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Article: UN: China still confronted by extensive female illiteracy, rural poverty, rising domestic violence.
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- February 2, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 February 1999-UN: Despite tremendous efforts by government, China still confronted by reality of extensive female illiteracy, rural poverty and rising domestic violence (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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China was not entirely free from the remnants of the feudal age, and despite tremendous efforts by the Government to protect women and promote their full participation in development, the country was confronting a sobering reality of extensive female illiteracy, rural poverty and an increased incidence of domestic violence, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations told the Committee on the Elimination of ...