY.YNET.COM CHIEF EDITOR: JIAN RONG NEWS EDITOR: HOU MINGXIN DESIGNER: ZHAO YAN

Head over the rainbow next vocation Pages 20-21

Had he not been assassinated by a magic bullet, John F Kennedy would have been the first US president to visit China. This image, Looking Backward, is one of the many grayscale works featured in Black White Grey, a new exhibition which focuses on feelings of being hurt and repressed. Photo provided by Today Art Museum

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Former Shanghai party chief expelled from Party, government Former Shanghai party chief Chen Liangyu was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from all government posts, a representative of the CPC Central Committee said yesterday. His case has been handed over to prosecutors, a press release issued by the committee, stated The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee convened a meeting yesterday to review the results of the investigation into Chen’s case carried out by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection from September last year.

Investigations revealed that Chen had misused his power to support the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Labour and Social Security to illegally grant numerous loans from the Shanghai social security fund to private companies. He also aided private companies in purchasing shares of state-owned enterprises, which severely damaged public assets, according to the release. Chen was secretary of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee when the corruption scandal broke. (Xinhua)

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Rescue station warns against aiding beggars Page 10

11,000 students take part in Green Long March

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