A fire which broke out more than 100 years ago at a coal field in western China was finally extinguished: “In the last four years, firefighters have spent $12m in efforts to put out the flames at Liuhuanggou colliery, near Urumqi in Xinjiang province. The burning coal emitted 100,000 tons of harmful gases – including […]
Read MoreThis BBC article reports on the “Reporters Without Borders” report ranking the countries most and least free of the press. North Korea, Cuba and Burma were ranked the worst three countries for media freedom while the top ten countries, with the exception of #9, New Zealand, were all in Europe. “These countries [at the top […]
Read MoreThe following is an article from People’s Daily Online. It informs the reader about French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to China, meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Hu Jintao. The talks dealt with the issue of strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries. As the article puts it “He [President Hu] proposed to strengthen Sino-French […]
Read MoreA system for censoring and categorizing online games will be installed by the end of the month, with ratings systems for books and movies to come in the near future. Games will now be categorized by age appropriateness, similar...
Read MoreOpinion piece in the The Asian Pacifc Post slams Canadian government for “forking out tax dollars to companies like Nortel which is accused of helping China’s army of cyber cops round up and jail Internet...
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