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The Fifth Survey of Internet Resources in China – maoxianjia

From China Tech Stories (link): Summary: May 16, the Fifth Survey of Internet Resources in China published in Beijing. The study started early Dec of 2005 and finished in Feb. this year lasted for 3 months. The survey found that domain names, websites and pages continue to grow substantially. The .cn domain has becoming the […]

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China plans to use death penalty more sparingly – Calum MacLeod

From USA Today (link): China, which executed more than four times as many people as all other countries combined last year, is moving to curtail its use of the death penalty. Beijing’s new policy comes after years of criticism from human rights groups, as well as pressure from Chinese lawyers and other legal professionals. “We […]

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China May Crack Down on Foreign Law Firms – AP

From AP, via Houston Chronicle (link): China may be preparing to crack down on foreign law firms that violate restrictions on the type of business they are allowed to do in the country, according to a document issued by the Shanghai Bar Association. Foreign law firms are barred from directly handling any business having to […]

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Chinese courts openly try four IPR violation cases – Xinhua

From Xinhua (link): Four local people’s courts on Monday heard four different intellectual property right (IPR) violation cases and handed the 13 defendants prison terms ranging from one to seven years. The people’s court in Daxing District of Beijing on Monday sentenced Lin Rongzhou to two years in jail and fined him 60,000 yuan for […]

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China’s booming blogs call for copyright protection – Xinhua

From Xinhua (link): With a huge influx of participants, China’s booming blogs are becoming a highly profitable way of online commerce, raising the issue of blog copyright. At a forum of international copyright cooperation held recently in Changsha, capital of central-south China’s Hunan province, fourfamous bloggers Wang Xiaofeng, Jiang Hong, Zhang Lixian and Wang Xiaoshan […]

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