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Websites banned from featuring Mafia games

CHINA has banned Websites featuring or publicizing online games that glamorize Mafia gangs, saying violators will be severely punished. The Culture Ministry said such games "advocate obscenity, gambling or violence," and "undermine morality and ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Shanghai Daily,  28 Jul 2009

Not 'Realistic' To Abandon US Dollar

CHINA, the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves, has no intention of abandoning the US dollar, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said. He spoke at a news briefing yesterday on President Hu Jintao's trip to Russia, where he will attend an ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Shanghai Daily,  9 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Hu Jintao,  Dmitry Medvedev

China security tight in Tiananmen

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police were out in force on Thursday to prevent commemoration of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Tiananmen Square 20 years ago, a day after Washington demanded Beijing account for those killed. Tanks rolled ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Boston Globe,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Kevin Rudd,  Flickr,  Twitter Inc,  Zhao Ziyang

China boosts security ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, and a day after Twitter and other Internet services in China were blocked. Black ...

From BEN BLANCHARD AND LUCY HORNBY, Boston Globe,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Flickr

China ups security ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a day after Twitter and Hotmail Internet services in China were blocked. Black police ...

From BEN BLANCHARD AND LUCY HORNBY, Boston Globe,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Mao Zedong,  Flickr

Snakebite dish banned

HEALTH authorities are putting a stop to restaurants serving chickens that have been bitten to death by poisonous snakes and cooked up for a supposedly detoxing meal. The dish, served by a small number of eateries in the southern province of ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Shanghai Daily,  1 Jun 2009

Tiananmen protests hold little interest for China's youth

BEIJING (Reuters) - Final year Chinese university student Li Teng knows finding a job during the global economic crisis will be tough. Yet he shakes his head at the thought of taking to the streets to protest. "I think the government is working hard to ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Boston Globe,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: NATO

Tiananmen protests a distant memory for China youth

BEIJING (Reuters) - Final year Chinese university student Li Teng knows finding a job during the global economic crisis will be tough. Yet he shakes his head at the thought of taking to the streets to protest. "I think the government is working hard to ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Boston Globe,  27 May 2009
Related Topics: NATO

China searches for 150 people after first flu case

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese health authorities are searching for around 150 people who took the same flights as mainland China's first confirmed case of the new H1N1 strain of flu, state media said on Monday. State television said the government had ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Boston Globe,  11 May 2009
Related Topics: Thomson Reuters,  Northwest Airlines

China says 5,335 children dead, missing from '08 quake

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday put the official number of dead and missing schoolchildren from last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake at 5,335, far lower than the number compiled from news reports at the time. The number was announced by Tu ...

From BEN BLANCHARD, Boston Globe,  7 May 2009

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