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Tiananmen security tight on crackdown anniversary (AP)

Tiananmen security tight on crackdown anniversary

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Police saturated Tiananmen Square with security Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, and an exiled protest leader was blocked from returning home to confront ...





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Russians quarantined after Chinese woman dies on train

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian authorities on Wednesday evacuated 53 passengers to quarantine and sealed off a train after a Chinese woman died of what could be a mystery infectious disease, officials said.


FDA to inspect Chinese-imported seafood

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created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an expansion Thursday of its import control of certain Chinese farm-raised seafood.


Rare economic espionage case going to trial

Technology / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...


China reports human case of bird flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A 19-year-old man has contracted bird flu in China, the country's Ministry of Health said Saturday.


Recuperated rare fish released in China

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created Jun 18, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wildlife officials in China released a rare paddlefish into Yangtze River Sunday after nursing it back to health from injuries inflicted by fishermen.


China will not back away from a new rule requiring Internet filtering software in all computers sold in the country

China to stick to controversial software rule

Technology / Software

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.


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UPI Poll: Chinese space program a threat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2007 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

More than 60 percent of respondents to a UPI-Zogby International polled said the Chinese space program represents a threat to U.S. security.


Venice fights creeping Chinese seaweed

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created Jun 27, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Venetian officials are reportedly fighting a fast-breeding giant creeping Chinese seaweed problem in the citie's fabled waterways.


Yellow dust blowing over Seoul

SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday.


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US electricity grid hit by cyber attacks: report

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday.



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