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From Forbes: MSN, the online services division of Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it will launch MSN China through Shanghai MSN Network Communications Technology Company Ltd, its newly formed joint venture with state-owned investment firm Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd… Microsoft also said it plans to acquire certain assets of Shenzhen-based mobile software and service company, […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: China has announced the death of one of the members of the Gang of Four who led the Cultural Revolution that convulsed the country in the 1960s and 1970s. Zhang Chunqiao died of cancer last month at the age of 88. Zhang and three others, including Jiang Qing, the third wife of Communist […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times, via Traveller’s Tales blog: Several people attending a reunion of Nieman Foundation journalism fellows at Harvard over the weekend said they were surprised to learn that the prestigious program had agreed to conduct a training session for Chinese officials on how to deal with the media during the 2008 Olympics, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Over the past several months, a series of attacks believed to have originated in China and South Korea have hit dozens of key public and private Web sites hosted in Japan. Authorities describe it as the heaviest assault ever perpetrated on the nation’s computer systems from overseas. Although the violent street […]
Read MoreFrom Fortune Magazine: As students in his competitiveness class settle into their seats, the professor lets fly an opening query: “Who can tell me why Estonia was so successful in making the transition to a market economy?” There’s an awkward silence, then a hand pops up in front. “Because they moved so quickly to let […]
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