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A man in Zhejiang has been jailed for ten days and fined 500 yuan for allegedly spreading rumors that the water off the coast of China was contaminated by radiation from the Japanese nuclear plants. From Reuters: Authorities in...
Read MoreFor weeks China-based Internet users have complained about disruption to their access to Gmail. At the same time, Google complained of “politically-motivated attacks on our users.” Now Google believes Chinese...
Read MoreChina has registered disapproval over Operation Odyssey Dawn, the military action launched by the U.S. and its European allies against targets in Libya: Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China “consistently...
Read MoreFor the Diplomat, Jiang Xueqin writes about how the new international divisions at elite Beijing public schools are being managed: In theory, Beijing public schools report to Beijing’s education bureau, which then reports to the...
Read MoreIn the New York Review of Books, Pico Iyer writes about the Dalai Lama’s recent decision to withdraw from a political position within the Tibetan government-in-exile: It’s been startling to witness mass demonstrations in...
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