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From Reuters (link): Protests from players of Chinese Internet role-playing games have forced Beijing to rethink plans to introduce an anti-addiction system that would limit the time players spend in online fantasy worlds, according to a report in the Financial Times. Seven months after the announcement of the anti-addiction system, it is still only being […]
Read MoreFrom China Post (link): Residents accused officials of voting fraud and blocked the vote count in a local election at a southern Chinese village where police and citizens clashed earlier over corruption allegations, Hong Kong media reported Tuesday. Tempers flared in Taishi village on Monday when villagers accused officials of unfairly disallowing proxy votes and […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (link): Taiwan and China quibble about everything from diplomatic slights and hidden meanings to ancient history and obscure definitions. So perhaps it’s not surprising that they’d argue over two chubby animals that bite each other’s ears and have trouble procreating. China’s latest weapon in its increasingly effective charm offensive against […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Washington Post (link): A U.N. investigator who was granted rare access to Chinese detentions centers last year is calling for sweeping changes in the country’s police and court systems to reduce the widespread use of torture. Manfred Nowak’s report urges Beijing to stop executing people for economic and nonviolent crimes, […]
Read MoreFrom the Scotsman (link): A NEW institute is to be established at Edinburgh University to promote Chinese language, culture and business, it was announced today. The decision to set up the Scottish Confucius Institute followed talks in Beijing between First Minister Jack McConnell and the Chinese Education Minister, Professor Zhou Ji. Staff from one of […]
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