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China Boosts Surveillance System to monitor citizens
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Radio Free asia, Sep. 2, 2010 -
HONG KONG?Chinese netizens have reacted with shock and anger to a leaked government document detailing a nationwide plan to step up surveillance of people the government considers a risk to social stability.
Meanwhile, authorities began this week to implement a new registration process requiring cell phone users to present identification when purchasing new phones.
Zhejiang-based blogger Guo Weidong, known online by his nickname “Daxa,” said he...
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China demands ID from all buyers of mobile phone numbers
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The Guardian, 1 September 2010 -
China began requiring identification from anyone buying a new mobile phone number today in what it says is a bid to stamp out junk messages.
But critics say the move gives the government a new tool for monitoring its citizens.
The rules apply to everyone, including foreigners visiting the country for a short stay, the China Daily newspaper reported.
The paper said the regulation was “the latest campaign by the government to curb the global scourge of spam,...
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Ex-Dow Scientist Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets for China, U.S. Says
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The Bloomberg, Sep. 1, 2010 -
A former Dow AgroSciences researcher was charged with stealing trade secrets from the company and relaying them to China, the U.S. government said.
The indictment against Kexue Huang, also known as John, was announced in an e-mailed statement yesterday by Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer and U.S. Attorney Timothy Morrison of Indianapolis. Huang made his initial court appearance yesterday in Indianapolis, the prosecutors said.
?Economic espionage...
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Lie Beneath Chinese Premier's ?Reform' Remarks: Political Struggle
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By Quincy Yu, Epoch Times Staff, Sep 1, 201o -
In a recent speech China's Premier Wen Jiabao made unusual comments about ?pushing forward political reform.? His remarks may indicate that there is an intense power struggle inside the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), between the reformers and the conservatives, before the Party's 18th Congress in 2012. His remarks also raise the question of how genuine political reform is possible under the CCP's autocratic rule.
Political reform has not been much...
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Chinese police shoot Tibetan dead during protest two weeks ago
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police “accidentally” shot dead an ethnic Tibetan during a protest in south-western China two weeks ago, state news agency Xinhua said Monday…….(more details from Reuters)
Filed under: China, Incident, Killing, News, People, Politics, Religious, Social, SW China, Tibet, Tibetan, World, Xizang
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China warships dock in Myanmar
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AFP, Aug. 30, 2010 -
YANGON ? Two Chinese warships have made a rare visit to military-ruled Myanmar to spend several days promoting ties between the allied countries’ armed forces, Chinese state media said Monday.
The ships from the People’s Liberation Army Navy docked at Yangon’s Thilawa port on Sunday afternoon and will launch a series of exchanges with Myanmar’s navy, Xinhua news agency reported.
“The five-day mission is aimed at promoting friendly relationships...
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North Korea's leader Kim and son confirmed in China
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Reuters, BEIJING | Sat Aug 28, 2010 -
BEIJING Aug 28 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son are in China to visit the school of senior Kim’s father, Kim Il-sung, a source with knowledge of the secretive trip told Reuters on Saturday.
“Trust me, it’s 100 percent both are here,” the source said, declining to give further details when asked.
There had been no conclusive sightings in China of the 68-year-old Kim, who has appeared frail and gaunt since...
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China: Alarming trend of violence against journalists (3)
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Censorship favouring companies
Here are some other recent cases in which the authorities have protected companies and businessmen at the expense of media freedom:
Tang Jun's spurious doctorate claim The Propaganda Bureau in Beijing banned the media on 12 July from repeating allegations that Tang Jun, one of the former CEO of Microsoft's operations in China, had not obtained the US university doctorate listed in his résumé. The allegations caused a major stir online and...
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China: Alarming trend of violence against journalists (2)
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Dangerous for health, dangerous for journalists
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for an exhaustive investigation into an assault on Fang Xuanchang, a science reporter for the magazine Caijing, as he was returning home on 24 June in Beijing. Beaten over the head and back with a steel bar by two unidentified assailants, Fang had to be rushed to hospital. Until now, the police have conducted no more than desultory enquiries into what appears to have been a murder...
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China bars banks, other companies from using foreign security technology
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The Canadian Press, Aug. 25, 2010 -
BEIJING, China ? China has ordered its banks and other major companies to limit use of foreign computer security technology, setting up a possible trade clash with the United States and Europe while adding to strains over high-tech secrecy as some nations threaten to curtail BlackBerry service.
Beijing’s restrictions cite security concerns but are also consistent with its efforts to build up Chinese technology industries by shielding them from...
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