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Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateWashington, DCJanuary 12, 2010________________________________ We have been briefed by Google on these allegations, which raise very serious concerns and questions. We look to the Chinese government for an explanation. The ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical in a modern society and economy. I will be giving an address next

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I've been doing some analysis of Twitter traffic concerning Iran in regards to China. I thought it would be interesting on a small scale, but throughout today a new tag has appeared, #CN4Iran, that is rallying the Chinese on Twitter in support of Iran. It became one of the 'trending topics' on Twitter (namely one of the top 10 'said' things on Twitter in the whole world) and is enjoying

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The Nanfang Dushibao, Guangzhou, on December 22 discussed a portion of the 2010 CASS Blue Book that remarks that the combination of cell phones and internet to spread information and excite a response exceeds the government's ability to respond to it. In their list of the top 77 incident that attracted wide attention in Chinese society, they found that in 30% of these cases it was postings on the

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On the Chinese Internet, “harmony” is a euphemism for censorship. Mafia games were “harmonized” over the Summer, for example, as they “embody antisocial behavior like killing, beating, looting and raping” and “gravely threaten and distort the social order and moral standards, easily putting young people under harmful influence” according to the Ministry of Culture. Foreshadowing the government’s

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Canadian startup Plurk, a Twitter-like social networking site that has gotten quite popular in China, accused Microsoft China of not only stealing the service's design, but 80 percent of the service's code too. In response, Microsoft has pulled its microblogging site, which goes by the name of Juku and was developed by a third-party vendor for the company's MSN China joint venture. Redmond has

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Twenty-two Rules for Zhejiang Businessmen The following document was reportedly found on the wall of a Zhejiang businessman’s office, and has since been circulated widely among Chinese bloggers. Chinese link: http://jiaren.org/2009/11/30/zhejiang-businessman-22-rules/ Twenty-two Rules for Businessman from Zhejiang Province 1. Persist in watching CCTV-1 News. 2. Don’t readily trust an

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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China scrapped a tax break on property sales and extended subsidies for auto and home appliance purchases, seeking to cool speculation while sustaining a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy. The State Council will re-impose a sales tax on homes sold within five years after cutting the period to two years in January, the cabinet said in a statement yesterday.

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BEIJING — China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling what content the country's Web users can find online. The file-sharing site BTCHINA — a major source of overseas movies, television shows and games in the country — has been closed since Friday, and another

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - The rise of China as an economic superpower was the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the attacks of Sept. 11, according to an analysis by a U.S.-based media tracking group. The Global Language Monitor, which uses an algorithm to search printed and electronic media and the Internet for trends in word usage, said there was strong

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During a public forum over the weekend, Yi Huso posed a rhetorical question to his mostly gay audience, and then went on to answer himself. "How do you know a person is gay?" said Yi, a research fellow at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University in New York and a visiting assistant professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing. After pausing and staring at

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BEIJING—A Chinese economic official blamed "fraudulent practices" at some international investment banks for large losses incurred by Chinese state-owned companies on derivative contracts, in the government's strongest criticism yet of the role played by foreign banks. Li Wei, a vice chairman of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, cited contracts tied to energy

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 “China may not have simply re-pegged to the dollar,” Keidel told us. “My analysis leaves open the real possibility that China has simply been following its ‘basket guidance’ with one huge exception: if basket guidance would tell it to devalue with respect to the U.S. dollar, it sticks with the dollar instead.” Yes, he said “devalue.” Keidel notes that for a while – prior to July 2008 –

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BEIJING — China voiced hope Tuesday that a rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week would result in Pyongyang returning to talks on dismantling its nuclear program. President Barack Obama's special envoy, Stephen Bosworth, is to travel to Pyongyang next Tuesday to discuss restarting the six-nation talks, in the first one-on-one talks between Pyongyang and

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Auto shows around the world, notably those in Milan, Seoul, Frankfurt, and Tokyo, are known for featuring scantily-clad women posing with the latest cars for photographers – many of whom focus on the human models rather than the new car models. There are Web sites that devote much of their content to those show girls. But male equivalents have been rarely seen at those events and Web sites –

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China has unveiled its first firm target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, two weeks before a global summit on climate change in Copenhagen. Beijing said it would aim to reduce its "carbon intensity" by 40-45% by the year 2020, compared with 2005 levels. Carbon intensity, China's preferred measurement, is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted

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SHANGHAI: AIDS is spreading rapidly among high-risk groups in parts of China and is threatening to become a serious epidemic, said Minister of Health Chen Zhu on Tuesday. A total of 319,877 people had been registered HIV positive, including 102,323 AIDS patients and 49,845 deaths, as of October 31, according to statistics released on a national AIDS control meeting in Shanghai. But the actual

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China's Defence Minister, Liang Guanglie, has reaffirmed Beijing's military alliance with Pyongyang, and he has been quoted as saying the relationship was ''sealed with blood'' during the Korean War. The comments appear to undermine efforts by the US President, Barack Obama, in Beijing last week to enlist China's support for nuclear non-proliferation efforts against North Korea. They follow a

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On October 1, 2009, China celebrated the 60-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic with a massive parade intended to showcase the country's military might, social stability, political unity and ethnic harmony.  However, manifestations of social unrest have continued to hinder Chinese leaders in their efforts to project this image of a stable and unified society. Protests

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