Batteries included: Police cars go green
Visitors will get the chance to zip around the Expo site on some environmentally minded wheels starting in May.
Google vs. China: Information colossus battles global superpower over differences
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Internet behemoth Google’s site recently carried an announcement indicating that unless China resolves issues with filtering information and hacker intrusions, it would consider pulling out of the country.
‘Let foreigners go to Expo first’
Mayor Han Zheng yesterday called on the city’s residents to wait and visit the exhibition pavilions at the Expo site after the event ends, so as to make room for more visitors from outside the city.
Google and YouTube copies launch in China
Imitation search engine and video site emerge amid standoff between China and real Google over censorshipImitation websites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.YouTubecn.com offers videos from the real YouTube, which is owned by Google and blocked in China. The [...]
Internal Document of the Domestic Security Department of the Public Security Bureau (Part I)
The Domestic Security Department （国内安全保护支队）is a branch of the police force within the Ministry of Public Security, specializing in collecting intelligence, infiltrating and dealing with political dissidents, human rights activists, …
Countdown to Shanghai World Expo begins
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Less than 100 days before the World Expo opens in Shanghai, armies of workers wearing yellow and orange hard-hats are buzzing around a huge muddy site where the pavilions are far from finished.
Crowd protest garbage burning plant
More than 400 people wearing masks and chanting slogans protested outside the proposed site of a garbage burning plant yesterday, the Guangzhou Daily reported.
Talking tough on censorship | Jonathan Fenby
Hillary Clinton’s speech on internet freedom was welcome. But don’t pretend China and the US have shared valuesFor a western audience, Hillary Clinton’s speech about internet freedom and the need to counter hacking was entirely welcome. For China, it amounted to “information imperialism”.For the west, the fact that access to sensitive links from websites in [...]
Google Aims to Stay in China
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, reiterated the company’s intention to remain in the China market, despite the recent declaration that they would rather shut down their China-based search engine than censor the site. From the Financial Times:
“…
Alibaba.com has grown to a $15bn trading platform in 10 years
• 96% of 1.9 million US users of the site register as buyers only • In Britain 19% of traders have registered as buyers and sellersBritain’s status as a leading trading nation is alive and well, according to David Wei, the boss of Alibaba.com, China’s largest commercial online marketplace.While most businesses sign up with Alibaba [...]