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Google goes it alone in China censorship fightWashington (AFP) March 27, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship. "I hope that refusal to support politically motivated censorship will become a trademark characteristic of American technology companies," Clinton said. "It should be part of our national brand." Amid a host of trade disputes with China, however, Google's decision last week to halt censorship there met with only a fairly muted response from the ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2009 China in 2009 for the first time led the world in clean energy investments, with Britain jumping up to the No. 3 spot. China spent a staggering $34.6 billion in clean energy over the past year, almost double the United States' $18.6 billion, a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts said. With $11.2 billion spent, Britain surprisingly claims the No. 3 spot, followed by Spain and Brazi ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2010An Australian mining executive charged with bribery and corporate espionage in China was an honest man who made a mistake, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a verdict in the highly sensitive trial. After hearing Rio Tinto employee Stern Hu's testimony this week, a prosecutor recommended the court give a lenient sentence to the head of the mining giant's Shanghai office, his lawyer Jin Chunqin ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2010Russia and China have signed a framework contract for the construction of the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly Atomstroyexport said on Wednesday. The company said the contract signed by Atomstroyexport and its Chinese partner, the Jiangsu nuclear power corporation, stipulated the construction of two VVER- ... more |
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Economy trumps ecology at UN wildlife meetDoha (AFP) March 25, 2010 Commerce beat out conservation at a UN wildlife trade forum on Thursday, with Japan, China and pro-fisheries interests scoring a clean sweep in defeating proposals to protect high-value marine species. At its final session in Doha, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) reversed the only decision it had taken in 13 days to list an endangered ocean animal of commercial value, the porbeagle shark. Lobbied aggressively by Tokyo, the 175-nation CITES last week massiv ... read more |
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