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From the New York Times: Here in a bleak stretch of eastern China, Mr. Li, 40, spent two years in a prison called Shandong No. 2 Labor Re-education Camp. Mr. Li, who spoke on condition that only his surname be used, and other...
Read MoreFrom the Times: The plot is as horrifying as it is simple. One hundred of China’s most talented junior swimmers are gathered together for a test day in Beijing in late 2001 after the city won the right to stage the 2008 Games. Fifty are chosen to remain there with the national team under the […]
Read MoreFrom the San Francisco Chronicle: China’s burgeoning Internet industry is increasingly being challenged by U.S. competitors including Yahoo, Google and eBay. This emphasis on China, part of a broad trend by U.S. technology companies, will be a major topic of discussion at the annual Hua Yan Science & Technology conference today in Santa Clara… At […]
Read MoreFrom the Taipei Times: President Chen Shui-bian (Èô≥Ê∞¥ÊâÅ) last night stressed that he had not altered his basic stance on upholding Taiwan’s national sovereignty and dignity, amid the recent controversy triggered by opposition party leaders’ trips to China… Noting that China is well known for its “united front” tactics against Taiwan — which aim to […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: Taiwan’s success is also China’s. No one knows for sure how much of China’s exports in information and communications hardware are made in Taiwanese-owned factories, but the estimates run from 40% to 80%. As many as 1 million Taiwanese live and work on the mainland… Impressive stuff. Yet for many people around […]
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