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ESWN has translated in full the Nanfang Zhoumo article “14 Departments Unite to ‘Purify’ the Internet”: “Actually, although the ‘real name’ system was implemented now with a formal document, the same process had always been going on.” Shenzhen City Public Security Bureau Network Security Monitoring Department director Qiao Zhi explained to our reporter. The various […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg, via The Business Times: US banks, aircraft and automobile companies face unfair restrictions on their ability to invest in China, US Senator Charles Schumer said in a report released by his office on Thursday here. Those limits require partnerships with Chinese companies that can result in the transfer of technology and intellectual property […]
Read MoreFrom the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: …The real pinch point for China is energy. Energy use is increasing 10 percent per year, and electricity production is growing 15 percent annually. The country is adding a new 1,000-megawatt power plant every week. Still, 24 provinces experienced severe power shortages last year… China uses twice as much coal as […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: In the nearly three years since Hu Jintao assumed the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, his image has changed markedly. Mr Hu was once seen by many as a potential liberal reformer”admittedly an assessment drawn from limited evidence. Now, he is widely regarded as a conservative authoritarian. Many Hu-watchers had seized […]
Read MoreFrom the Press Trust of India: China has witnessed a significant rise in divorce cases with the figure touching 1.613 million last year.According to Civil Affairs ministry statistics, the cases of divorce registered 21.2 per cent increase over 2003. A recent survey conducted by the All-China women’s federation showed the country has also registered a […]
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