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China to Enforce Universal Cell Phone Charger – Cai Yan

From the EE Times: China will start to enforce a compulsory universal cell phone charger standard this month. All cell phones designed after June 14 must adopt the universal charger interface, based on USB, otherwise they will not be approved for sale in China, according to the Ministry of Information Industry, which is responsible for […]

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China Corners Vitamin Market – Tim Johnson

From the Seattle Times: If you pop a vitamin C tablet in your mouth, it’s a good bet it came from China. Indeed, many of the world’s vitamins are now made in China. In less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the U.S. market for vitamin C, driving almost everyone else out […]

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New Information Control Measure in China – Ding Xiao

From the Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia: Recently, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication announced a nationwide audit on 10,000 periodicals to help standardize periodical publication forms. However, media workers in mainland China believe this is an attempt to further control publication content. According to media workers, the administration recently issued a policy […]

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Company to Create Chinese Virtual World – Min Lee

From AP, via Physorg.com: Swedish software company MindArk, which operates the online game Entropia Universe, has authorized a Beijing company to create what it calls the largest-ever virtual world for China, MindArk said Friday. Gothenburg-based MindArk said in a statement the Chinese virtual world will have a capacity of 7 million concurrent players and aims […]

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China’s Climate Change Plan Due Ahead of G8 Summit – Reuters

From Business Day: BEIJING – China will release its first national plan to tackle climate change next week, seeking to rebut international criticism that it is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials said today. China looks set to become the world’s top emitter of carbon dioxide this year or next, just as […]

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