By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery May 20, 2014: 12:03 PM ET
Two years after Microsoft executives unveiled Windows 8 in China, the government is banning the operating system on state computers.
China has blacklisted Microsoft Windows 8, Continue reading
China bans Windows 8 from government computers已关闭评论
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Tagged Ban, China, Government Computers, Windows 8
May 19, 2014 • 6:11 pm
Six Arbitrary Detentions in Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing
(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 19, 2014) – The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition of Chinese and international human rights NGOs, has been informed by Rights Defense Network (Weiquanwang) that more lawyers and activists—six individuals in Continue reading
Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
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Tagged June 4th, Liu Shihui, Pu Zhiqiang, Tang Jingling, Tiananmen
1:50 pm HKT May 21, 2014
A labourer works at an empty shoe factory in the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters
A city best known for its millionaires and factories churning out Continue reading
5:46 am HKT May 22, 2014
Sure, maybe you’ve tried Willy Wonka’s Gobstoppers. But have you tried “regret medicine”? Associated Press
I maintain that the best way to travel in a foreign country (or between foreign countries) is by train. I have ridden in trains across Europe and trains down the Nile. I am currently fantasizing about saving up and taking trains across India. Continue reading
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Tagged June 4th, Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award, Tiananmen, Xu Zhiyong
(TibetanReview.net, May21, 2014) – China has arrested, detained or held away from home against their will some 50 dissidents since early this month ahead of the anniversary of the Jun 3-4, 1989 Tiananmen Square bloodbath, Continue reading
China detains some 50 dissidents ahead of 1989 Tiananmen Square anniversary已关闭评论
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Tagged Dissidents, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
12 MAY, 2014 – 22:20 By April Holloway
Last year, archaeologists unearthed 920 bamboo strips at a construction site in the south-western city of Chengdu in China, Continue reading
Ancient bamboo medical books uncovered in China belonged to legendary Bian Que已关闭评论
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Tagged Ancient bamboo medical books, China
