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Chinese spy gets more than 15 years in prison China News

http://www.fresnobee.com

A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.

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Babysitter Uses Her Charge as a Prop in Street Begging China News

http://torisefromashes.blogspot.com

One Xinjiang babysitter babysat the boy by taking him out on the street to beg. Parents beware.

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How to: P2P tv and movie streaming from ChinaTech-Web

http://www.tokyobit.com

A nice little tutorial by James on how to get your media fix from a China-based p2p streaming service.

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US and China: Tetchy twinsGeneral

http://www.guardian.co.uk

A year ago, China Daily gushed with upbeat epithets about the co-operation between the US and China. The relationship was already effective and smooth on trade, Taiwan and global warning. With two firm multilateralists, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, now in power, it would be positively strengthened and constructive, the official mouthpiece opined.

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Taiwan Approves Private Jet Flight to ChinaGeneral

http://www.nytimes.com

Taiwan has cleared the first direct flight by a private aircraft to military rival China, officials said Friday, continuing a thaw in ties. The aircraft belonged to Terry Gou, one of Taiwan's richest people and chairman of the Hon Hai group involved in electronics, a source close to Gou said.

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2008 Sichuan Earthquake Donations by Chinese Celebrities Closely Inspected Weird China News

http://torisefromashes.blogspot.com 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Donations by Chinese Celebrities Closely Inspected

Zhang Ziyi's earthquake donation scandal, where the mega-star defaulted on a promised amount of 1 million USD, is causing a celebrity credibility crisis in China. Publicists of these celebrities, on the other hand, feel resentment about having to prove themselves.

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China vs ItalyHumour

http://www.cinaoggi.it China vs Italy

Thousands miles away, but so similar after all ...

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iSpeakChina by Adrian FiskGeneral

http://blindboys.org iSpeakChina by Adrian Fisk

A really interesting collection of photos: "I looked for young Chinese aged from 16 – 30 years, gave them a piece of paper and simply told them they could write what ever they wanted to on the piece of paper, I then photographed them holding the paper."

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‘Tis the season for... RED PANTIES!Weird China News

http://chinahopelive.net

They’ve been on sale for a couple weeks now and if it’s your animal’s year in the Chinese zodiac, you’d best be wearing your lucky red underwear. Bonus points for a big or tiger on the front.

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Internet Post Deletions: The Flowers Of Evil In The Internet ForestChina News

http://www.zonaeuropa.com

On EastSouthWestNorth: ' The Internet can bring an environment of equality, democracy, freedom plus a natural sharing. But when the veracity of Internet information is deliberately muddied up, this natural ecology is destroyed...who should ordinary citizens like us believe?'

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Buying Video Games for $1 in ChinaTech-Web

http://www.chengduliving.com Buying Video Games for $1 in China

The dubious foundation of video game culture and society in China rests on – you guessed it – software piracy. Mega-developer Activision is not only not making millions from sales in China but there isn’t even a Chinese language localization because they’re too intimidated by ubiquitous 5 yuan burned copies. In China, the rules are very different.

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UN dismayed after China cancels innovative radio program with HIV positive hostChina News

http://www.globaltimes.cn

The United Nations Development Program says it is very concerned with the last-minute cancellation of a groundbreaking show aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding HIV carriers and the widespread ignorance surrounding AIDS.

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Rio's new messengerGeneral

http://www.ft.com

If you want to flog something, it helps to speak your buyers' language. Hence Australia, purveyor of commodities to China, is governed by Chinese-speaking Kevin Rudd . US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner , obliged to park huge tranches of US debt with the People's Bank of China, is another Mandarin speaker.

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A Chinese Twist on Stale BreadGeneral

http://daliandalian.com A Chinese Twist on Stale Bread

Need to freshen up an old hard loaf of bread? Chinese morning customs work a treat - steam it. Anyone that's lived in China for more than a week knows that drinking anything other than hot water leads to a short and sickness filled life. China has a love affair with hot, or at least fears cold...

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China brews superbugs General

http://www.smh.com.au

CHINA'S reckless use of antibiotics in its health system and agricultural production is fuelling an explosion of drug-resistant superbugs that threaten global health. Scientists have warned that Chinese doctors routinely prescribe multiple doses of antibiotics for sore throats, while farmers' excessive dependence on the drugs has tainted the food chain.

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Facebook Repeatedly Deleting Hong Kong Opposition GroupsGeneral

http://www.thomascrampton.com

[Not linked to SCMP directly, as it is behind a paywall.] Today’s South China Morning Post reports how Hong Kong’s political opposition has faced repeated deletion of their Facebook groups. "A Facebook group with 84,298 members formed to oppose the pro-establishment DAB was deleted... This is not the first time it has happened to Hong Kong opposition groups..."

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All You Need to Know About Online Payments in ChinaTech-Web

http://www.china-online-marketing.com

This is incredibly useful. A 5-post series on online payment methods that can be used in China. Here's a link to the first part, ALipay. Also covered are Tenpay, online bank transfers, credit card payments and China Mobile Payments.

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Pro-China Group Makes Anti-Google Group on Currently-Censored FacebookWeird China News

http://www.facebook.com Pro-China Group Makes Anti-Google Group on Currently-Censored Facebook

The irony is that this Facebook group and all of Facebook is currently blocked, yet the group says this, "While Google holds a record on internet filtering and blocking of contents questioning the US Department of State policies, the so-called torchbearers of "freedom of speech" (whatever that means to them) have been so bold to accuse China of censorship."

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Talking Your Way Out of a Visa FineChina Rants

http://www.chengduliving.com Talking Your Way Out of a Visa Fine

I learned the Chinese word for deport the other day. Contextually. As in, “You should be happy that we are only going to fine you 5,000 kuai, and not deport you.” That was what the uniformed man at the public security bureau said.

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Top ten ideas for working with ChinaChina Business

http://www.cinaoggi.it

Making a living in China with your ideas! Here are some tips.

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