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From AFX, via Forbes.com: China added a total of 48.22 mln mobile phone subscribers in the first ten months of the year, bringing the total number to 383.04 mln, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) said. In a statement on its website, it also said the country booked 36.84 mln new subscribers to fixed-line services […]
Read MoreFrom Jidian’s blog: When Bush attended the Sunday service at the Gangwasi (Gang Wa Si) Church on Nov. 20, it seemed to be big news. The Chinese media were saying that Bush’s visit showed to the world that the accusation of some westerners that China is a country that lacks religious freedom is totally nonsense. […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Li Xin knelt in a hotel room here, wearing polka-dot boxer shorts and a grimace on his face. The deputy mayor of Jining, in Shandong province, was pleading with his lover not to report him to authorities. But in the end, the 51-year-old official was exposed and sentenced to life […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Global audiences love Chinese films. House of Flying Daggers, Zhang Yimou‘s latest epic drama, grossed US$11 million at the US box office alone. But the films could fare better at home. Given the country’s population of 1.3 billion and per capita GDP of about 70,000 yuan (US$5,600), China’s 2004 box-office figure of […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China: the country of the Great Wall, the biggest army in the world and censorship of the internet. Or is it? Meet the bloggers who are claiming they’re free to say what they like. “BBC makes me sick”, begins a post at China Top Blog. The blogger goes on to explain that […]
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