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'Never go to China', Taiwan spy boss warns ex-agents: reportTaipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 Taiwan's spy chief has warned retired agents "never go to China," because of the risk of arrest or interrogation there, a report said Friday. "China still actively uses various channels and methods to collect information from us... Some of our work partners were questioned, arrested or detained when going to China," the Apple Daily cited military intelligence boss Chang Kan-ping as saying. "To ensure your personal safety, (I) urge you to insist on never going to China," Chang said in a recent me ... read more |
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Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling foreign congeneric systems with the successful launch of a new orbiter into space early Sunday morning. Boosted by a Long-March-3III carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, it was the third orbiter China has launched for the network ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 12, 2010US President Barack Obama's fortunes will sink further and nuclear threats will grow, but the world economy will bounce back in the turbulent Year of the Tiger, Chinese soothsayers predict. "Obama will start going downhill this year. He will not be able to achieve much," said Peter So, one of Hong Kong's celebrity feng shui masters peering into the future as the Lunar New Year rolls around o ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2010China, increasingly isolated within the UN Security Council over Iran's nuclear program, appears more likely to yield to US-led calls to impose new sanctions against Tehran, experts say. With Russia hardening its stance toward Iran, China is the sole holdout at the Security Council as it pushes for further negotiations to resolve the showdown over Iran's uranium enrichment program. The U ... more |
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China's social networks bloom without Twitter and FacebookBeijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2010 Cissy Ding says she finally gave in at the start of the year and joined China's social networking bandwagon, setting up an account on local micro-blogging service Weibo. "If I hadn't gotten started, I would have felt totally lame, and out of touch," says Ding, an editor at a women's magazine. China's domestic social media sites like Weibo are booming thanks to their better knowledge of the world's largest Internet market - and the censorship stifling foreign rivals like Facebook, Twitter, and G ... read more |
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