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Michelle Obama, her daughters and her mother plan a week-long solo visit to China this month that includes meetings with China's first lady and high school and university students - and that will likely cost U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars. President Obama and his family have come under heavy scrutiny for the unprecedented high travel costs during his time in office - and a week-long trip to China for four members of the First Family, members of the Secret Service and other members of the White House staff will likely cost several millions of dollars. The president's pricey travels have...

Young Chinese spending tomorrow's money www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-25 22:55:44 BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Shen Yiran has no idea on how her monthly income was gone, if her mother didn't ask her to write down on a notebook each penny she spent. Working in a public relations company in Beijing, Shen earns a decent monthly income of around 6,000 yuan (726 US dollars) after paying the income tax. She has worked for five years and has no family burden. However, she has no savings at all. Each month, Shen, 27, spends more than 1,000 yuan (121 dollars) on taking taxes, another...