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From the Washington Post: China formally charged a prominent Hong Kong journalist with spying for Taiwan on Friday, ratcheting up a politically sensitive investigation that has also resulted in the arrest of a mainland scholar with ties to China’s president, Hu Jintao. The government decided to charge Ching Cheong, chief China correspondent for the Straits […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: In a trading frenzy reminiscent of the tech boom, Baidu.com shares — 13 per cent of the company was sold Thursday at $27 (U.S.) a share — increased 354 per cent in value in yesterday’s trading, closing at $122.54. The share price opened at $66, and traded as high as […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: CNOOC never received explicit approval from the Beijing government for its daring $18.5bn bid for US energy group Unocal – a lack of support that contributed to this week’s collapse of the Chinese group’s takeover attempt… Despite protests from US politicians that the state-controlled group’s bid was sponsored by Beijing, people […]
Read MoreFrom CBC: In a new attempt to reassert control over popular culture, China has barred new foreign television channels and plans to step up censorship of imported programs. China has greatly liberalized media markets over the past three years and satellite broadcasters such as News Corp. and Viacom have moved in. But that’s prompted concern […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: The now-withdrawn $18.5 billion acquisition bid for Unocal Corp. (UCL ) by CNOOC Ltd. (CEO ), China’s third-largest oil company and one that is 70% owned by the Chinese government, encountered a buzz saw of opposition, exposing America’s deep anxiety about China’s rapid emergence as a global economic power. Even though the […]
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