Tue, Feb 09 2010
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12:42 pm
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Lawyer's outburst after appeal sentence »
Shanghai Daily A LAWYER convicted of faking evidence for his client, an alleged gang boss, said he was lured into pleading guilty on appeal because court officials promised him no jail time.
Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's... |
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12:41 pm
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Ringtone gives burglar a heart attack »
Shanghai Daily A THIEF suffered a heart attack when a cell phone rang in a home he was burgling in Zhejiang Province.
The thief surnamed Ying broke into an apartment on Sunday, planning to steal some money before the Spring... |
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12:36 pm
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Citic Newedge to Double Staff on China Stock Futures (Update2) »
Business Week Citic Newedge Futures Co., the joint venture between Citic Group and Newedge Group, plans to almost double its staff in China by the end of this year to prepare for increased trading from the introduction of stock-index futures. |
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12:18 pm
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China increases hold over car market »
Guardian Unlimited • Government stimulus and tax cuts spur sales to 1.32m• China world's largest auto market as gap with US widensChina widened its lead over the US as the world's biggest auto market in January, with passenger car sales more than doubling to 1.32m vehic... |
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12:58 pm
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China confirmed as global export champion »
Financial Times China overtook Germany last year to become world export champion, official figures have confirmed, but Europe’s ‘Exportmeister’ can take comfort from a strong rebound at the end of last year. |
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11:58 am
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Iran Starts Developing Weapons-Grade Uranium »
Pravda Iran today started to enrich its existing nuclear fuel stockpile towards weapons grade strength. The move caused international alarm and gave new impetus to Western calls for new sanctions on Tehran despite opposition from China |
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11:02 am
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Nissan back in profit thanks to China »
Observer • Cost cuts and focus on emerging markets help carmaker return to black• Firm predicts full-year profits of ¥35bn after huge losses last yearWhile its rival Toyota struggles to contain the fallout from the recall of millions of defective cars, N... |
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11:23 am
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Disney and Google eye stake in China bus media firm »
Independent A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's
largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could
offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in
China, three sources... |
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11:22 am
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Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo »
Independent Google has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search
website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. |
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11:14 am
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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il sends nuclear envoy to China »
USA Today North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament ... |
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11:09 am
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Nissan back in profit thanks to China »
Guardian Unlimited • Cost cuts and focus on emerging markets help carmaker return to black• Firm predicts full-year profits of ¥35bn after huge losses last yearWhile its rival Toyota struggles to contain the fallout from the recall of millions of defective cars, N... |
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11:03 am
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Global Times declares victory over color revolutions »
Danwei Global TimesFebruary 9, 2010
Today's Chinese language Global Times (环球时报) has the results of the election in Ukraine as front page headline and story.
The victory of pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovich over pro-western Yulia Tymoshenko, the hero of ... |
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10:57 am
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hanoi to detian »
Trip Advisor I like to go from Hanoi to detain waterfall and then go nanning. I understand that i can go from... |
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10:56 am
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Off the beaten track in Beijing, Help ! »
Trip Advisor I'll visit Beijing again in Mid May ,for my 3 visit. I like to see and do things that tourists do... |
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10:21 am
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Earthquake activist sentenced in China »
Independent A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of
thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five
years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said. |
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10:16 am
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China releases first national pollution census »
AP BEIJING (AP) -- China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first national pollution census has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural... |
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10:10 am
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China: #Tanzuoren - to be human »
Global Voices Chinese activist Tan Zuoren was sentenced to 5 year imprisonment and 3 year deprivation of political rights this morning (Feb 9) under the charge of inciting subversion of state power. Tan was involved in the investigation of the relation between bean... |
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10:04 am
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Cinematheque: Going berserk in Las Vegas (and other film news) »
Shanghaiist Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - the film version of legendary journalist Hunter S. Thompson´s novel. If Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas isn't checked off your list of classic must-see movies, Vienna Café will help you sort this out on Thursday! John... |
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10:03 am
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Upcoming movies: Shanghai, I Love You »
Shanghaiist Despite generally middling to low reviews for its latest film, the team behind New York, I Love You and Paris Je t'aime is now allegedly bringing its romantic short story collection making antics to Shanghai. Shanghai, I Love You (maybe Shanghai, wo ai... |
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09:22 am
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Residential building fire kills 7 in Guangdong »
Shanghai Daily A family of six people and a relative of theirs died in a fire that engulfed part of a residential building in south China's Guangdong Province early today, local authorities said.
The fire started at about 2... |
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09:18 am
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Police seize suspects in extortion probe »
Shanghai Daily POLICE have caught 17 suspects who allegedly extorted money from 51 families by threatening their children in south China's Shenzhen City.
The police raid was launched after parents in the Guangdong Province... |
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09:14 am
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Stepfather arrested after boy, 2, beaten to death »
Shanghai Daily A MAN in central China has been charged with deliberate injury after allegedly beating his two-year-old stepson to death.
Xinzheng City Procuratorate Office didn't charge him with manslaughter because he did... |
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09:13 am
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5,000 in Hubei die of work-related lung disease »
Shanghai Daily NEARLY 5,000 workers from central China's Hubei Province have died from an occupational lung disease and more than 20,000 have contracted pneumoconiosis in the past eight years.
Hubei Province Public Health... |
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09:12 am
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Workers head home for holidays on two wheels »
Shanghai Daily INTREPID migrant workers have found a new way to beat the rush for train and bus tickets home - 100,000 of them are setting out on motorbikes from southern China's Guangdong Province to reach their families before... |
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09:51 am
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China jails earthquake investigator »
Observer Tan Zuoren jailed over Tiananmen Square article but supporters say detention owing to research into death of pupils in quakeA Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of children in schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake was today jailed for... |
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09:16 am
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NKorea's Kim Jong Il sends nuclear envoy to China »
AP SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament talks, a day after pledging Pyongyang's commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.... |
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09:09 am
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China seizes tons of tainted milk »
CNN Chinese authorities have seized 72 tons of milk powder tainted with melamine and are trying to track down an additional 100 tons, less than two years after contaminated milk killed babies and sickened people across China. |
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09:06 am
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A Peek at Shanghai's Suzhou Creek Art District »
Sinosplice I’ve recently made two trips to Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek Art District (more info). It’s in the Moganshan Road area (Google map), and it’s probably easiest reached by taking the subway (Line 1) to the Shanghai Train Station, then... |
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08:33 am
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Jinshanling - Simatai »
Trip Advisor Hi allWe are planning a trip to Beijing in March - my husband plans to walk the 'wall' between... |
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08:28 am
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China earthquake activist sentenced »
LA Times A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said Tuesday. |
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08:49 am
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China jails investigator into Sichuan earthquake schools »
Guardian Unlimited Tan Zuoren jailed over Tiananmen Square article but supporters say detention owing to research into death of pupils in quakeA Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of children in schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake was today jailed for... |
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08:44 am
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North Korean diplomacy heats up »
BBC News North Korea tells China it is committed to a non-nuclear peninsula, say reports, as a top UN envoy heads to Pyongyang. |
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08:40 am
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National Briefing | West: California: Engineer Is Sentenced for Espionage »
New York Times Dongfan Chung, who was convicted of passing space shuttle secrets to China, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison. |
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08:39 am
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China Lists $9.6 Billion in Shares of U.S. Companies »
New York Times The China Investment Corporation bought more than $9 billion worth of shares in companies like Bank of America and Apple. |
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08:39 am
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Chinese Advocate of Quake Victims Sentenced Over E-Mails »
New York Times A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that he contended had contributed to deaths in China’s devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion. |
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08:02 am
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Chinese dislike the new rich, probably should dislike SOEs more »
Shanghaiist We already know that there's a pretty great amount of resentment towards the rich - not to mention, a wide perception of corruption - here in China, so it's probably not surprising that a People's Daily poll recently discovered that over 90% of people... |
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08:01 am
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Meet the Spanish pavilion's Miguelin: the first female Expo mascot? »
Shanghaiist Photo courtesy of World Expo Blog Last May we were introduced to the kookaburra "Peng Peng", Australia’s cheeky mascot for the 2010 World Expo. Shortly after, a whole gaggle of pavillion mascots started popping up: the Francophile feline "Léon"... |
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07:37 am
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Bus smash causes deadly toll »
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07:04 am
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Tan Zuoren sentenced for report into earthquake »
Danwei Reuters reports (via The New York Times):
A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that he contended had contributed to deaths in China’s devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, h... |
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07:03 am
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Send a postcard to the future »
Danwei Beijing Morning PostFebruary 9, 2010
Today's Beijing Morning Post reports on a new service from Beijing Post where slow delivery not a cause for complaint:
At the Post Office, Send a Letter to the Future
15 yuan storage fee per year
by He Yan /... |
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06:16 am
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'Fewer than 50 wild tigers' left in China »
digg Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said Monday, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats. |
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06:19 am
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Chinese quake activist sentenced »
BBC News An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge earthquake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion. |
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06:29 am
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China jails Sichuan quake activist Tan Zuoren for subversion »
Times Online In a sign of Beijing's renewed hard line against dissent, a Chinese activist has been jailed for five years after he investigated whether shoddy construction contributed to deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the devastating 2008 earthquake. |
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06:59 am
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Ticketmaster China kicks the bucket »
Shanghaiist Ah, the beleaguered state of show promoters here in Shanghai. According to China Music Radar, Ticketmaster's China operations were "officially shelved" last week. The company had only just bought high-profile upstart Emma Entertainment in 2007. That... |
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05:53 am
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North Korea repeats disarmament pledge »
Jerusalem Post Kim Jong Il reportedly tells Chinese envoy Pyongyang seeks denuclearization. |
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05:30 am
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Fed’s Yellen: U.S. Rates Too Hot for China »
China Journal A top Federal Reserve official said Monday U.S. monetary policy is too hot for China and Hong Kong and explained any trouble those nations ultimately face because of this situation arises from their own foreign exchange policies. |
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05:30 am
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U.S. Currency Belligerence May Be Counterproductive »
China Journal It may seem like the stars are aligning for China to let its currency rise, but recent tough talk from the U.S. may make such a move less, rather than more, likely. |
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05:56 am
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the Xian Yuan guesthouse in Ping An »
Trip Advisor Does anyone know anything about the Xian Yuan Guesthouse in Ping An? The Li An Lodge says they... |
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05:55 am
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Tour Guide Licenses - Shanghai China »
Trip Advisor It is true that anybody can be a guide without a license. I often "guide" my friends and family when... |
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05:42 am
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Kim Jong Il Repeats North Korean Commitment to Denuclearization »
Business Week North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said he remained committed to giving up the country’s nuclear weapons program as a news report said his chief arms negotiator is visiting China. |
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05:41 am
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Ex-Space Shuttle Engineer Gets 15-Year Term for China Spying »
Business Week A former Rockwell International and Boeing Co. aerospace engineer who worked on the Space Shuttle program was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for economic espionage and acting as an agent for China. |
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05:41 am
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China Becomes Oil ETF’s No. 4 Holder, Buys SPDR Gold Trust »
Business Week China Investment Corp., the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, joined Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley & Co. in investing in the U.S. Oil Fund, an exchange- traded crude-futures fund. |
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05:25 am
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China quake activist jailed for subversion »
Financial Times Tan Zuoren, a Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in the country’s devastating 2008 earthquake, has been sentenced to five years in prison |
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05:13 am
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China sentences quake activist to 5 years' jail »
AP BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.... |
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05:10 am
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Report: NKorea's Kim reiterates disarmament pledge »
AP SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday.... |
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05:03 am
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Saving the biggest cat »
Danwei Jonathan Watts at The Guardian writes about saving the Amur tiger:
The Wildlife Conservation Society is also trying to foster tiger eco-tourism in the region, partly through the launch last November of an annual Hunchun tiger festival. It will be... |
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05:03 am
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Google, Disney to buy shares of Bus Online? »
Danwei George Chen and Melanie Lee report at Reuters:
Google Inc, the world's No.1 Internet search company, which threatened to quit China last month over censorship and hacking concerns, was among investors in the Disney-led consortium, the sources said on... |
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05:02 am
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State enterprises and outward investment options »
Danwei John Garnaut writes for The Age, via Sydney Morning Herald:
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are more competitive with each other and less beholden to central command than outsiders often think. But there's another web of incentives that can... |
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03:28 am
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NKorea accuses SKorea of plot amid push for nuclear talks »
Channel NewsAsia SEOUL: Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks. |
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03:27 am
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China quake activist jailed for subversion »
Channel NewsAsia BEIJING: A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake was jailed Tuesday for five years for subversion, his lawyer said. |
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03:27 am
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Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy »
Channel NewsAsia BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. |
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03:03 am
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Extra! Extra! Dinosaur footprints, antiquing "Idol" and the little information release law that didn't »
Shanghaiist Terrorists, dollars and (polar) bears, oh my: why the United States should focus more on China's strong stance against the first rather than its less-than-perfect record on the last two. Reads a bit like something by Ann Coulter, but still worth reading... |
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03:02 am
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Photo of the Day: Ephemeral calligraphy »
Shanghaiist Photo by belgrave
More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically... |
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03:02 am
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Sichuan Auto Industry to re-create panda-monium »
Shanghaiist Photo from OS Universe On Friday we reported that Tai Shan's return to his Chinese roots might create a “normal” panda environment for the furry guy—one that would focus more on breeding and less on the panda cams and fan clubs of... |
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03:01 am
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ArtSpeakChina: The wiki on Chinese contemporary art »
Shanghaiist Recently we were at a party when the topic of contemporary Chinese art came up. "It's a shame we don't see any more from Wang Xiaojin right? His works sold so well," someone tittered to us. Who? was our reply. "Do you think Xiao Lu has any future past her... |
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02:35 am
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How's the weather in Mt Huashan? »
Trip Advisor Hi, I'm going to China next week and would like to know how the conditions are on Mt Huashan. Has... |
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02:17 am
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U.S. engineer jailed 15 years for spying for China »
cbcnews A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say he intended to share with China. |
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02:18 am
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Filing reveals Chinese wealth fund’s exposure »
Financial Times China Investment Corporation, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, is using exchange-traded funds to take positions on sectors ranging from healthcare to gold, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission |
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02:13 am
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Xstrata reinstates dividend as China supports metal prices »
Independent The mining giant Xstrata reinstated its dividend yesterday, adding that stimulus packages in developing economies were underpinning confidence in commodity markets. |
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01:51 am
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China says it shut down online academy for hackers »
LA Times Black Hawk Safety Net was shut down in November and its founders later arrested, state media report. The school took tuition from tens of thousands who wanted to learn 'successful attack tools.'
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01:04 am
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Clean Energy Trade Mission To China. May 15-25. »
China Law Blog US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will be leading a clean energy business development mission to China from May 15 to May 21 (h/t AmCham China News). According to the Department of Commerce's website regarding this trip, the cost will be as follows: After... |
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00:19 am
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Video: The Life of Chinese Merchants in Moscow »
China Journal Almost half a year after the closure of Moscow's Cherkizovsky market, many of the Chinese merchants who stayed in Russia have relocated to another market in the southeastern corner of the city. |
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00:38 am
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Yangtzee River Cruise »
Trip Advisor Planning a 1st time trip to China in April. Planning to use China Focus Travel, does anyone have any... |
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00:38 am
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Pearls? »
Trip Advisor After reading the forums about pearls, think maybe Hongqiao Pearl City is the best place to go. If... |
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00:19 am
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Echoes From Davos: Brazil Follows China Into Africa »
Forbes China's hunt for natural resources in Africa has taken the spotlight, but now Brazil's giant Vale mi |
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00:10 am
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Chinese police arrest six as hacker training website is closed down »
Times Online A hacker training website that recruited thousands of people to launch cyber attacks was closed in what police claim was the largest operation of its kind. |
Mon, Feb 08 2010
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23:54 pm
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170 Tons of Tainted Milk from 2008 Now Being Sold in China »
digg China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. |
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23:10 pm
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China finds 170 tons of tainted milk powder that was repackaged »
USA Today Chinese officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal ... |
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23:10 pm
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Former Boeing engineer gets 15 years in China spy case »
USA Today A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. ... |
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22:21 pm
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25 days itinerary CHINA »
Trip Advisor Hi, My boyfriend and I will be spending nearly a month in China in June. This is for both of us our... |
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22:19 pm
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China sabre rattling risks starting trade war »
Financial Times Two months after the Copenhagen climate change conference, one incident still causes a buzz in Beijing: the moment when, according to witness accounts, a Chinese official started to jab his finger at Barack Obama |
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22:07 pm
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Huatai Securities Sets IPO Price »
WSJ The brokerage set an indicative price range of $2.93 to $3.22 a share, making it the largest initial public offering in China this year. Analysts said Huatai may be off the mark in its pricing, judging by the poor showing of recent Shanghai listings. |
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22:07 pm
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Taiwan Posts Best Export Growth in More Than 33 Years »
WSJ Taiwan posted its biggest monthly growth in exports in more than 33 years, powered by a recovery in demand from all its major export markets, especially China. |
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22:45 pm
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Business community donates 2,000 cherry trees to Shanghai »
Japan Times SHANGHAI (Kyodo) The Japan Cherry Blossom Association and the Japanese business community in Shanghai have donated 2,000 cherry trees to the city to promote bilateral good will. The trees will be planted at Dongfang Luzhou, a 380-hectare multipurpose... |
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22:42 pm
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Arms deal chills U.S.-China ties »
Japan Times As expected, the $6.4 billion arms deal for Taiwan that Washington announced Jan. 29 has caused the temperature of the already chilly U.S-China relationship to plummet. Defensive in nature, the weapons package includes 114 Patriot air-defense missiles,... |
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21:08 pm
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Who Got It Right With Olympic Architecture, Beijing or Vancouver? »
TreeHugger Susetta Bozzi/OnAsia.com. See slideshow
The New York Times describes how the glorious stadia and facilities built for the 2008 Olympics are virtually empty, sort of a Field of Dreams where they built it, but nobody is coming.
Alas, after the 2008... |
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21:03 pm
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Maglev from Cruise Ship Terminal »
Trip Advisor We are going to be in Shanghai on a cruise next month. We'll be taking tours but would like to... |
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21:02 pm
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How to apply for Bifengxia volunteer work »
Trip Advisor My husband and I are trying to communicate with Panda Club, but we have a lot of problems, we have... |
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20:53 pm
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Bus plunges 100 metres down ravine »
CNews A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported. |
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20:51 pm
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Dunkin' Brands' John Costello »
Forbes CMO on expanding brand offerings and marketing in China. |
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19:22 pm
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CIC Plays It Safe »
China Journal For some, China's sovereign wealth fund the China Investment Corp. is the big bad wolf of global finance. Its disclosure of its U.S. equity holdings suggests it's more like Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother, says Heard on the Street. |
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19:45 pm
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October in China »
Trip Advisor Our son will be in Beijing for the fall semester this year. We would like to visit him in October,... |
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19:44 pm
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Jewellery shopping in Hong Kong »
Trip Advisor What about pearls? Would I be better off here or in China? |
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19:57 pm
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Taiwan to build bridge off China »
Channel NewsAsia TAIPEI: Taiwan on Monday gave the green light for building a bridge between two small islands that it controls off China, in what officials called a first step towards connecting the islets with the mainland. |
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19:38 pm
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Sisters 'wear' swarm of bees »
The Sun FEARLESS sisters don 'bee clothing' made from live insects at family apiary in China |
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19:14 pm
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Overseas investors rush for Japanese assets »
Financial Times Japan has seen net inflows from mutual funds this year, while markets including the US, China and Hong Kong have experienced net outflows |
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19:14 pm
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Local buy-out firms defy US groups in China »
Financial Times New private equity funds appear poised to snatch greater market share |
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18:09 pm
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China overtakes EU as Iran’s top trade partner »
Financial Times China has overtaken the European Union to become Iran’s largest trading partner, underlining China’s reluctance to agree to any further economic sanctions on Tehran |
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18:37 pm
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Taiwan Says China Trade Deal 'Vital' Step »
Business Week Taiwan needs to seal a free trade agreement with China to ensure the island can compete with regional rivals in global markets, according to the island’s official who is leading the talks. |
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18:37 pm
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Japan's Car Guys Cross the China Sea »
Business Week Chinese automakers are hiring more Japanese engineers to boost efficiency and improve design |
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18:14 pm
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Will Americans Really Learn Chinese? »
New York Times Is the boom in Mandarin classes a fad or a cultural turning point? |
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18:12 pm
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China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown »
New York Times Police officers also seized money and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars during the crackdown, which occurred in November, state media reported over the past two days. |
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17:10 pm
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Actress Zhang fulfills donation shortfall »
Shanghai Daily CHINESE actress Zhang Ziyi has donated 160,000 yuan (US$23,430) to make up for a shortfall to the 1 million yuan donation she claimed to have made after the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Sichuan Province, her agent Ji... |
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17:10 pm
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Food thief critical of homemade salty pork »
Shanghai Daily A HOUSEWIFE in a small village was criticized by a thief for using too much salt in her homemade preserved pork.
The woman surnamed Ding was told in a note left by the burglar that her pork was good last year but... |
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17:10 pm
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Former Anhui official receives death reprieve in bribery case »
Shanghai Daily A FORMER official in Anhui Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve yesterday for taking bribes and framing an informant.
Zhang Zhi'an, the former Party chief of the Yingquan District of Anhui's... |
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17:09 pm
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Aye of the tiger as conservation efforts pay off »
Shanghai Daily CHINA has an estimated 50 or fewer tigers left in the wild, but efforts to stabilize one population in the northeast were starting to pay off, a conservationist said yesterday.
Tigers once roamed huge areas of... |
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17:09 pm
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Cop: I took the money, but didn't help gangs »
Shanghai Daily A FORMER police chief in Chongqing Municipality pleaded guilty to taking bribes when he stood trial yesterday, but denied that he protected the city's criminal gangs.
Prosecutors said Peng Changjian, 47, former... |
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17:09 pm
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Rioters assail reservoir »
Shanghai Daily MORE than 300 people in a southern Chinese town attacked a government building over the weekend to protest a water diversion scheme, Xinhua news agency said yesterday.
The attack happened in Hengshishui in the... |
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17:09 pm
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Crackdown coming on online porn »
Shanghai Daily CHINA is to launch a fresh crackdown on online pornography during the upcoming Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, holidays.
Efforts would be focused on mobile WAP sites which spread lewd content, according to... |
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17:08 pm
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His HK flat is small, but it's got it all »
Shanghai Daily AS a youngster living in a tiny flat with six others in one of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong architect Gary Chang has been obsessed by living space, or rather a chronic lack of it.
After... |
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17:08 pm
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Plug pulled on massive hacker-training Website »
Shanghai Daily POLICE in central China have arrested three masterminds behind a massive hacker training Website with more than 170,000 members.
Officers in Huanggang, Hubei Province, said that 3800cc.com, or Black Hawk Safety... |
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16:14 pm
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Chinese police shut down hacker training site »
cbcnews Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that provided cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday. |
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15:39 pm
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India aid to Bhutan, ties with Russia worrying China »
Times of India India is “intensifying military penetration” in Nepal and Bhutan, a Chinese analyst said on a govt-run website. The article complained that India has helped establish and equip the Bhutan Air Force and has also “encouraged Russia” to support Bhutan. |
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15:18 pm
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On The Deeper Meaning Of China And International Lawyers. And The Training Required. »
China Law Blog I hate it when I have to get all philosophical, but since China Tax Insights has thrown down the gauntlet, I feel I must. What is an international lawyer and what exactly do international lawyers do and what exactly should international lawyers do. Please... |
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14:37 pm
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China down to 'less than 50' wild tigers »
The Australian WITH less than 50 wild tigers left in China, it's hoped 2010 - the Year of the Tiger - will be a good one for the big cats. |
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14:36 pm
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Collision throws bus 300m down valley »
The Australian A BUS with at least 43 passengers on board has plunged down a 300m deep valley in China. |
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14:03 pm
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Emma -> Ticketmaster China -> Dust »
Danwei China Music Radar covers the rise and fall of Ticketmaster China and its ambitious founder, Jon Krane:
...an apt metaphor for Ticketmaster China. A company run into the ground by those that created it (an unnamed Ticketmaster source claims that during... |
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13:42 pm
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Ocean Film Fest 2010: Scientists Unravel The Mystery and Plight Of Seahorses (Video) »
TreeHugger Image via KQED
Seahorses are some of the most beloved of the tropical fish. But, they're also very popular in traditional Chinese medicine, used for for male virility, and as souvenirs. The Monterey Bay Aquarium describes the fragility of seahorse... |
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13:34 pm
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Hickory golf a game for sticks »
CNN It may run contrary to the conventional image of a sport obsessed with the latest technological improvement but, from Stockholm to Shanghai, players are turning back the clock to take part in the latest craze -- hickory golf. |
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