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Chinese dissident leaves Beijing for US

Posted: 19 May 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has boarded a plane bound for the United States, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations. Chen, 40, his wife and their two children were on United Airlines Flight 88, which took off late on Saturday afternoon from Beijing's airport. The flight is scheduled to arrive in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday evening. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports.
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Blind Chinese Activist Arrives in NY

Posted: 19 May 2012 06:18 PM PDT

A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in New York on Saturday, ending a diplomatic tussle that lasted for weeks and tested US-China relations. Chen Guangcheng flew to the US with his family. (May 19)
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euronews cinema - Past and present resonate in Wayne Wang's latest film.

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT

In 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' director Wayne Wang has tried to keep to the spirit of the story in Lisa See's best-selling novel of the same name, which spans several generations. Wang shifts the bulk of the action to modern day Shanghai, with two contemporary women replacing See's original characters. "It's probably more re-imagining, because the book is like some 400 pages. It has so many details and events that are important. So the trick is really to condense it enough but still be very true to the essence of the book," he said. ... www.euronews.net
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Chinese Company's Device Turns IPod Into IPhone: Video

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Margaret Conley reports on Yosion Technology's Apple Peel 520. A Chinese company is trying to overcome copyright restrictions before releasing a device that can provide Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch with iPhone functions. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Wolf Says China Overseas Acquisitions May Rise Fourfold

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Wolf, a senior economic adviser at Rand Corp. and a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks about the outlook for overseas acquisitions by China. Wolf talks with Matt Miller and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Enderle Sees `Significant' Google Loss from a China Exit: Video

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Rob Enderle, president of Enderle Group, talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li about Google Inc.'s plan to stop censoring results on its Chinese site, Google.cn, a move that may lead to shutting down the service. Google said it discovered a "highly sophisticated" attack last month aimed at gaining access to e-mail accounts of human-rights activists in the country. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Underwater weddings in China

Posted: 20 May 2012 04:53 AM PDT

Two underwater weddings have been held at a marine park in China, with the couples being kissed by dolphins and spat on by walruses. Report by Sophie Foster. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com
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Glickenhaus Says He Believes China Agritech Is Real Firm

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PDT

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- James Glickenhaus, a partner at Glickenhaus & Co., and Bloomberg's James Sterngold discuss the US economy and stocks, and the US listing, accounting and short-selling related to China Agritech Inc. They talk with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Google to Stop Censoring China Results, May Shut Site: Video

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Joseph Galante reports on Google Inc.'s plan to stop censoring results on its Chinese site, Google.cn, a move that may lead to shutting down the service. The company said it will discuss the plan with Chinese authorities and is willing to close the site, according to a blog post today. Google also said it has evidence that an attack on its China Web site was aimed at accessing Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists. Bloomberg's Bernard Lo also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
From: Bloomberg
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Joint Mekong river patrols begin

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:30 AM PST

China, along with three other Asian nations, has started co-ordinated patrols on the Mekong river in an effort to improve security in the increasingly violent area. Thailand, Myanmar and Laos have signed an agreement with Beijing to escort shipping vessels through the Golden Triangle, where the borders of the three countries meet, in an area notorious for drug smuggling. The joint security initiative comes in response to the deaths of 13 Chinese sailors in October. Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports.
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