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China eyes interest rate reform

Via CNN, Reuters reported that “China has succeeded in curbing investment and credit growth, and the priority now is to free up interest rates, a central banker said in remarks that may signal long-awaited capital market reforms are drawing nearer. ” Read the whole article here.

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China’s Orphans Feel Brunt of Power

Philip P. Pan just had a story of a Chinese AIDS activist Li Dan on the Washington Post today. “The rise and fall of Li and the Dongzhen School for AIDS Orphans illustrates a broader struggle that has begun to reshape the world’s largest authoritarian political system: a battle by a wide assortment of citizen […]

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At Last, China Targets Its Spammers

From Business Week: “The country’s ISPs are working with U.S. outfits to halt the deluge of junk e-mail pouring out of the Middle Kingdom It has been clear for some time now that China is a major new battleground in the war against junk e-mail.” The full article is here.

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Internet ‘codewords’ give rise to digital gap

China Daily had an article today on the new language, commonly used in online Chinese-language chat rooms. These are the words you often see in Chinese cyberspace, but probably have no idea what do they mean. “The language is becoming more and more popular among the country’s more than 87 million Internet users, especially young […]

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