http://news.yahoo.com/us-pushes-china-tiananmen-anniversary-030344355.html By Robert Saiget | AFP – 1 hr 51 mins ago Chinese authorities have rounded up hundreds of activists in the capital Beijing, rights campaigners said on Monday, as they marked the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The detentions came as Washington urged Beijing to free all those still jailed over the demonstrations on […]
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Storm clouds hang over global economy as bleak news from U.S. and China adds to gloom
May 25
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2149880/Storm-clouds-hang-global-economy-bleak-news-U-S-China-adds-gloom.html By Hugo Duncan PUBLISHED: 06:53 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:53 EST, 25 May 2012 The storm clouds hanging over the global economy darkened yesterday as a raft of data showed output slowing around the world. Bleak news from the United States and China added to the gloom in Britain and the eurozone […]
Chinese company buys U.S. movie theater chain AMC for $2.6bn in largest ever takeover deal
May 21
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147569/Movie-theater-AMC-bought-Chinese-company-Dalian-Wanda-Group-2-6bn.html AMC is America’s second biggest theater chain Dalian Wanda Group, who are based in Beijing, said headquarters will remain in Kansas City and 18,500 employees will keep their jobs Chinese investment set to create more 3-D and IMAX cinemas in U.S. By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:22 EST, 21 May 2012 | UPDATED: 10:36 […]
Devastating hail storm kills 44 and 26 others still missing after mudslide rumbles through one of China’s poorest regions
May 13
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143776/Devastating-hail-storm-kills-44-26-missing-mudslide-rumbles-Chinas-poorest-regions.html By Amy Oliver PUBLISHED: 10:34 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:05 EST, 13 May 2012 At least 44 people have died and 26 others are missing after a massive mudslide swallowed a region in northwest China. The slide was triggered by heavy rain and hail in the poor mountainous region. The Civil Affairs […]
Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers
May 12
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-05/chinese-physicists-teleport-protons-over-100-kilometers By Dan Nosowitz Posted 05.11.2012 at 11:45 am Beam Us Up Teleportation doesn’t work for humans — yet — but it works over long distances, a new study reports. Time Magazine Teleportation, sci-fi-y as it sounds, is actually not fictional or even new; two years ago, Chinese physicists broke the then-current record for […]
A truly monstrous medicine: The Mail investigates China’s gruesome human baby flesh pills
May 12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143294/A-truly-monstrous-medicine-The-Mail-investigates-Chinas-gruesome-human-baby-flesh-pills.html By Steve Bird PUBLISHED: 19:31 EST, 11 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:40 EST, 11 May 2012 Kneeling down in her cramped kitchen, the pharmacist opens her fridge door and removes the freezer compartment drawer crammed with three packages wrapped in black bin liners. As she carefully opens the brittle bundles, she boasts of her […]
Thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh discovered by customs officials in South Korea
May 7
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140702/South-Korea-customs-officials-thousands-pills-filled-powdered-human-baby-flesh.html More than 17,000 pills smuggled into country have been intercepted since last August Pills viewed as a ‘miracle cure’ for all ailments – but unsurprisingly they are harmful By Richard Shears and Rob Cooper PUBLISHED: 05:44 EST, 7 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:50 EST, 7 May 2012 Thousands of pills filled with powdered human […]
American woman Kim Lee becomes unlikely hero to millions of battered wives in China
Apr 22
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133340/American-woman-Kim-Lee-unlikely-hero-millions-battered-wives-China.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:39 EST, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 18:40 EST, 21 April 2012 One American woman has become the unlikely face of growing resistance to domestic violence in China, a nation which has been traditionally ambivalent towards it.Causing a storm in the communist country, Kim Lee, 40, has become the […]
Saved from the dinner table: Activists rescue more than 500 caged dogs destined for restaurants in China
Apr 21
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133151/Saved-dinner-table-Activists-rescue-500-caged-dogs-destined-restaurants-China.html By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED: 12:33 EST, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 21 April 2012 Crammed into tiny cages and enduring appalling conditions, these dogs had been destined for restaurant tables in China. But they were saved from that fate after activists intercepted the truck carrying them. Many of the 505 creatures had […]
Secret Cyber War Games Between U.S. and China Let Countries Role-Play Their Frustrations
Apr 18
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/cyber-war-games-between-us-and-china-let-countries-role-play-their-frustrations By Rebecca Boyle Posted 04.17.2012 at 2:32 pm U.S. Navy Wargames Naval officers operate the Ectocryp Black Secure Voice Gateway during Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2011 at SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific. CWID is an annual exercise enabling NATO and coalition partners to assess cutting-edge information technology under exercise conditions. U.S. Navy photo by […]