From BBC News: China’s prime minister has warned of the need to make sure the country’s rapid economic development does not come at the expense of social justice. Wen Jiabao said they were “interrelated and mutually beneficial tasks” that would help create a harmonious society. Mr Wen, in comments published by state media, also talked […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China and the US are inextricably linked in their energy future. Both countries’ efforts to curb climate change, maintain economic growth and gain energy security depend on coal and cleaner-coal technology. According to the International Energy Agency, China and the US together will need 1,500 gigawatts of new net electricity generation in […]
Read MoreFrom Boxun, Translated by CDT: On the train from Lhasa to Shanghai, I met a Tibetan woman who was on the bunk across from mine. Her hometown is in Deqin County (Âæ∑Èí¶Âéø) of Diqing District (Ëø™Â∫ÜÂ∑û), Yunnan Province. Across a river is the Tibet Autonomous Region. She was in Lhasa seeing her parents, who were […]
Read MoreFrom Keralanext: British-based publisher Pearson said it planned to invest more in Web-based activities, particularly in the business segment via the Financial Times in the fast-growing Chinese market. Pearson Chief Executive Marjorie Scardino, speaking to reporters in a call on Monday after the company’s 2006 results, said she had ‘very strong plans’ for the Financial […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Cnet: Google, fighting to consolidate its trademark globally, faces an obstacle in the world’s second largest Web market–China’s www.gmail.cn, which is refusing to sell its Internet address to the U.S. giant. A legal source told Reuters on Monday that Google was trying to buy the Internet domain name www.gmail.cn, which is run […]
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