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From the New York Times, via the International Herald Tribune: There is a techie adage that goes like this: In China or Japan the nail that stands up gets hammered, while in Silicon Valley the nail that stands up drives a Ferrari and has stock options. Underlying that adage is a certain American confidence that […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China, which launched its first manned space mission just two years ago, plans to put a man on the moon around 2017 and investigate what may be the perfect source of fuel, a newspaper reported on Friday. Two Chinese astronauts orbited Earth for five days last month in the Shenzhou VI and China […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China reported an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in its northeast province of Liaoning on Friday, the fourth to hit the country in a month. The disease has killed 62 people in Asia and infected 122 since late 2003, but in almost every case the virus is believed to […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: China’s 40 richest businesspeople are worth a collective $26 billion, up from $18 billion a year ago. China is now home to ten billionaires and their families, up from three last year. A net worth of $321 million was required to make the top 40, $90 million more than last year. Most of […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: A US expert on the Chinese criminal justice system has called on Beijing to demonstrate its commitment to the rule of law by intervening in the high-profile case of a blind activist confined, harassed and allegedly beaten by authorities in northern Shandong province. Chen Guangcheng, a legal activist who had been […]
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