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From Channelnewsasia.com: According to Beijing Mobile, it handled more than one billion outgoing short messages on Tuesday’s Lunar New Year’s Eve alone. Xinhua news agency Thursday estimated that more than 10 billion text messages would be sent over the week-long holidays that end on February 16, up 200 million from last year. Happy Year of […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network: The “anti-corruption hero” Communist Party chief of Lianjiang county in Fujian province has allegedly taken 2 million yuan in bribes and failed to account for the source of 6 million yuan in his possession. The allegations were the latest made in a report by […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network: The number of Internet users in China will hit 134 million by the end of this year, consolidating its position as the second largest market in the world after the United States, research firm Analysys International said on Thursday. The figure would mark a […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The powerlessness of Beijing’s estimated 65,000 taxi drivers goes to the heart of a complaint that has arisen repeatedly as China’s economy moves toward free-market liberalism while its one-party government retains a monopoly on power. In the disruptions brought about by economic change, millions of workers have been left defenseless by […]
Read MoreOn AsiaMedia, Willy Lam writes: Can Hu Jintao recover from the blow that the so-called ‘Zhao Ziyang fiasco’ has dealt to his already shaky reputation? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s shabby treatment of the recently deceased former party chief has cast doubt not only on Hu’s commitment to reform but also his integrity as a […]
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