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China's Vice Premier Disucsses Bilateral US Trade
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 11:59 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
No two countries enjoy such complex business and trade ties as China and the United States. Both countries are closely linked and interdependent, but relations are also marked by frictions and disputes. Thirty-five years ago, China-U.S.
WPP Group Plans to Buy 24/7 Real Media
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 11:31 AM EDT (The New York Times)
WPP Group, the world's second-largest marketing services provider, said today that it planned to buy the Internet advertising company 24/7 Real Media for about $649 million.
Why China Relaxed Blogger Crackdown
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2007 11:35 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
The Chinese government, which spent months mulling over ways to crack down on bloggers, is retreating from its campaign, a development that illustrates the difficulty China faces as it tries to control technology.
Counter-revolution in the car park
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2007 3:57 PM EDT (The Economist)
AR owners the world over fret about parking, but in China the competition for spaces can be especially fierce. Within just a few years urban China has undergone a transformation. Streets that teemed once with bicycles are clogged now with cars.
Vandal damages China's iconic Mao portrait
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2007 12:56 PM EDT (Reuters)
A vandal damaged the giant portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs over the Forbidden City on Saturday, prompting police to clear the area and adjacent Tiananmen Square, witnesses said.
White House Makes Push to Draw Foreign Capital
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2007 8:14 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are embarking on a campaign to convince other nations that the U.S. remains open to foreign investment, despite recent fights over attempted international takeovers. Mr.
Clean Power That Reaps a Whirlwind
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 9:01 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The biggest beneficiary of a U.N. program designed to help poor countries combat global warming has been China.
China Mobile Chief Expects Subscriber Growth in Rural Areas - WSJ.com
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2007 8:48 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
China Mobile continues to expect to add millions more cellular subscribers per month in the future. Those subscribers will increasingly come from poor rural areas however which means overall revenue per subscriber will decline slightly.
Wired Magazine: Pop-Up Cities: China Builds a Bright Green Metropolis
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2007 8:12 AM EDT (Wired News)
Today Gutierrez and a team of Arup specialists from Europe, North America, and Asia are finalizing a plan for a scratch- built metropolis called Dongtan. Anywhere else in the world, it would have been a thought exercise, done up pretty for a design book or a museum show.
U.S. military shows its side of Iraq war on YouTube
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 7:13 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
The U.S. military has opened a new front in the Iraq war: cyberspace.
FCC says children still see too much violence on TV
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:39 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Federal regulators have concluded that Hollywood's efforts to shield children from violent TV shows have failed and that Congress should authorize government action.
Up, Up and ... Never Mind
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:01 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The Federal Aviation Administration reports that the number of private pilots is down. Why? Ask the two-income family.
China boom 'threatens minorities'
Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:09 PM EDT (BBC News)
Some of China's biggest minority groups are failing to benefit from China's rapid economic development, a new report has found. The report also said greater contact with the rest of China is threatening indigenous cultures and languages.
First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered
Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:17 PM EDT (story.malaysiasun.com)
An international team of astronomers from Switzerland, France and Portugal have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. The planet has a radius only 50 percent larger than Earth and is very likely to contain liquid water on its surface.
Scanners keep students under China college's thumb
Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:01 AM EDT (Reuters)
A Chinese college has introduced fingerprint scanners to stop students playing truant, the China Daily said on Tuesday, but not everyone is pleased about it. Meiya College of International Studies at Hunan University spent 250,000 yuan ($32,360) last year to install the scanners …
US hits Chinese, Syrian firms with sanctions over Iran, Syria dealings
Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:48 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The US State Department announced sanctions Monday against 14 entities, including three Chinese firms and Syria's air force and navy, as part of a stepped up drive to halt banned military dealings with Iran and Syria.
An Iraq success story - Ramadi
Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:01 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
That remarkable success is worth pondering at a time when most Americans are willing to write off Iraq as a lost cause. There is no doubt that U.S. forces face an agonizingly difficult task in Iraq.
Foreign Banks Reach Prize In China: Yuan Deposits
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:44 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Foreign banks in China were allowed to start collecting yuan denominated deposits for the first time starting Monday.
Big Money in Little Screens
Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have trained their sights on cellphones as the next great battleground in the Internet search wars.
GM's Chinese Partner Looms as a New Rival - WSJ.com
Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:59 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Mr. Li's change of heart points to a challenge for General Motors Corp. in the world's second-biggest car market. The Roewe's maker, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., has been GM's partner in making Buicks in China for a decade, and it has learned a lot from GM.
Beijing smog worries IOC bosses
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:02 PM EDT (BBC News)
An IOC inspection team said the Chinese capital was making "considerable progress" after a visit on Thursday. But it asked for more details on plans to improve air quality because of the smog that often hangs over the city.
Chinese make first artificial snowfall
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:14 PM EDT (Telegraph)
China claimed yesterday to have caused a snowfall for the first time as part of its increasingly ambitious attempts to control the weather.
New vehicles protect Marines in 300 attacks
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:56 AM EDT (USA Today)
In more than 300 attacks since last year, no Marines have died while riding in new fortified armored vehicles the Pentagon hopes to rush to Iraq in greater numbers this year, a top Marine commander in Anbar province said. Brig. Gen.
Let's Put on a Show for China
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:24 AM EDT (The New York Times)
IT was a smash hit. Boffo! in Hollywood English. Bang ji le in Mandarin Chinese. It was a television show watched by possibly 600 million people worldwide in February at the Lunar New Year in China, ushering in the Year of the Boar.
Shock, Sympathy And Denunciation Of U.S. Gun Laws
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:37 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
This is a good summary of the international reaction to the shootings at Virginia Tech. I think they bring up a point it is finally time to adress in this country: gun control.
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