From AP via SignonSanDiego.com: The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday accused two Hong Kong residents of “widespread and unlawful trading activity” when they bought $15 million of Dow Jones & Co. stock ahead of an announcement that News Corp. was seeking to buy the company. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan named as […]
Read MoreFrom AP via SignonSanDiego.com: China and Russia are supplying arms to Sudan that are being used to fuel the violence in the Darfur region in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a human rights group said in a report Tuesday. China and Russia quickly rejected the report and Sudan’s government said it was “not justified.” […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has delivered a scathing assessment of his government’s inability to meet long-stated goals to cut pollution and energy use, saying this must be corrected to sustain growth. The speech, delivered in late April but re¬≠leased in full only on Tuesday, sets the scene for a battle between Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom Keralanext: Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party has picked former Premier Frank Hsieh, who is seen as more eager to improve ties with arch rival China, to run for the presidency next year. The party made the decision after Hsieh clinched a surprise victory on Sunday in the first phase of the DPP’s primary, beating […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: More than 100 Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai are to take part in the country’s first official urban “car-free day”, barring automobiles from selected areas and ordering officials to swap their black sedans for public transport. The decision to join other urban centres around the world in holding “no car” events […]
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