Several provincial and local governments throughout China have subsidized
Muslims' purchases of halal beef and mutton this year nike
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Affairs Commission.
The policy, however, has sparked controversy over
whether the State should subsidize religious observance.
Halal meat
subsidies were first instituted in Wuhan nike juvenate
uk , Central China's Hubei Province in 2012 as meat prices rose,
and several cities in China subsequently adopted this policy over the past four
years.
The subsidies vary in value across different regions and range
from 10 yuan ($1.50) to 20 yuan per month per person.
People from 10
ethnic minority groups that customarily eat halal food - including the Hui,
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Kazak, Uzbek and Tajik groups - are eligible to receive the subsidy, according
to statements on the websites of several ethnic and religious bureaus.
"Lanzhou has provided the subsidy since 2015 following other
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policy will continue in the future," Kou Zhijun, the head of the economic
department of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee in Lanzhou nike roshe
run mens , Gansu Province, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
A total of 9,501 Muslims living on minimum subsistence allowances in
Lanzhou received the 20-yuan monthly per-person subsidy in the first half of
2016 nike air
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He noted that the policy was
enacted following a rise in the price of beef and mutton and serves as a
complementary measure to relieve poverty, as many Muslims live in impoverished
rural areas.
"We have not received any complaints from non-Muslims about
the government taking only the interests of ethnic minorities into
consideration," Kou added.
Although it is praiseworthy to subsidize
people from ethnic minority groups who live below the poverty line nike
air max classic bw mens , the subsidy should not be granted
specifically to those following halal practices, Xi Wuyi, an expert on Marxism
at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences nike air max
thea mens , told the Global Times on Wednesday.
"Giving
subsidies to Muslims, instead of to ethnic minority groups, might strengthen
their religious identity and also their separation from non-Muslims cheap
nike air max tn uk , which will hurt communication and integration
between peoples of different ethnic groups," Xi explained.
Over the past
several years, China has been studying whether to draft a law to manage the
authenticity of halal food.
The drafting of a law on halal food was not
listed in China's legislative work plan for 2016 after proposed consideration of
the legislation had met with mixed reactions from the public.
Many
authorities believe such legislation is reasonable nike
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social stability. But critics say the law would open the door to allow the
secular government to have authority over religious issues.
SYDNEY， Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood ace Jackie Chan wowed hundreds of people at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday night with an honest take on how he got started in show business and the ups and downs he had to endure in achieving success.
Chan who is currently in Australia filming his latest flick "Bleeding Steel" was speaking to a packed audience at his first public Sydney talk titled "Jackie Chan in Conversation."
"I came to Australia when I was 13. I think at that time there was only something like 13 million people in the whole country and this is a huge country， it's very little compared to Hong Kong， but there (in Hong Kong) everywhere you go you see people， people， people but in Canberra when I walk out the street at 5pm there is nobody，" Chan said.
Chan also recalled how he had to resort to using hand gestures and facial expressions to communicate with the Australians during his early days in Canberra as he hardly spoke a word of English then.
"My father used to leave me at the shopping mall daily before heading off to work. He would also give me some money to buy food. As I couldn't speak a word of English then， I had a hard time buying food with the money my father had left me."
"When people spoke to me in English， I would just nod my head and walk away， because I didn't know how to answer them back. In the end， I would stay hungry for hours and by the time my father came (to pick me)， I would be starving. That's when I decided that I could no longer go on (and that) I needed to learn English，" Chan said.
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