Google may pay the price of success Gulf News | In 2006, when Google's CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at the Dubai Leaders Forum, the reception he received was all warm and fuzzy. Everyone wanted to talk to him, and everyone wanted to know what Google was going to do next. | Fast forward to this week's Abu Dhabi Media Summit. Everyone still wanted to t...
Andy Lau appointed Expo ambassador China Daily | Chinese celebrity Andy Lau was crowned the Shanghai World Expo's Goodwill Ambassador on Friday, as the highly anticipated international event is 50 days away, Xinhua reported. | Three other household names also joined the ambassador list. Renowned anchorwoman Yang Lan was appointed the Expo's Imag...
Sandstorm shrouds prefecture in Xinjiang China Daily | URUMUQI -Â A severe sandstorm hit Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture in northwest China on Friday, reducing visibility to zero in some areas, local meteorological observatory said. | The fierce sandstorm swept through the prefecture from west to east in t...
Food poisoning kills 4 in E. China China Daily | XIAMEN -Â Four people died of food poisoning in east China's Fujian Province on Friday, local authorities said. | The people died after eating stewed pig's trotters with herbs taken from Heping County's Jiufeng Mountain where they worked as tree pl...
Japanese-born giant panda to arrive in SW China China Daily | CHENGDU -Â Xing Bang, a giant panda born in Japan, will arrive on March 16 at a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province. | The 4.5-year-old male would be flown to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan on March 16 ...
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Obey our law or face consequences: China to Google The Times Of India BEIJING: Hardening its stance, China on Friday said that world's leading search engine Google must obey its rules or "face the consequences" giving no indication whether it was rea...
China backlash at US rights report Al Jazeera | China has hit back at the US over human rights, telling Washington to get its own house in order before criticising others and blaming US policy for the global financial crisis. ...
Cabinet shake-up tests Taiwan's pro-China president The Star | TAIPEI (Reuters) - China-friendly Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou faces a new test of public confidence ahead of tense year-end elections after the sudden resignation of his justic...
Andy Lau appointed Expo ambassador China Daily | Chinese celebrity Andy Lau was crowned the Shanghai World Expo's Goodwill Ambassador on Friday, as the highly anticipated international event is 50 days away, Xinhua reported. | Three other household names also joined the ambassador list. Renowned ...
Advisors from Tibet, Xinjiang refute US human rights report China Daily | BEIJING - Chinese political advisors from Tibet and Xinjiang said Friday that cultural and religious freedom is fully respected and protected according to law in the two ethnic regions, fighting back against an annual US human rights report. | "The...
China persuades Google to stay back The Times Of India BEIJING: China on Saturday announced a sharp increase in the number of Internet users. The timing of the announcement suggests Beijing is trying to persuade Google to stay and give up plans to pull out its Chinese version from the country. | "There is no sense blowing things out of proportion and turning a business issue into a political or diploma...
China Hits Back at Obama on Yuan Wall Street Journal By AARON BACK And JIN JING | BEIJING -- A senior Chinese central banker hit back at comments by U.S. President Barack Obama that China should move to a more market-oriented exchange rate, saying Friday countries shouldn't rely on others to fix their own problems. | The People's Bank of China Vice Gov. Su Ning, speaking on the sidelines of the Natio...
