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On Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviews New York Times’ China-based business reporter David Barboza about his experience being held hostage in a toy factory, as well as about the recent spate of tainted exports from China. LIsten to the interview here.
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Read MoreMore accusations from the U.S. about spying by China. From The Guardian: Giving evidence to a Congressional committee, Vice Admiral McConnell said that US facilities, intelligence services and development projects were all being targeted. He was speaking weeks after the Pentagon had claimed it had come under attack from Chinese computer hackers. The Foreign Office […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post looks at how provinces are failing to implement policies set by the central government to help AIDS patients and stem the spread of the disease: They say the gap between Beijing’s official position and the practices of local officials is the result of a political system that makes it difficult to impose […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times reports on the destruction of a “petitioners’ villages” to make room for a “harmonious” 17th Party Congress and new construction for the Olympics: Destruction of neighborhoods...
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