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From the Christian Science Monitor: The role of the US Internet firm Yahoo in helping Chinese security officials to finger a journalist sentenced to 10 years for e-mailing “state secrets” is filtering into mainland China. The revelation reinforces a conviction among many Chinese “netizens” that there is no place security forces can’t find them. .. […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese President Hu Jintao began a visit to resource-rich Canada on Thursday as his host vowed to put human rights at the forefront of agenda largely focused on economics. China is actively looking for more sources of energy to boost its roaring economy and this year Chinese firms have invested in two projects […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: A mainland woman falsely accused by some Hong Kong media publications of being the mistress of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong is planning to sue them for libel. Ms Huang Wei said at a press conference in Hong Kong yesterday that she needed to seek redress for […]
Read MoreFrom AFX, via Forbes.com: China’s known death toll from Typhoon Talim today rose to 124 while 31 people remain missing, state media reported. Talim made landfall in the eastern province of Fujian last Thursday. It churned its way through the provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan and Hubei, dumping heavy rain and causing floods and […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan‘s “Everlasting Regret” brought Old Shanghai glamour to Venice on Thursday with a tale of bitterness and unrequited love, as the film festival wound down ahead of its weekend awards. The only Chinese film competing for Venice’s top Golden Lion prize follows the life of a celebrated beauty as […]
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