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From Reuters, via the Washington Post (link): The trial of a Chinese researcher charged with exposing state secrets while working for the New York Times is expected before the end of March, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Zhao Yan worked for the paper before his arrest in September 2004. He faces 10 years in jail […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Amid booming economic growth and an erosion of traditional values, this land of the socialist “iron rice bowl” ” where people once served their state-owned employers until death ” has become a revolving-door society. China’s overall turnover rate jumped to a record 14% last year from 8% in 2000, according […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: An independently developed biometric face recognition system has received official approval and is expected to be applied for public identification soon. The invention, developed by Su Guangda, an Electronic Engineering Department professor with Beijing-based Tsinghua University, has been approved by a panel of experts from the Ministry of Public Security. The system excels […]
Read MoreA report in the Beijing News (link) has quoted an official with Google China, who says it is “very likely” that all searches from the unfiltered Chinese version of Google.com will be redirected to the censored Google.cn. As Letters from China points out, in recent Congressional testimony, Google said: We have recently launched Google.cn, a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters (link): Internet search giant Google Inc.’s (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) controversial expansion into China now faces possible trouble with regulators after a Beijing newspaper said its new Chinese-language platform does not have a license. The Beijing News reported on Tuesday that Google.cn, the company’s recently launched service that accommodates the China’s censorship demands, […]
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