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Despite marked progress in recent years, the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases remains a major challenge for China - especially in Yunnan, which is just north of the Golden Triangle and where China's first AIDS case was discovered. In an effort to combat the disease and other problems such as malaria, the Chinese government cooperates with several international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) who work towards reducing the prevalence and spread of these illnesses.

With China's recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) the economy there is taking great strides towards global accessibility. .cn offers registrants the protection of a well-established brand name in what is certain to become one of the most lucrative marketplaces in the world, and begin making inroads into the Chinese marketplace.
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Beijing can and will put lipstick on a pig, but all will be revealed when the world is invited into the sty itself – cameras, Internet and all.

From How the World Works: Why can't Africa be more like Taiwan? Or South Korea? Or Thailand? Or Indonesia? Nothing obsesses development economists more than the question of whether today's poor nations can replicate the success of the handful of mostly Asian countries that escaped poverty by achieving sustained economic growth in the decades since World War II.

The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades raged across its southeastern coast Thursday, capsizing ships and destroying homes after 1.5 million people evacuated. At least two people were killed and dozens were injured.

Hey all, just upgrading HHR (and hopefully putting myself on the right track to stopping some of the shitastic spam that's been cloggin' up the Report). Please bear with me if things look a bit goofy.

It's a new twist on globalization: For decades, Chinese made their way to the West, often illegally, to end up doing dangerous, low-paying jobs in sweatshop conditions. Now some foreigners drawn by China's growth and hunger for English lessons are landing in the schoolhouse version of the sweatshop.

I was helping out as a Volunteer in Super Brand Mall in Zhu Jia Zhui, Pu-dong area, just beside Shangri-la Hotel and that Oriental Tower in an exhibition helped by Contact Singapore called "Singapore – Your World of Possibilities". This exhibition is part of the theme Singapore Season help in China, to promote on what is it like to work in Singapore, living in Singapore and studying in Singapore...

Australian blogger Xiao Zhu is doubtful whether the recent Sino-African summit will bear much fruit.