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Google assessing China's new rule on web mappingBeijing (AFP) June 24, 2010 Google said Thursday it was assessing the impact of a new Chinese rule on web mapping services, which state media said could exclude foreign companies from providing such services in the country. "China recently implemented a wide-ranging set of rules relating to online mapping," a Beijing-based spokeswoman for the US Internet giant told AFP. "We are examining the regulations to understand their impact on our maps products in China." Under the regulation introduced this month, all firms pro ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2010Thousands of protestors chanting slogans and blaring vuvuzelas faced off Wednesday as Hong Kong legislators debated a controversial plan to enact limited political reforms in the Chinese territory. Police surrounded the legislature with barricades and scores of officers kept pro-democracy and pro-Beijing activists apart as lawmakers inside thrashed out the plan, which would give voters a big ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) June 23, 2010Toyota Motor said production at an assembly plant in southern China would remain idle for the night shift Wednesday, as rival Honda was hit by a strike at another auto parts supplier. The disputes are the latest in a wave of labour unrest to hit foreign companies in China, which has highlighted growing discontent among millions of workers over low pay and poor conditions. Operations at T ... more  
Singapore (AFP) June 23, 2010Asia-Pacific millionaires are collectively worth more than their European counterparts for the first time, with the rich in China and India leading the way, a study said Wednesday. More millionaires are expected to be minted in a region that has produced some of the world's richest people, including Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing and India's Mukesh Ambani, as Asia leads the recovery from the global ... more |
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Taiwan Semiconductor, from chips to solarHsinchu, Taiwan (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract microchip maker, plans to operate its plants on solar power with the aim of reducing carbon emissions, the company announced. Electricity consumption for the production of each wafer unit has fallen 30 percent since 2001, said president of TSMC's new business division Ricky Tsai, Channel News Asia reports. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association meeting Monday, Tsai said t ... read more |
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