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From the New York Times: …And what if ” as a mark of good faith for being permitted to do business in what any rational observer has to admit is now the most tantalizing Internet and technology market on the planet ” an executive from each company were required to assist, mano a mano, in […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent: Europe is “sleepwalking” into a multi-billion pound trade war with China on the back of a groundswell of protectionism among Continental industries struggling to compete with low-price imports, British companies are warning. In a week’s time, a committee of technocrats holds a private meeting in Brussels to recommend whether the European Union […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Thousands of people lined up to visit Mickey Mouse in Hong Kong this week. But when they could not get in, they got grumpy. Crowds of angry Chinese, brandishing tickets after they were turned away at the entrance to Disneyland in Hong Kong, had shouting matches with the police and […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Houston Chronicle: Just days before a Chinese firm announced a $2.3 billion investment in a Nigerian oil field last month, President Hu Jintao warned that China has to rein in surging energy use that has made it one of the world’s biggest oil importers. The announcements underlined the dual tracks […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Criminal activities by migrant teenagers have been increasing in South China’s Guangdong Province due to a lack of proper education within families and schools, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by the Guangdong Provincial Prevention and Control of Juvenile Crime Organization, found that migrant teenage criminal cases accounted for nearly […]
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