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Freedom’s Ring Around China (CSM)

This is a Christian Science Monitor commentary on April 8. “Beijing’s leaders were rattled last July when a half-million people took to the streets in Hong Kong. The protests forced officials to shelve a proposed security law for the territory. It was the biggest challenge to Communist rule in China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square […]

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China lets foreign media in – just a bit

Dow Jones reported on April 9: “Foreign media and publishing groups, including News Corp and Germany’s Bertelsmann, are in talks with Chinese media companies on a range of cooperation deals made possible by a loosening of government control over the industry. By quietly allowing dozens of state-owned broadcasting, newspaper and other media groups to experiment […]

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Article by Bao Tong: “The ‘Best’ Period for Human Rights”

(This article is translated by FBIS. ) The mouthpiece of the party tells the whole world: Now is the time “when China’s human rights condition is at its best…” This is a blessing for the Chinese people. I wish this were true. I hope all my compatriots have human rights: the right to know light […]

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Shanghai ranks second in Internet penetration (Xinhua)

This is from Xinhua’s website: www.chinaview.cn. “Shanghai Internet penetration rate ranked the second in China’s mainland, next only to Beijing, said a report released yesterday.     Shanghai’s net users increased to 4.32 million last year, a 2 percent increase compared to the previous year. The penetration rate was up to 26.6 percent, second only to Beijing […]

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Information security system to be built (China Daily)

April 6 A national information security system will be built in five years and the central government will reduce the requirements for market access to information security products, officials said. A new regulation on information security products manufactured at home and abroad will come out in the near future, further widening market access for software […]

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