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The BBC reports: “North Korea’s second most senior leader, Kim Yong-nam, is in China for a rare visit expected to focus on the North’s nuclear programme. His visit comes amid a flurry of efforts to restart stalled six-party talks aimed at addressing the crisis. US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to visit Japan, China […]
Read MoreRules governing the operation of non-governmental organizations in China may be relaxed soon, according to this report in the South China Morning Post (reg required): “Non-governmental organisations will eventually be able to register to work on the mainland without having to be sponsored by a government department, a Ministry of Civil Affairs official has predicted… […]
Read MoreBBC Monitoring has summarized Chinese media reactions to the death of kidnapped engineer Wang Peng, who was killed in South Waziristan yesterday.
Read MoreAn Investigation into China’s Peasantry (中国农民调查）, the banned book whose authors have been sued for libel, is apparently so popular that it is being used to spread a computer virus. Eswn posted news from Duowei News about a new virus being spread through instant messaging, which uses the following subject heading to get readers to […]
Read MoreAFP reported that the Chinese government plans to carry out the first ever nationwide survey on the sale of blood and HIV/Aids: “The Ministry of Health issued an order Wednesday requesting provinces and cities throughout China carry out a comprehensive search to ‘fully grasp’ who sold blood and test them for the HIV virus. ‘Not […]
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