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From the New York Times (link): Chinese authorities, who last month unexpectedly dropped a state-secrets case against a jailed researcher for The New York Times, have started an investigation period that could lead to reinstating the charges against him by early May, his lawyer said today. The possibility undercuts the speculation that last month’s withdrawal […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times, via Asia Media (link): Intel Corp, the world’s biggest chipmaker, signed a memorandum of understanding with Baidu.com Inc to expand Internet search services in China. The two companies will develop chips used in mobile phones, laptop computers, and desktop computers, Beijing-based Baidu.com said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. Baidu.com, China’s most used […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): Everything, everything must change, says the Tao. Consider the course of contemporary Chinese art. Two decades ago it barely existed, at least as far as we knew. By the 1990’s, it was a crouching tiger on the international scene, powerful but held back. Now the tiger has taken a […]
Read MoreFrom The Observer (link): The one phrase you hear very little of whenever China’s economic potential is discussed is ‘intellectual property’. This is because China is world champion in every branch of piracy known to man. I don’t think there’s a CD, DVD, computer game or software package that is not illicitly available for a […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (link): China is sending a special envoy to Teheran today to help defuse the Iranian nuclear crisis, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai “will exchange views with Iranian and Russian diplomats (later in Moscow) on the Iran nuclear issue and other issues of common concern,” ministry spokesman Liu […]
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