Monthly Archives: 5 月 2014

China bans Windows 8 from government computers

By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery May 20, 2014: 12:03 PM ET

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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

Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary

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

Do You Dare Try the Devil-Language? China’s 10 Hardest Dialects

1:50 pm HKT May 21, 2014

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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

Candy for the Eternally Spotless Mind Now Banned in China

5:46 am HKT May 22, 2014

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Sure, maybe you’ve tried Willy Wonka’s Gobstoppers. But have you tried “regret medicine”? Associated Press

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Foreigner rides a train in China

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

The 2014 Democracy Award: Imprisoned Chinese activists Liu Xiabo and Xu Zhiyong honored for their work with the 2014 Democracy awards

MAY 29, 2014

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China detains some 50 dissidents ahead of 1989 Tiananmen Square anniversary

 

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(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

Ancient bamboo medical books uncovered in China belonged to legendary Bian Que

12 MAY, 2014 – 22:20 By April Holloway

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Last year, archaeologists unearthed 920 bamboo strips at a construction site in the south-western city of Chengdu in China, Continue reading