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From Business Week (link): China’s growing appetite for energy has caused widespread concern in the West. The Middle Kingdom is blamed for the sharp increase in global oil prices in the past few years. Meanwhile, the U.S. is uneasy about Beijing’s cozy relations with major oil producers such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Venezuela […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): President Hu Jintao of China reacted sharply on Tuesday to the decision by President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to terminate the island’s unification council, calling it “a grave provocation” and “a dangerous step on the road toward Taiwan independence.” President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan displayed in Taipei yesterday the […]
Read MoreFrom the Boston Globe (link): Internet authorities in China have set up a new family of Chinese-language alternatives to .com and other popular Internet address domains. It’s a move that bypasses the US-sponsored organization that controls address information for the global Internet, and some analysts fear that it could enhance China’s ability to censor its […]
Read MoreFrom the Mercury News (link): Google’s research chief said the search giant and other technology firms with Chinese operations are discussing a code of principles to address censorship and protection of people’s privacy in repressive countries. At Santa Clara University Monday night, Peter Norvig, Google’s director of research, provided some insight into the internal debates […]
Read MoreAn old mountain man grimaces in pain in Guizhou, Guiyang province, via www.xitek.com
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