Category Archives: Breaking News

Now you can enjoy CRI streamed over the web!

Posted on 2005-07-14 by Joel Martinsen

From CRI Online (Chinese): China Radio International multilingual online broadcasting station launched. Listen to broadcasts on InetRadio.cn; English language channel is here. Currently, it seems that the English isn’t streaming very well. The Chinese channel, which started broadcasting last October, … Continue reading →

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Baidu (BIDU) readies $80 million IPO

Posted on 2005-07-14 by Joel Martinsen

Reuters: China search site Baidu.com seeks $80 mln in IPO. (via Yahoo News) Excerpt: The five-year-old company is still small by Western standards but is growing rapidly, with revenue more than doubling to 42.6 million yuan ($5.14 million) in the … Continue reading →

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SAFRT bans foreign participation in domestic television and radio

Posted on 2005-07-13 by Joel Martinsen

Xinhua: SAFRT bans foreign participation in domestic television and radio. Excerpt: The Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) Tuesday issued a regulation banning any cooperation in channel operation between local TV and radio stations and foreign companies, … Continue reading →

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Summer reading from Li Peng

Posted on 2005-07-09 by Joel Martinsen

Li Peng inspects a power station Former premier Li Peng has published a new book. No, it’s not The Key Moment, his memoir on 1989 that got blocked last year, but rather the next volume in his series of collected … Continue reading →

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Never Forget: Nanjing Massacre online museum opens

Posted on 2005-07-08 by Joel Martinsen

http://www.neverforget.com.cn/

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China signs on to anti-spam effort

Posted on 2005-07-06 by Joel Martinsen

http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/detail.asp?ReleaseID=162114&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False

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CHINA’S TOP FAKE NEWS OF THE YEAR!

Posted on 2005-07-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Go read the whole thing yourself on ESWN: The Top 10 Fake News Of The Year In China

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Condi to visit China this weekend?

Posted on 2005-07-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Yahoo: China says Rice to visit this weekend So the St. Regis Hotel is going to be full of spooks… Excerpt: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China this weekend on a trip that includes stops in South Korea and … Continue reading →

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Stop the presses! Xinhua president vows media co-operation with Sierra Leone

Posted on 2005-07-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua: Xinhua president vows to promote media co-op with Sierra Leone

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Lexis Nexis opens China website

Posted on 2005-07-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From the People’s Daily: LexisNexis unveils information website in Chinese LexisNexis, a world-leading provider of legal and business information, Monday unveiled a website in Chinese in Beijing, offering legal information to domestic and transnational companies operating in China. The service … Continue reading →

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