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"A woman died of the deadly bird flu virus".

Posted by: aarana

Beijing :: China | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

A 19-year-old woman died of the deadly bird flu virus on Monday in Beijing. The tests conducted at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the woman was infected with the lethal H5N1 virus. The latest case...

China targets Google over crackdown on Pornography

Posted by: mdhafeezz

Beijing :: China | about 16 hours ago | No category

BEIJING: China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography on Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as GOOGLe. Seven government agencies will work together on the campaign to "purify the Internet's cultural environment and protect the...

China blacklists Web porn portals

Source: United Press International

Beijing :: China | about 16 hours ago | Business News

China says its "blacklist" of Internet Web sites is part of a crackdown on Internet pornography, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Beijing said the sites, which include the Google and Baidu search engines, provided access to Web surfers looking...

Apple to remove iTunes' copy protection

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Beijing :: China | about 2 hours ago | Business News

Apple said songs on its popular iTunes digital music service will no longer be saddled with copy-protection software. The news was released by Apple's senior vice president Phil Schiller who replaced CEO Steve Jobs to do Apple's presentation Tuesday at the Macworld...

China makes strategic use of commodity collapse

Source: Jang.com.pk

Beijing :: China | about 6 hours ago | Business News

China's government is using the collapse in commodity prices to further its domestic agenda, with support for stricken sectors tailored to speed up reform plans rather than rescue ailing companies or prop up prices. To survive plummeting demand for exports,...

Steve Roush resigns his USOC post

Source: Los Angeles Times

Beijing :: China | about 5 hours ago | Sports News

Olympic Committee chief of sports performance had been tenuous since Beijing Games, when he was at the center of a controversial anti-pollution mask episode. January 7, 2009 A month later, Roush's department was reorganized in a way that narrowed his...

Baidu Critics Stuck in Neutral

Source: The Motley Fool

Beijing :: China | about 12 hours ago | Technology News

BusinessWeek is the latest to kick China's leading search engine when it's down. The magazine claims that Baidu is dropping from its search listings websites that don't pay up for sponsored search spots on Baidu.com. The story leans on two...

Obama will promote positive-sum Taiwan-U.S.-China ties: scholar

Source: Taiwan News

Beijing :: China | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) A noted U.S. scholar said Tuesday that after the Obama administration is sworn in, the United States will promote positive-sum relations among the U.S., China and Taiwan, and encourage further improvement in cross-Taiwan Strait relations, while...

China says suspected bird flu patient dies

Source: The independent

Beijing :: China | about 20 hours ago | Technology News

Chinese state media has reported that a suspected bird flu patient has died in a Beijing hospital. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that Huang Yanqing died Monday...Xinhua quoted the Beijing Health Bureau as saying 116 people had been...

Asian stocks extend new year optimism

Source: Channel NewsAsia

Beijing :: China | 1 day ago | Business News

Asian stocks on Tuesday extended their positive start to the year amid optimism for measures to ease the global economic meltdown after share prices were decimated in 2008, dealers said. Tokyo rose for a sixth straight session, closing up 0.42...