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Court fight raises doubts over Hong Kong's feng shui 'masters' Hong Kong (AFP) July 2, 2009 
A high-profile court battle over the huge estate of late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has lifted the lid on the city's obsession with the ancient Chinese energy system of feng shui. From burning money to digging feng shui holes, the case has highlighted the superstitions many in the city are drawn to as they search for success, wealth and happiness. And while the system is often seen in ... read moreTight security ahead of China's 60th anniversary 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2009Three months before the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China, tensions are simmering, as Beijing has mobilised its huge security and propaganda apparatus to nip trouble in the bud. Mao Zedong appeared triumphantly in front of a crowd of 100,000 in Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949, proclaiming victory over the Nationalist enemy. Six decades on, observers say the ... more
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China's new corruption hotline overloaded: state media
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2009China's new government corruption hotline was overwhelmed in its first week with more than 17,000 tips and an unknown number unable to get through on overloaded lines, state media reported Tuesday. The government invited the public and government insiders to help ferret out widespread corruption by anonymously reporting tips to the telephone and Internet hotline launched on June 22, the ... more Chinese censorship of internet 'unacceptable': EU 
Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009The EU accused China of "unacceptable" Internet censorship Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing's claim that an internet filter due to be introduced is instead aimed at blocking pornography. "The aim of this internet filter, contrary to what Chinese authorities contend, is clearly to censor internet and limit freedom of expression," the European Commission said in a statement. ... more Chinese intellectuals call for release of dissident 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2009Dozens of prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics have signed an open letter urging the government to free dissident Liu Xiaobo, who co-wrote a bold petition calling for democratic reform. The letter, dated June 24, was circulated on the Internet and has been signed by 52 people, signatories told AFP on Friday. Liu, a 53-year-old dissident writer, was arrested on Tuesday for ... more Two dead, 60 hospitalised after China factory brawl: media 
Shanghai (AFP) June 28, 2009A brawl at a toy factory in China ended with two dead and 60 in hospital after a dispute flared between Han Chinese and Uighur workers from the Muslim Xinjiang region, media reported on Sunday. More than 400 police were called to break up the fight involving hundreds of people at the factory in Shaoguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, early Friday, the official Xinhua news agency ... more |
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Police cars overturned in south China protest
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Hundreds of furniture makers and businessmen smashed police cars and blocked a highway in eastern China Monday, protesting the implementation of proposed tax measures, officials and state press said. The protesters gathered outside a furniture exhibition centre in Nankang city, Jiangxi province, to demonstrate against the measures when they began blocking traffic on a highway outside the ... more Thousands of taxi drivers on strike in China: state media 
Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2009Thousands of taxi drivers were on strike Sunday in a large northwest Chinese city over fears that new rules will hit earnings, state media said. More than 5,500 cab drivers refused to work in the city of Xining, forcing people to walk or use public transport, the Xinhua news agency reported. The strike was triggered Saturday by a report in a local newspaper saying taxi drivers' licences ... more China defends Internet software rule amid privacy fears 
Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2009Chinese state media defended Friday a new directive that PCs sold in the country must come with Internet filtering software, as concern mounted in China that it violates personal privacy. Computer makers have been told that all personal computers sold from July 1 must be shipped with anti-pornography software, a move that trade and rights groups have said is a bid by Beijing to further tight ... more In China, mental disease common and untreated: study 
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2009Far more people in China suffer from mental disease than previously suspected, with most going untreated, according to a major study unveiled Friday. The largest health survey of its kind ever conducted in China estimates that 173 million adults have some type of mental disorder, and that 158 million of them - 91 percent - have never received professional help. In many middle-income ... more |
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