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From AFP, via iAfrica.com: China, the factory of the world, is slowly being choked by the pollution brought on by its unrelenting economic transformation and the government is starting to realise it needs to do something about it. Environmentalists describe the situation as extremely serious, but they say a window of opportunity still exists to […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A row at an official Chinese newspaper over a fawning article about Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has broken into the open, with some staff saying it rekindled memories of a Mao Zedong-style personality cult. Newspapers are controlled by the party and required to sing its praises, but many and have become increasingly […]
Read MoreFrom Interfax: A Beijing court has agreed to hear a lawsuit filed by 3721, a Yahoo! subsidiary, against Chinese search engine Baidu on charges of unfair competition, a court official told Interfax Wednesday. “We have just accepted the case and will be announcing a time for the court hearings later,” an official with the Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The popularity of a course on homosexuality study at Shanghai-based Fudan University is a positive sign that Chinese society is becoming more tolerant. The class, which started in 2003 as a graduate programme, will be offered to undergraduates for the first time next term. Curious students have already signed up to fill […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China’s economic growth will fall to about 8 percent in 2006 from 9 percent this year as domestic demand declines, the World Bank predicted today. The quarterly report from the Washington-based lender attributed the slower expansion rate partly to factors affecting China’s exports, including lower projected world trade growth, to 6.4 percent this […]
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