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From the BBC: A Shanghai online gamer has been given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer. Qui Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (£473).
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Chinese cyber-dissident Huang Qi, just freed after serving a five-year jail term for subversion, says he wants to resume his Web site dedicated to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. “I will do my best to resume the Tianwang Web site,” Huang told RFA’s Mandarin service after his release from prison in […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Prostitutes are being made the focus of the Ministry of Health’s latest efforts to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. According to a draft guideline released by the ministry on Monday, prostitutes are to be offered HIV/AIDS and safe-sex education, as well as tests and treatments for sexually transmited diseases. According to […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: In its latest measure to tighten policing of the Internet, China has begun requiring bloggers and owners of personal Web sites to register with the government or be forced offline. The new regulations, announced in March, took effect this week, with a warning on the Web site of the Information […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: A source within the Hong Kong publishing industry, who deals with topics on China’s politics, gave more detail on the frame-up theory to Asia Times Online. The call Ching responded to, said the source, was from Huang Wei, a woman who assisted in the publishing of a memoir by Zong Fengming, […]
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