From the Financial Times (link) Skype, the fast-growing internet communications company that belongs to Ebay, has admitted that its partner in China has filtered text messages, defending this compliance with censorship laws as the only way to do business in the country. In a Financial Times interview, Niklas Zennstr√∂m, Skype’s chief executive, responded to accusations […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (link) Top British transplant surgeons have accused China of harvesting the organs of thousands of executed prisoners a year to sell for transplants. In a statement released on Wednesday, the British Transplantation Society condemned the practice as unacceptable and a breach of human rights. The move comes less than a week after […]
Read MoreFrom The Associated Press via the Washington Post (link) President Bush will urge Chinese President Hu Jintao to step up pressure on both Iran and North Korea to help end nuclear standoffs, administration officials said Monday. Bush, who meets with Hu on Thursday, also will bring up China’s slow efforts to make its currency more […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg News (link) Lenovo Group Ltd., China’s largest personal computer maker, is selling more machines with Windows XP software, suggesting progress in Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to curb piracy, Lenovo Chairman Yang Yuanqing said. About 70 percent of Chinese buyers opt for Microsoft’s Windows, the world’s most popular operating system, up from 10 percent in […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg News (link) Taiwan has warned U.S. President George W. Bush that any concessions to China over the island would risk damaging his nation’s foreign policy integrity. China’s President Hu Jintao is likely to press President Bush to reiterate opposition to any move toward independence by Taiwan when the pair meets in Washington this […]
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