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China

From tainted exports to exchange rates, climate change to one-child policies, the Middle Kingdom often finds itself at the center of controversy

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December 2007
- South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys
  
  New York Times | Dec 23, 07 10:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Shedding an age-old preference for sons, South Korea has in the last two decades become the first Asian country to reverse a large sex imbalance at birth. A radical shift in Koreans' attitude toward female babies—and toward working women—has brought down the rate of sex-selection abortion, the New York Times reports. More »
- Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo
  
  Associated Press | Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly possible that the killers anesthetized the tiger, opened the cage and then dragged the animal out and butchered it," said one official. More »
- Yahoo China Loses Piracy Case
  
  Associated Press | Dec 21, 07 3:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo China—40% owned by the US Internet giant—can no longer allow users to download unlicensed music on its Web site. A Chinese court yesterday upheld a decision that the company violated copyright laws in effect since last year. The US has long complained about rampant music and movie piracy in China, and the decision could signal a tougher stance, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- China Unveils 1st Passenger Jet
  
  Bloomberg | Dec 21, 07 12:43 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - China unveiled its first passenger jet today, the first step in its goal to become a major player in the global aviation industry, Bloomberg reports. The ARJ21, which seats up to 90, will make its maiden voyage in March, and the first planes will be ready for customers in 2009. Beijing hopes to meet soaring domestic demand and someday compete with the likes of Airbus and Boeing. More »
- Right-Wing CEO Wins Korean Presidency
  
  Reuters | Dec 19, 07 5:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Opposition leader Lee Myung-bak, nicknamed "The Bulldozer," has been elected president of South Korea by the largest margin in the country's democratic history. Lee, a former CEO at Hyundai and once mayor of Seoul, won 50.3% of the vote, trouncing his nearest rival, who captured just 26%, reports Reuters. Lee ran on a right-wing platform emphasizing improvements to the economy and a harder line with North Korea. More »
- Pandas Prepare for Risky Duty
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 16, 07 6:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Four panda bears bred in captivity in China will soon be set free in a bid to save their species from extinction. But first, they've got to toughen up. Scientists at the nation's biggest panda breeding center are preparing to release two males and two females into the wild, and they're trying to give the bears street smarts of a sort—how to sense danger and fend off attacks, the Times reports. More »
- 'Rape of Nanking' Fresh, 70 Years Later
  
  Der Spiegel | Dec 15, 07 5:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Seventy years have passed since the "Rape of Nanking," when Japanese soldiers brutally massacred as many as 300,000 Chinese civilians, but the effects of the trauma are still very much present in China and its relations with Japan. Memorializing the event plays a major role in cementing China's sense of its own history, Der Spiegel reports. More »
- China Faces Baby Boomlet
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 14, 07 4:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - China is bracing for a bumper crop of babies as kids born after the relaxation of the strict one-child policy in 1984 start their own families, the London Times reports. Strict penalties still apply to couples with more than one child, but tradition-bound and wealthy Chinese can afford to pay the price to have a son. More »
- Chinese Translation Ours, Company Tells Google
  
  Associated Press | Dec 14, 07 3:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Beijing company has sued Google over the search engine’s Chinese name, insisting it registered “Guge” first—and that the Californians should pick a new Far East handle. Beijing Guge Sci-Tech says it claimed the name in April 2006, while its nominal American competition didn’t make its Chinese presence official until November of that year, the AP reports. More »
- They Won't Be Kung Fu Fighting
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 14, 07 2:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Monks of central China's Shaolin Temple, renowned for their kung fu abilities, will not attend a major martial arts competition to be held alongside next year's Beijing Olympics, citing the discipline's emphasis on qi , or spirit. Their withdrawal prompted jeers from secular fighters: “We are the best wushu competitors. The monks in the temple do it as a hobby.” More »
- China, India Are Rich in 'Crystal Gas'
  
  Der Spiegel | Dec 13, 07 3:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The discovery of a massive store of frozen methane on the seabed off the coast of China may help the world's fastest growing nation keep up with its accelerating energy needs. Methane hydrate, also known as crystal gas, is frozen and yet flammable, and it could mean a breakthrough for India, South Korea and Taiwan—all of which have booming economies—as well, Der Spiegel writes. More »
- Quite Literally, Chinese Aren't Saying 'Google'
  
  Bloomberg | Dec 12, 07 2:43 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - "Google" is a verb in many dictionaries, but the challenge of pronouncing it in Chinese has spelled trouble for the planet’s biggest search engine. "G-O-O-G-L-E is not a normal Chinese spelling and people don't pronounce it right," one Google exec tells Bloomberg of China, where the company holds less than half the market share of leader Baidu. More »
- India and China Drive Mobile Growth
  
  Reuters | Dec 12, 07 12:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Telecom companies must be brushing up on their Hindi. India doubled its cell phone user population in 2006, adding more subscribers than Britain had total, according to a new international communications report. The 150 million Indian phone-toters represent just 14% of the population. China meanwhile sent 429 billion text messages, roughly 967 per user, the most of any country. More »
- Herbal Remedies Won't Compete at Beijing Games
  
  Associated Press | Dec 11, 07 2:53 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chinese herbal medicines bear no resemblance to banned substances, say Beijing Olympics officials, but just in case, athletes won’t use them. "We know there is no relationship with doping and Chinese traditional medicine,” says one doctor, but because the remedies have not been used in previous Games, they will not be used in Beijing. More »
- China OKs US Health Inspections
  
  Washington Post | Dec 11, 07 10:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - China will allow US health inspectors to monitor the country’s food and drug exports, the Washington Post reports, a big concession in heated high-level trade talks. China accuses the US media of tarnishing its reputation by overblowing safety concerns, and has in turn questioned US exports. China is the first of many countries the US hopes to station inspectors in. More »
- US Opposes Bali Carbon Caps
  
  Guardian (UK) | Dec 11, 07 7:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The American delegation to UN climate talks in Bali last night ruled out a draft resolution that would call on industrialized nations to cut carbon emissions by 25% to 40% in 12 years. The US called the proposal "totally unrealistic" and "unhelpful." But the US isn't the only holdout, reports the Guardian: Canada and Japan are also balking at the draft plans. More »
- Historic Train Crosses Korean Border
  
  Bloomberg | Dec 11, 07 3:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The historic first of what will be a regular schedule of freight trains crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea today, marking a major leap forward in the countries' reunification process and a step toward what could be a hugely profitable railway system. The link is part of a plan to narrow the gap between the economies of the prosperous South and impoverished North. More »
- China Looks to Buy American
  
  Bloomberg | Dec 10, 07 7:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - China, increasingly being called upon to more rapidly adjust the growth of the yuan against the dollar, is looking to expand its investment in US assets as a way to funnel its powerhouse currency out of the country, Bloomberg reports today. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson visits Beijing Wednesday for a third round of strategic trade talks, and will push yuan appreciation as a consumer price control measure. More »
- Beijing Tix Scalping Rampant
  
  BBC | Dec 10, 07 5:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tickets for 2008’s Beijing Summer Olympics are already being illicitly re-sold over the Internet for ten times their original price, the BBC reports. An initial offering in which consumers were able to buy 50 tickets per person is being blamed for kick-starting the scalping frenzy, and that allotment has been scaled back to eight tickets per customer for the second buying round. More »
- NY Philharmonic to Play N. Korea
  
  New York Times | Dec 10, 07 9:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The New York Philharmonic plans a historic Pyongyang concert in February, giving Kim Jong Il occasion to dig out his fanciest tracksuit—and further defrosting US relations with the onetime axis of evil member. “We haven’t even had Ping-Pong diplomacy with these people,” said ambassador Christopher Hill. North Korea invited the symphony in August, after shutting down its nuclear reactor, the New York Times reports. More »

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