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From the New York Times: The giant Chinese oil company Cnooc today ended its $18.5 billion takeover bid for the Unocal Corporation of America, citing fierce political opposition to its bid in Washington that it called “regrettable and unjustified.” The decision, which was announced this morning in New York, ends a fierce takeover fight between […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Finance24.com: Little known abroad, 5-year-old Baidu.com says it already is the world’s sixth most-visited internet site, thanks to a strong following from China’s 100 million-plus web surfers. Now the startup founded by two Chinese veterans of American tech firms is preparing to follow Google’s example with an initial public offering in the […]
Read MoreFrom Time.com: The idea of keeping pets ” naughty or otherwise ” had long been taboo in the People’s Republic of China. During the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao’s Red Guards killed pet dogs by the tens of thousands, seeing them as symbols of the pampered bourgeoisie his Communist regime was out to eradicate. Even […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): When Yong Chen came to California 30 years ago, he left behind a hometown in central China’s Hubei province so mired in poverty that he worried his neighbors wouldn’t have enough to eat. There was little auto traffic because most people rode bicycles. Brown brick government housing […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: More than 1,000 villagers in inner Mongolia took the local communist party chief hostage yesterday in the latest land dispute to rock the Chinese countryside. Amid signs of division in the government about how to handle rural unrest, the residents of Qianjin village have driven off hundreds of armed police and blocked […]
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