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The China Daily reports on a proposed national database of HIV/Aids patients: Several critical steps will be taken this year to solve problems in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, senior officials said on Friday. “One question is that we are still blind about some vital aspects of HIV/AIDS control,” said Wang Longde, vice-minister of […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: Michael Swing does not have to go back far to remember the bad old days in Macau, when Triad gangs were blowing up cars and spraying bullets at each other in shopping malls. …Since it was handed back to Chinese rule in 1999, the territory has experienced one of the most spectacular […]
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post , via Asia Pacific Media Network, has reported on the restrictions placed on university BBS sites: From Sunday, chat room operators and bloggers will be held liable for any “objectionable content”. Sources said the Ministry of Education had also weighed in with a circular on strengthening “political thought” at universities, […]
Read MoreThis weekend, we will be upgrading the current China Digital News site to a new template with a new name, China Digital Times (http://chinadigitaltimes.net) in order to make the site more interactive, informative and dynamic. On...
Read MoreFrom AP, via HoustonChronicle.com: Ukrainian weapons dealers smuggled 18 nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China during former President Leonid Kuchma’s administration, prosecutors said today. The missiles have the range to reach U.S. allies. The Kh55 cruise missiles were smuggled out of Ukraine four years ago, the Prosecutor General’s office said today in a statement. […]
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