From Financial Times: For the farmers of Guanyun country, in Jiangsu province north of Shanghai, the pioneering property law that began its passage through China’s top lawmaking body this week holds little promise of salvation. Lu Zenghua, one of the farmers who claims his land was appropriated with no proper approval and little compensation for […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: Warner Music Group, Sony BMG and nine other music firms have sued Yahoo China for alleged copyright violations, the latest effort by global record firms to fight piracy in the world’s most populous country. Beijing’s intermediate court yesterday accepted the suit, which was filed in January, seeking 5.5 million yuan in compensation from […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Hank Paulson, US Treasury secretary, outlined a new approach to economic and trade relations with China on Thursday in a speech calling on authorities in Beijing to deepen reforms of financial markets and let in more foreign investors and investment banks. In a 45-minute address to financial executives in Shanghai, Mr Paulson […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via zdnet: Web rivals are battling to set up their online library services in China, to secure a slice of the world’s second-largest internet market Web search leader Google and its top rival in China, Baidu.com, are racing to build their online library services as they battle for a slice of the world’s […]
Read MoreFrom DailyTech: According to an announcement made by LiveJournal, China has officially blocked the popular online blogging site from its citizens. SixApart, the company behind LiveJournal, said that China’s censor roughly locks out 1.8 million of its blogs — of which 8,692 are self-reported Chinese bloggers. This isn’t the first time that China has blocked […]
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