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By Kerry Allen
image captionWhile China wants young boys to be soldiers, it is not everyone s ambition
A notice from China s education ministry has caused a stir after it suggested young Chinese men had become too feminine . The message has been criticised as sexist by many online users - but some say China s male celebrities are partly to blame.
For a while China s government has signalled concern that the country s most popular male role models are no longer strong, athletic figures like army heroes . Even President Xi Jinping, a well-known football enthusiast, has long been seeking to cultivate better sports stars.
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By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
1 Hospital is probably not the best place to be when Christmas comes around. But in some wards at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, as these festive pictures show, there was still plenty of fun and laughter for staff and patients to enjoy. There was much excitement when Mickey Mouse, in Picture 1, paid a surprise visit with his friends, Pluto and Goofy, to the children’s ward in 1971. Five-year-old Edward South couldn’t resist kissing such a big nose. The larger-than-life characters also left behind a large Christmas cake for the young patients to enjoy.