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From Asia Times (link): With no sign of a thaw in chilly relations with Tokyo, Beijing appears to be isolating Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in a bid to discredit him and his policies. This shift in China’s Japan strategy has become increasingly evident in recent weeks and is expected to translate further into action […]
Read MoreFrom PCWorld.com (link): Western media was abuzz Wednesday with reports, citing an English-language story on the Web site of the official People’s Daily newspaper, that China plans to create a set of Chinese-language domain names as part of a bid to split China off from the Internet. There was just one problem: the story wasn’t […]
Read MoreFrom the Hindustan Times (link): There is more to US President George W Bush’s visit to India than what meets the eye. It’s not just the civilian nuclear deal, nor is it the “so called” friendship that the political pundits talk about. According to leading Bangladesh daily Daily Star, “The US is a South Asian […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (link): A concerned Li Chunlong can not understand why his farmland does not yield as much quality corn as before. The 55-year-old farmer lives in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, which is dubbed “the Granary of China” for its large areas of fertile and productive black soil. However, a recent research report said that […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link): The US on Wednesday expressed concern that ever more sophisticated drug-trafficking cartels were using China’s inadequately controlled financial system to launder their proceeds, possibly even getting tax breaks in the process. Releasing its annual report on drug-trafficking worldwide, the State Department’s bureau for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs pointed […]
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