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Possible danger from the "quake lake" Tangjiashan may lead to the evacuation of 1.3 million people. AP reports:
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From The Independent:
The founder of one major Chinese cinema chain has pledged to boycott showing Sharon Stone's films. The American actress caused quite a stir and lost her beauty-ad contract with Dior after making some insensitive remarks about the May 12th ...
China is restructuring its telecommunications industry by merging the six major players and creating three companies to provide both telephone and Internet access throughout the country. From Bloomberg:
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From Digital Journal:
There’s a quiet movement of activism taking place on the Web. In an effort to provide every nation with unfettered access to websites, some tech experts want to banish censorship from countries such as China and Iran. Leading the charge is the Open Net Initiative at the University ...
From The New York Times:
China acknowledged Thursday that it was willing to receive disaster relief assistance from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces in what would be the first Japanese military air mission to China since the end of World War II.
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From BBC News:
The agreement between China and Taiwan to restart formal talks on strengthening ties after almost a decade is broadly welcomed by the press.
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From Xinhua:
China has published a statute, "Methods for Punishing Violations of Regulations on Land Management", that replaces the "Provisional Methods for Punishing Violations of Regulations on Land Management" as of June 1.
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From CSR Asia:
Chinese netizens have been highly vocal in the last few months. They were instrumental in organising a boycott and protests against Carrefour in April. More recently, they ranked companies by the size of their donations to earthquake relief efforts and put pressure on those perceived to have donated ...
From AP:
U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce computers, officials and industry experts told The Associated Press.
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