| Robots dance like Michael Jackson and play 5-a-side football at Bejing competition Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:58 AM PDT | The first Beijing College Student Robotics Competition featured dancing robots, boxing robots and even football-playing robots. . Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com | Views: 2653 14 ratings | | Time: 01:02 | More in Science & Technology |
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| Japanese and Taiwanese fleets clash near disputed islands Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:58 AM PDT | Japanese and Taiwanese Coast Guard and fishing boats clash with water cannons near a disputed island in the East China Sea. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com . Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com | Views: 569 10 ratings | | Time: 00:41 | More in News & Politics |
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| Police chief's fall may topple top Chinese official Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:41 AM PDT | When former Chongqing municipality police chief Wang Lijun confessed to taking bribes and covering up the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, he may have signed the death warrant for Communist Party star Bo Xilai's career. Bo's wife has been convicted of poisoning Heywood over an extortion attempt, and Wang was reportedly pressured by Bo after he began his investigation into the murder, eventually fleeing briefly to a US consulate. The Wang affair exposed the conspiracies and luxurious lifestyle of China's ruling class and forced the Communist Party to suspend Bo, once considered a rising star. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports. | Views: 1239 11 ratings | | Time: 02:22 | More in News & Politics |
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| VIOLENT RIOT: Tension RISES between CHINA and JAPAN over DISPUTED Island [OIL WARS?] Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT | Thousands of people protested in the streets of China and Hong Kong against Japan's claim to a contested island territory. The protesters are rallying against recent actions by some 150 Japanese activists, who on Sunday raised their country's flag on the disputed Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls Diyaou and claims to be Chinese territory. The Japanese activists made their display after the country detained and deported 14 Chinese and Hong Kong activists visiting the island days earlier, Kyodo news agency reported. In two southern Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, 3000 demonstrators were witnessed shouting anti-Japanese slogans and burning the country's flag. Some also attacked Japanese restaurants and cars, Interfax reported. One Shenzen demonstrator told AFP that protesters were headed towards a train station on the border with Hong Kong. "The demonstration is strung out for seven to eight kilometers. Many police are escorting us along the street," he said. The Chinese Foreign Ministry slammed the Japanese government on Saturday over the recent tension. The territory has been disputed since the 1970s, when the island was discovered to hold vast oil deposits, but hostilities in the feud have spiked in recent days. Tags: GlobalCrisisNews 2012 Japan China Hong Kong Senkaku Diyaou Diaoyu Crazy claim rally protest turn car Japan riot break against island territory aggressive disputed Hangzhou east China's Zhejiang conflict politic scandal Asia <b>...</b> | Views: 4439 5 ratings | | Time: 01:43 | More in News & Politics |
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| Billionaire Wilbur Ross worried about China-Japan row Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:33 AM PDT | Sept. 25 - The standoff between China and Japan over a set of disputed islands and food price inflation are among the top concerns of billionaire investor Wilbur Ross. | Views: 53 3 ratings | | Time: 02:26 | More in News & Politics |
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| TED: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government - Clay Shirky (2012) Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub -- so why can't governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Foxconn riot exposes dark side of tech glitter Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:48 AM PDT | Sept. 25 - An electronics factory in China run by a major Apple supplier reopens after being rocked by riots, a reminder of the human cost behind glossy technology gadgets. | Views: 241 10 ratings | | Time: 02:05 | More in News & Politics |
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| Breakingviews: Apple's mixed weekend Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT | Sept 24 - Rob Cox and Breakingviews columnists discuss the 5 million-plus sales of the iPhone 5 and the brawl that closed a supplier's factory in China. | Views: 34 1 ratings | | Time: 02:34 | More in News & Politics |
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| CEO Hesse Sees Sprint on Track for 2014 Rebound Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT | Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse sees the company on track to return to profit growth in 2014. Sprint shares have outperformed Apple so far this year. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 00:48 | More in News & Politics |
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| 'Anti-Islam' film is ugly: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Posted: 23 Sep 2012 08:15 PM PDT | In an exclusive interview to CNN, Ahmadinejad accused the West of abusing the freedom of speech and said a war between Israel and Iran was imminent. ibnlive.com | Views: 909 5 ratings | | Time: 02:25 | More in News & Politics |
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