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From the IHT: Germany and France appeared Thursday to be more committed than ever to ending the European Union’s arms embargo against China. In Beijing, officials were quick to applaud the development…. Britain, which supports lifting the embargo under certain conditions, has tempered its stand in recent weeks. According to senior British officials, London has […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via MSNBC: Beijing’s already tight security will be stepped up for the 2008 Olympics, with paramilitary troops, electronic surveillance and even taxi drivers lending a hand. Security will play “an overarching role” at the games, the official China Daily newspaper said. “We do not want to turn Beijing into a fortress, but a […]
Read MoreWired Magazine reports on China’s potential to become the world’s first alternative fuel superpower: China’s central planners are throwing everything at the problems of fuel and pollution – hybrids, electric cars, propane taxis – all while building conventional cars and infrastructure at a furious pace. “There’s a controversy about ‘Green GDP‘ and how to grow,” […]
Read MoreWar Trash, by novelist Ha Jin, has won the PEN/Faulkner award. Here is an AP story on the award. The New York Times called War Trash one of the ten best books of 2004, and published an interview with Ha Jin. He also won the PEN/Faulkner in 2000 for his novel Waiting.
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post, more coverage of the new restrictions on university BBS sites: The effort appears to have provoked a backlash among students. On Tuesday, one student disrupted a discussion at Beijing University to speak out against the new restrictions, kneeling and bowing several times when the moderator refused to call on him. The […]
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