From the BBC: Microsoft’s failures in the Chinese market prompted a key employee to defect to search engine firm Google, a US court heard during testimony. Former Microsoft vice-president Kai-Fu Lee is at the centre of a bitter employment wrangle after he was hired by Google to set up a research centre. This topic on […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has accused Yahoo of being “a police informant for the Chinese regime”, following allegations that information supplied by the company helped jail a journalist. The allegations have once again raised questions about how companies should do business in China and how far they should collaborate with the […]
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Read MoreFrom AP, via BusinessWeek Online: Reporters Without Borders said court papers showed that Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. gave Chinese investigators information that helped them trace a personal Yahoo e-mail allegedly containing state secrets to Tao’s computer. Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. is part of Yahoo’s global network. Shi, a former journalist for the financial […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: It may not be the way Mao intended for his legacy to be played out but a wildly popular TV program seems to prove that the Great Helmsman, in some form, marches on. Of course, if Chairman Mao could tune in, log on, or send a text message on his mobile phone, […]
Read MoreFrom the Voice of America: British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he is optimistic that China will eventually match its economic development with democracy and more respect for human rights. The U.K. leader held talks in Beijing with Chinese officials on Tuesday. Mr. Blair joined Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao for the signing of several […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via Las Vegas Sun: The Penguin Group has purchased the English-language rights to China’s best-selling novel, “The Wolf Totem,” for a record $100,000. Jiang Rong’s 2004 Chinese-language novel about the struggle for life on the Mongolian grasslands will be published in English in 2007, An Boshun, Jiang’s agent with Changjiang Literary Art […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Local authorities on Tuesday seized a rural activist who has been leading a high-profile legal campaign against the use of forced sterilization and abortion in China, apparently trying to prevent him from speaking about abuses in his hometown with senior government officials who had expressed support for his cause. The detention […]
Read MoreFrom Internetnews.com: In Beijing Baidu has edged past Google because of its strong following with the “generation of cool,” as the report’s author, Weigang Lu, CNNIC senior analyst, noted. This generation is made up of Chinese users in junior and senior middle middle schools and university students. Beijing students with a three-year university education or […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Separatists in China’s far-flung, predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang are the main terror threat to the country, killing 160 people and wounding 440 over the past decade, officials were quoted on Tuesday as saying. Beijing keeps a tight grip on northwestern Xinjiang, which shares a border with Afghanistan, Pakistan, three former Soviet republics, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The death toll inflicted by typhoon Talim rose to 67 in east China’s Anhui province and 18 others were reported missing, according to the latest statistics from the provincial flood and drought control and prevention headquarters. The disaster has affected a population of over 6 million with direct economic losses forecast at 4.12 […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): Under construction since January 2003, and in the planning stages for three years before that, the 310-acre park represents Disney’s boldest move yet into...
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: Airbus A330 A Chinese airline has placed an order for 10 Airbus A330 aircraft in a deal worth $1.5bn (¬£815m). The deal was witnessed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, during a visit by Mr Blair on European Union business. The purchaser, China Southern Airlines, has […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Japan’s defeat, which ended World War II 60 years ago, is still coming in handy for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to claim a unique mandate to rule the country, as well as to emphasize external political needs. A series of lavish celebrations centered on the 60th anniversary of Japan’s surrender – […]
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