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China issues new rules on Internet domain namesBeijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2009 China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content. According to Liu Jie, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the regulations posted on its website Sunday beef up existing rules on domain name registration. The measures will cut off Internet services to those websites ... read more |
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Taichung, Taiwan (AFP) Dec 23, 2009A Taiwanese policeman was injured and six protesters detained in a scuffle Wednesday night outside the hotel of a top envoy visiting from China, an official said. The incident marked the first injury and arrests since Chen Yunlin arrived in the central Taiwan city of Taichung on a trip which anti-Beijing activists fear could strengthen the mainland's influence on the island. The proteste ... more  
Stockholm (AFP) Dec 23, 2009US auto giant Ford said Wednesday it had agreed on the main terms for selling its Swedish brand Volvo Cars to Chinese car maker Geely, a deal set to underline China's growing economic clout. Ford said a definitive accord would be signed early in 2010 with Geely, a former refrigerator parts supplier that has grown into one of China's largest private car makers since launching its auto busines ... more  
Lusaka (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Zambia's northern Lunashya Copper Mines will resume production, projected at 20,000 tonnes a year, after shutting down a year ago, the China Nonferrous Metals Company said Tuesday. "We are projecting to producing 20,000 tonnes of finished copper per annum but our target is 40,000 tonnes per annum" within five years, the company's chief executive Luo Xingeng said. Lunashya stopped ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2009China said Tuesday it "regrets" a decision by the World Trade Organization to reject its appeal against a ruling that orders Beijing to free up distribution of US films, music and books. The WTO appeals body on Monday upheld an initial August ruling that China was breaching international trade commitments by blocking foreign-owned companies from acting as importers and wholesalers ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 22, 2009The European Union, the world's biggest market, on Tuesday extended punitive taxes on imports of Chinese and Vietnamese shoes. Ministers from the 27 EU nations "today adopted a regulation extending, by a further period of 15 months, the anti-dumping duty on imports into the EU of footwear with leather uppers originating in China and Vietnam," a statement from the bloc's presidency said. ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Hong Kong and several European states are set to begin talks aimed at hammering out a free trade pact, the southern Chinese city said Tuesday. Hong Kong officials will sit down in early 2010 with their counterparts from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, according to a government statement. A free-trade agreement ... more |
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