From AP, via Taipei Times (link): Some 150 Chinese seeking action from their government on various grievances protested outside a UN office in Beijing yesterday while UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited China. About 100 uniformed and plainclothes police kept the demonstrators away from the gates of the office building, which houses the UN High Commission […]
Read MoreFrom OhmyNews International (link): Nigeria gave four of 17 drilling licenses to China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) on May 19. The deal cements an agreement made last month during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao. China will explore two areas in the restive, oil-producing Niger Delta and two areas in the Chad basin, where […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (link): It seems 44 miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in Zuoyun County, north China’s Shanxi Province, rescuers said Saturday night. A total of 145 miners were working underground when the flooding accident took place on Thursday night, and 101 managed to escape, rescuers said. Local safety authorities had reported […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (link): Electronic books, e-bookstores and digital libraries are becoming more popular in China. A national survey on people’s reading habits in the Internet era, conducted by Beijing Founder Electronic Co. Ltd affiliated to Beijing University and a national newspaper called China Information World, showed 27.8 percent of Chinese citizens were accustomed to reading […]
Read MoreFrom Austin American-Statesman (link): Americans may be concerned about what the government will do with the millions of private telephone records it reportedly has collected. But Chinese citizens know what their government does with such information. And so do Americans and other foreigners living here. In China, Big Brother is listening. Chinese authorities monitor telephone […]
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