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'China's Twitter' adopts new code

BBC News - 1 hour 8 minutes ago

China's most popular Twitter-like service, Weibo, adopts a new contract limiting the types of messages its users can post.

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China Market Lookahead: Stocks Set for More Weakness
CNBC - Sun May 27, 10:27 am ET
China stocks are set for more weakness this week as concerns about the EU and China's own economy linger. Eight out of ten brokerages surveyed by the China Securities Journal forecast downside.
China Arrests Man Suspected of Killing 11 People
ABC News - Sun May 27, 8:26 am ET
China arrests man suspected of killing 11 people, dismembering and burying bodies
China hits back on U.S. human rights
CNN - Sat May 26, 8:55 am ET
China criticized a "woeful" human rights record in the United States, a day after a U.S. report said Beijing's own record is worsening, with harsh crackdowns on dissidents.
China enters new era of services expansion with Singapore CPG buy
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 6:36 am ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China broadened its overseas investment strategy into the services industry on Sunday, with the country's top state-owned design and management purchasing a Singapore design firm. China's "going out" policy has led to a number of overseas acquisitions in the past decade, primarily in the natural resources and equipment sectors, as the nation draws on its stockpile of foreign ...
China to encourage private capital in banking industry
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 7:20 am ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will give private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, state media said on Sunday, as the government makes its hardest push in a decade to court private investors by welcoming them into a handful of sectors. Private companies would be allowed to buy into banks through private stock placements, new share subscriptions, equity ...
China launches communications satellite
Spacetoday.net - Sun May 27, 6:53 am ET
China launched a satellite late Saturday for civil and possibly military communications. The Long March...
China's new privatisation plan faces push-back risk
Business Standard India - Sun May 27, 2:39 am ET
China's new push to open state controlled industries may look bold after a decade of stuttering privatisation progress, but Beijing faces stiff resistance from vested interests in its effort to extend its World Trade Organisation dividend.
China banks see private capital boost
The Star - 1 hour 18 minutes ago
BEIJING: China will give private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, state media said, as the government makes its hardest push in a decade to court private investors by welcoming them into a handful of sectors.
China courts private investors
Business Times - Sun May 27, 2:20 pm ET
CHINA will give private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, state media said yesterday, as the government makes its hardest push in a decade to court private investors by welcoming them into a handful of sectors.
China cancels visit over Dalai meet
Gulf Times - Sat May 26, 7:34 pm ET
China’s top legislator cancelled a visit to Britain in anger over a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, a source said yesterday.
China beat South Korea 3-0 to retain Thomas Cup
The Borneo Post - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
WUHAN: China retained the Thomas Cup in convincing style by beating arch-rival South Korea 3-0 at the Wuhan Sports Complex Gymnasium here yesterday.
China beat South Korea to reclaim Uber Cup
IANS India Private Limited via Yahoo! India News - Sun May 27, 7:30 am ET
Wuhan (China), May 27 (IANS) China reclaimed the Uber Cup badminton event after beating South Korea 3-0 in the final here.
China banks' doors open to private funds
AsiaOne - Sun May 27, 5:37 am ET
CHINA - China announced on Saturday it would grant private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, in an effort to shore up an economy that is continuing slowing down and to lend more to small businesses that are thirsty for funds.
China Protes Subsidi Energi Terbarukan Amerika Serikat
indonesia finance today - Sun May 27, 3:07 pm ET
NEW YORK – China menuduh subsidi energi terbarukan yang diberikan Amerika Serikat terhadap lima negara bagiannya melanggar aturan perdagangan bebas. Kementerian Perdagangan China mengajukan gugatan ke Organisasi Perdagangan Dunia (WTO) terkait hal ini.
China airport drink name stirs spirited mockery
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 4:00 pm ET
A decision to name an airport in southwest China after a local spirits brand has provoked widespread derision online and controversy around the country, reports said Sunday.
China detains official for rapes after online uproar
MSNBC - Sun May 27, 4:13 am ET
Police in central China detained Li Xingong, a former Communist Party official, on suspicion or raping underage girls, state media said on Sunday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.
China, too, faces challenge of an aging society
The Japan Times - Sun May 27, 11:44 am ET
Parallel to its economic development, China is facing the challenge of a rapidly aging population. This is happening at a time when urbanization and industrialization is quickly increasing in the country. It is a trend that has weakened traditional family support networks, particularly for the elderly. New policies are necessary to face this situation. In 1979, China adopted a one-child policy ...
China successfully launches telecommunication satellite
The Economic Times - Sun May 27, 1:23 am ET
China has successfully launched telecommunication satellite "ChinaSat 2A" to boost broadcasting and multimedia transmission.
China beat South Korea to retain Thomas Cup
The Malaysian Insider - Sun May 27, 8:11 am ET
WUHAN, May 27 — China retained the Thomas Cup in convincing style by beating arch-rival South Korea 3-0 at the Wuhan Sports Complex Gymnasium here today. China also won the Uber Cup in similar fashion yesterday against South Korea who had beaten the Chinese in the previous Uber Cup final. Despite winning the Thomas Cup seven times before, it was ...
China defeat S.Korea to win 5th straight Thomas Cup title
Straits Times - Sun May 27, 6:52 am ET
WUHAN, China (AP) - China won its fifth successive Thomas Cup title after defeating South Korea 3-0 in the final on Sunday.