By Paul Taylor in New York Published: April 6 2004 17:04 | Last Updated: April 7 2004 0:28 “Lucent Technologies, the leading US telecommunications equipment manufacturer, has fired four senior employees in China after discovering potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which bans the payment of bribes overseas. Lucent said it fired the […]
Read MoreReuters Tuesday, April 6, 2004; 4:10 AM By Alison Leung and Carrie Lee Click here for full article. “The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) passed an interpretation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law giving Beijing full control over the territory’s political reform. The leaders of China’s parliament interpreted two clauses in Hong Kong’s […]
Read More+By Hamish McDonald April 6, 2004 The article reports, “Chinese security agencies are continuing arrests of activists seeking official forgiveness of participants in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China that were suppressed with massacres from the night of June 3-4, 1989.” As the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen approaches, the government […]
Read MoreApr 3, 11:02 am ET By Rico Ngai and Jonathan Ansfield NPC officials began deliberating two clauses in Hong Kong’s Basic Law on Saturday that set out how its chief executive and lawmakers are chosen. Critics fear that Beijing’s re-interpretation of these two clauses will ensure a more compliant legislature and stifle Hong Kong’s pro-democracy […]
Read MoreApril 4, 2004 By Dexter Roberts China’s “Iron Lady” is Wu Yi, China’s vice-premier and the only woman in China’s 24-member ruling Politburo. She is also China’s top trade negotiator who will lead trade talks with White House officials in the middle of this month. The article captures this woman’s rise to power and gives […]
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