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From UPI: China’s Ministry of Information Industry said Sunday that the telephone penetration rate in the countryside had reached 96 percent, state-run media reported. The announcement was made at a rural telephone conference involving vice premier Huang Ju. He congratulated the ministry for its work bringing phone access to 49,000 administrative villages.
Read MoreFrom PJNet.org: In this Leonard Witt IM Interview, Rob Gifford, NPR’s China correspondent from 1999-2005, talks about the US news media’s coverage of China and tells what worries him most. The interview grew out of a lecture and a seminar he recently gave at Kennesaw State University’s Year of China lecture series.
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: It seemed like such a breath of fresh air when it was announced just a few weeks back that China had changed its policies regarding public information on disasters like typhoons, earthquakes and the like. Henceforth they were to be disclosed promptly and candidly, as opposed to the time-honored practice […]
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune, via centredaily.com: The residents of Golden Lands, Life Gallery Townhouse and New Health Gardens left the heart of Beijing in search of just what their high-priced new addresses suggested: space, class and clean living. But it wasn’t long before people began noticing a sharp metallic odor in the wind, which scratched […]
Read MoreESWN has translated an article from the Chinese media about the effect of real-name registration on Chinese cyberspace: Prior to the real name system, Luojiashanshui and Beiyunhuanghe can have 10,000 people online at their peaks. After the real name system came into place, the popularity was less than before. Even after a recovery period, the […]
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