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  • June 2008

    • China,Taiwan Agree on Cross-Strait Flights

      Reuters  |  Jun 13, 08 4:41 AM CDT

      China,Taiwan Agree on Cross-Strait Flights

      (Newser) - The first talks between China and Taiwan in almost a decade have yielded a historic travel agreement, reports Reuters. Regular flights between the two will begin next month for the first time since the Communists won China's civil war in 1949. Relations between the rivals—still officially at war—have thawed rapidly since Taiwan voted in a more China-friendly president in March. More »

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      China  • diplomacy  • Taiwan  • Ma Ying-jeou

    • Ping-Pong Got Ball Rolling to Beijing Games

      Sports Illustrated  |  Jun 12, 08 12:43 PM CDT

      Ping-Pong Got Ball Rolling to Beijing Games

      (Newser) - It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Beijing Olympics. More »

    • China Hackers Target Critical Congressman

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 11, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      China Hackers Target Critical Congressman

      (Newser) - Chinese hackers infiltrated four computers belonging to a member of Congress who is an outspoken critic of that country's human rights record, the Los Angeles Times reports. The FBI discovered that Republican Rep. Frank Wolf's machines had been "compromised" by hackers stationed in China, beginning as early as 2006; other House members could also have been targeted, Wolf said today. More »

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      China  • Congress  • human rights  • hackers  • spying  • computers

    • China Mourns Panda Killed in Earthquake

      Associated Press  |  Jun 10, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      China Mourns Panda Killed in Earthquake

      (Newser) - Workers at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province gathered today for the funeral of Mao Mao, a 9-year-old panda killed in the May 12 earthquake. Mao Mao, the mother of five, was one of 64 pandas at the reserve. She died when the river beside her enclosure crushed the walls, and her body wasn't discovered until yesterday, the AP reports. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • pandas

    • Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      Slate  |  Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      (Newser) - At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao , or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines which kids grab the 5.7 million university openings available in 2009. More »

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      China  • economy  • education  • university  • Chinese economy  • tests  • educational testing

    • Oil Prices Threaten US-Saudi Relations

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 8, 08 6:46 AM CDT

      Oil Prices Threaten US-Saudi Relations

      (Newser) - The weakening dollar and rising oil prices are marring more than just the American economy: It’s also eroding the long-standing friendly relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia, the Los Angeles Times reports. A bleak economic outlook has cost the US clout with its oil-producing ally. “There’s certainly a perception that the power equation has changed,” said an oil analyst. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • United States  • oil price  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • Asia  • oil production

    • China to Reverse Sterilization for Quake Parents

      Xinhua (China)  |  Jun 6, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      China to Reverse Sterilization for Quake Parents

      (Newser) - China will send medical teams to areas hit by last month’s earthquake to reverse sterilization procedures for couples who want to have another child, Xinhua reports. The Sichuan family planning agency is providing free surgery and counseling to couples who were once sterilized in accordance with the nation's one-child policy. About 7,000 of the earthquake's fatalities were the lone children in their families. More »

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      China  • surgery  • family  • China earthquake  • reproduction  • reproductive rights  • quake  • one child policy

    • 5.3 Aftershock Shakes Sichuan

      Associated Press  |  Jun 5, 08 4:55 AM CDT

      5.3 Aftershock Shakes Sichuan

      (Newser) - Another strong aftershock has rattled China's quake-devastated Sichuan province amid increased concerns about lake floodwaters, reports AP. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries from the 5.3 tremblor, which came as authorities began evacuating people downstream from a lake formed by last month's quake. The water level in the "quake lake" is rising, putting over a million survivors at risk from flooding. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • evacuation  • Sichuan province  • aftershock  • disaster zones

    • Next Resource in Crisis: Water

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jun 4, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Next Resource in Crisis: Water

      (Newser) - While economists and world leaders fret about the global food crisis, there is another emergency that is just as urgent: the shortage of water, writes British scientist Fred Pearce in Yale Environment 360. No longer is water "a cheap and unlimited resource," and with two-thirds of water extracted from nature used to irrigate crops, a scarcity could trigger terrible famines. More »

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      China  • food prices  • biofuel  • water  • water shortage  • Yellow River

    • NBC's Olympic Ad Sales Lag

      New York Post  |  Jun 4, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      NBC's Olympic Ad Sales Lag

      (Newser) - With the Beijing Games just more than two months away, NBC is still well short of Olympics advertising sales goals, the New York Post reports. Though the network says sales are strong, sources say it's between $150 million and $300 million off, with pro-Tibet protests and the slow economy keeping advertisers on the sidelines ahead of the Aug. 8 opening ceremonies. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • advertising  • NBC  • Olympic Games  • TV networks  • advertising sales

    • Chinese Police Drag Parents From Protest

      Associated Press  |  Jun 3, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Chinese Police Drag Parents From Protest

      (Newser) - Chinese police cracked down on parents protesting today over poorly-constructed schools they say killed their children in last month’s earthquake, the AP reports. Protesters had been chanting “we want to sue” before police dragged them down the street away from a courthouse, with some yelling for an explanation. The protest occurred as a top Chinese official toured the city. More »

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      China  • protests  • police  • earthquake  • school  • construction

    • US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 2, 08 5:28 PM CDT

      US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

      (Newser) - Free Tibet protests 3 months ago allowed China to road-test a new security network before the summer Olympics, Naomi Klein writes in Rolling Stone . Under the so-called “Golden Shield,” China is now installing closed-circuit cameras nationwide linked to facial recognition and other biometric software—technology from big-name US firms like IBM, Honeywell, and General Electric. More »