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Any hope that an ever more prosperous China would slowly lead to an opening in the realm of free expression and all the consequences thereof were given a setback this week as the ruling Communist party has decided to ban the most popular search...
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The Iranian regime, a theocratic dictatorship that has secured its own de-legitimization by revoking the last vintage of democracy, has officially surpassed China as...
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American conservatives are aghast at the repression of Chinese freedom activists at the hands of the communists tyrants in Beijing. American conservatives, who are...
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Eco Factor: Sustainable complex for China utilizes natural air for ventilation.
China has yet again pioneered in the field green architecture. Foshan Pearl Gymnasium...
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China has vowed to execute protesters responsible for the deaths of 156 people in violent protests in Xingjiang province.
Li Zhi, the Communist Party’s highest...
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Some women glared through their black veils at the paramilitary troops encircling them. Others held identity cards of missing relatives in the air. Fists raised, tears...
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Streets had reverted to calm and curfews were in force in major districts of Urumqi as the death toll mounted from rioting.
Police halted people who had gathered in...
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* Vice minister sees dollar pre-eminence for years to come
* Idea of new reserve currency is ‘academic discussion’
* China appreciates U.S. govt efforts...
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China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region killed 140 people and the government called the ethnic unrest a plot against its power,...
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Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
An investigation by...
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Filed under: Food, News, Weird A woman from the Chinese province of Sichuan boiled a man’s head in a soup because she believed it would remedy her...
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Since the imposing of United Nations sanctions against North Korea after its second nuclear test on May 25, everyone has been looking toward China for its...
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Out of fear that history might repeat itself, the authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of Iranian...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Nothing goes ahead in China before the government’s kick in the rear, as an appreciation to begin. This time the nod of approval is an insightful go-ahead for the...
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Europe and the United States announced last night co-ordinated action against China for busting World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules by restricting exports of essential...
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Somehow Mr. Liu became stuck in the machine, his sister Liu Yan recalled during a tearful interview in a village near the factory.
“When we got his body, his whole...
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China’s top legislature Monday reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the cutoff of Internet or other...
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Merchants in China say that American and European orders for the holiday season, for which sweaters are just starting to be knit, have fallen by as much as 30 percent....
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oseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, said the Vatican should harden its line towards Beijing and that a planned meeting of China’s officially sanctioned...
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The residents of Guangzhou, one of China’s most affluent cities, are already used to sticking to the country’s strict one-child rule, but a new regulation...
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The situation in Iran is still abuzz on Twitter, but what can the Iranians access online? HerdictWeb’s got a list, built on reports from users. If you can, do...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, China’s censors moved today to limit the access of the country’s increasingly...
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It seems as if China is blocking Twitter as well as Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. Other blocked sites is WordPress.com, YouTube, Flickr, Hotmail and several...
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Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the...
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Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan President, has tightened the noose on Globovisión, the last opposition news channel broadcasting freely in the country, amid threats to...
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Here is the dishonorable list of the Ten Worst countries for bloggers. The list is not surprising, not the inclusion of Tunisia or China.
It is in these countries...
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Last night while marinating some chicken, I was watching the season finale of “Heroes.” During a tense climactic scene, the main villain uses his...
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It seems as if microblogging service Plurk is blocked in China, at least according to Amir Salihefendic who works on the project. TechCrunch seemingly confirms. Bad...
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Committee to Protect Bloggers reports that TinyURL has been blocked in Saudi Arabia. The URL shortener service is not the only option out there for your shortened URLs,...
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Mexico is infamous for being one of the most dangerous countries for journalists and since 2000 already 20 have been killed and 8 kidnapped. These are the statistics of...
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The Freedom on the Net Index has ranked Tunisia second only to Cuba and on par with China in censoring the Internet. The Tunisian government is notorious for blocking...
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Video browsers in general, and bloggers in particular, should know that China has blocked YouTube. The Reuters report tells us that the ban has been in place over the...
made popular Mar 25 2009
Yesterday I titled a post “Is Dubai Becoming The Next Saudi Arabia?” The post concerned the soon-to-be legally enforced code of conduct in Duabi whose...
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Huffington Post has an interesting piece up on Omid Reza Mir Sayafi’s death in an Iranian prison, written by an Iranian student (under a pseudonym of course). It...
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Imagine being jailed for simply blogging about your conversion to Christianity or for criticizing your government or your religion, but this is exactly what is...
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The latest issue of The Economist will not be distributed in Thailand because of its coverage of the country’s monarchy, the magazine said.
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Earlier this week, China announced that it was taking action against the main search websites including Google and Baidu. Baidu has apologized for the published...
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China, since last month, has gone another step further and has begun accusing sites like Google for displaying morally controversial items such as pornography and...
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Though some articles have completely horrified me, with racist remarks and hateful messages, I don’t think they should be edited or altered in anyway, they...
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