From Gulf Daily News: India announced yesterday a successful test-firing of a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile than can reach the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai as well as targets deep in the Middle East. [Full Text]
Read MoreView image From Xinhua News: The Chinese government has pledged to eradicate the sale of new selling new Internet bar licenses, which has continued despite a ban earlier this month. Tuo Zuhai, vice director of the Ministry of...
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Bird flu could spread fast in rural areas in case of an outbreak because of the loopholes in the public health system, Health Minister Gao Qiang warned yesterday. Speaking at the China Development Forum, Gao conceded that the country’s disease control and prevention system needed more professional medical staff, better infrastructure and […]
Read MoreFrom Voice of America: A Chinese government audit has found that local officials have misused $4 billion in social security funds that are meant to provide a safety net for China’s growing population of retirees. As VOA’s Michael Lipin reports from Hong Kong, one reason for the massive fraud is Beijing’s lack of supervision of […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via The New York Times: China barred any more cybercafes from opening this year, the latest move to restrict the rising influence of the Internet. The authorities will not approve any Internet cafe licenses in 2007, according to a notice posted on the Culture Ministry’s Web site. There are about 113,000 registered Internet […]
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