Google Images China Censors – Friend and Foe? – Philipp Lenssen

From WebProNews: Google Images China censors hundreds of thousands to millions of photos – from friend to foe. For example, no single photo shows for politician and “friend” Deng Xiaoping in a search for his name, ÈÇìÂ∞èÂπ≥. China’s current leader Hu Jintao gets the same massive censorship treatment, as a search for ËɰÈî¶Ê∂õ reveals. This […]

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China People Misread The World, Especially Japan – Wang Jinsi (ÁéãÈî¶ÊÄù)

The following essay is written by Wang Jinsi (ÁéãÈî¶ÊÄù), director of the China War-of-Resistance-against-Japan Historical Society. Wang’s article published on Sichuan News, translated by ESWN: After the International Herald Leader (ÂõΩÈôÖÂÖàÈ©±ÂغÊä•) published the report entitled “The Chinese Misread the World: The Koreans Don’t Buy Japanese Goods Not For Patriotic Reasons (‰∏≠ÂõΩ‰∫∫ËØØËتÁöщ∏ñÁïåÔºöÈü©ÂõΩ‰∫∫‰∏ç‰π∞Êó•˥߉∏éÁà±ÂõΩÊó†ÂÖ≥),” there have been some […]

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China to dominate Olympics: Survey – Associated Press

From NDTV.com via the Associated Press: If the Summer Olympics were held today, China would win 11 more gold medals than the United States. That’s the projection of a “relative” Olympic medals table released on Tuesday by the British Olympic Association. The figures are based on results in Olympic sports and disciplines competed at the […]

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China: The Property Rights Legislation Debate – Stratfor

From Stratfor: China’s National People’s Congress begins its annual session March 5 in Beijing. In addition to approving the State Council’s 2006 economic work report and setting the 2007 economic goals, several new laws will be on the agenda, including modifications to the corporate tax structure and a much-debated private property rights law. An early […]

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Media company with ties to China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency plans IPO in New York – AP

From AP, via SanDiego.com: A media company with ties to China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency plans to raise up to $371.5 million in an initial public offering in New York, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shanghai-based Xinhua Finance Media plans to sell 23 million American depositary shares on the Nasdaq […]

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China to Hold Provincial Officials Accountable for Environmental Harm – Ke Zhang

The State Environmental Protection Administration takes its environmental storm to the next level. Will it work? ChinaWatch via China Environmental News Digest: Starting in 2008, China will expand its recent Regional Permit Restriction to provinces nationwide in an effort to push them to achieve pollution reduction goals, the country’s top environmental authority, the State Environmental […]

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Firecrackers Not the Cause of Beijing Fog – Xinhua

Beijing local official broke silence and made statement that the Spring Festival firecrackers did not cause the thick fog in Beijing these days. However, over 16,000 road cleaners took away 900 tons Spring Festival firecracker wastes this year, from Xinhua, via China Daily: Firecrackers during the Chinese New Year may have affected the weather but […]

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Urbanites Stranded as Migrants Leave for Festival – Xinhua

A time to miss migrant workers for urbanites. Where to buy breakfast? Call a delivery boy? … From Xinhua, via China Daily (photo: a breakfast vendor serving her client, via people.com.cn): As a large number of migrant workers are enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in the countryside, China’s city dwellers have to face inconvenience […]

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China Praised by Researchers for Its AIDS Efforts – Maggie Fox

From Reuters: …Writing in the Lancet medical journal, Detels and colleagues singled out the government of President Hu Jintao for unusual praise. Hu, for example, publicly shook hands with AIDS patients, helping to battle the stigma, they pointed out… China initially tried to cover up the SARS outbreak and the virus, new to science, escaped […]

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For Gays in China, ‘Fake Marriage’ Eases Pressure – Maureen Fan

From the Washington Post: It is Saturday afternoon in a half-empty restaurant on the fourth floor of a modern shopping mall. Two young women kiss slowly and continuously, one permed head of hair poised above another, arms entwined, as other customers ignore them completely… The two women kissing are not yet out to their families, […]

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My Publisher : The Internet – Yang Hengjun

Chinese online writer Yang Hengjun (杨恒均) published the following article on U.S. based news website Boxun.com. The article is translated by ESWN: I learned about the Internet first in 1997. At the time, I used it mainly to...

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