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Pakistani tribesmen failed to gain the release of two Chinese engineers, Wang Ende and Wang Peng, being held hostage in South Waziristan tribal region, near the Afghan border, after talks were held with the kidnappers: “Abdullah [Mehsud], a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who is at a separate location from the kidnappers, insisted he would not […]
Read MoreBoxun news service has posted a statement “Is Google Crossing the Line?” on their site. Asking, “The question is, how far can Google or other companies go in China? ” Boxun uses Yahoo as an example to show how international companies who agree to operate by China’s rules easily violate their users’ privacy rights. About […]
Read More1pai.com, an online auction site launched by Yahoo and Sina, is overtaking EBay in China, according to a report in Bloomberg: “EBay, the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, faces a threat to its No. 1 position in China, the biggest battleground after the U.S. in a global market for Internet-auctioned goods worth more than $30 billion. […]
Read MoreAccording to a report by AFP: “The southern province of Guangdong is offering free HIV tests to homosexual men as part of its fight against the spread of the virus which causes AIDS. ” A China Daily report is here.
Read MoreThe BBC reports on the Chinese government’s efforts to foster an expanding middle class in order to help the country achieve rapid economic growth: “In the booming eastern cities there is a confidence and energy in the air – thick as it is with the dust from countless building sites – that suggests plans for […]
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