HEFEI, China — The wife of a disgraced Chinese politician was given a suspended death sentence Monday after confessing to killing a British businessman in a case that rocked the country’s top political leadership. A suspended sentence is usually commuted to life in prison after several years. Gu Kailai received the sentence and a family [...]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese authorities shut 16 websites and detained six people accused of spreading rumors of unusual military vehicle movements in Beijing, state media reported, after the political downfall of one of the ruling communist party’s senior leaders. Authorities closed the websites for spreading rumors of “military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going [...]
Well, look who’s turned up in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook surprised shoppers on Monday when he made an appearance at the Apple Store in Beijing’s Joy City shopping mall, reports China-based internet and tech blog TechNode. The blog spotted a post by @STwing on Sina Weibo (China’s version of Twitter), explaining that the tech titan dropped [...]
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco. When the doors opened, he was among the first to buy his [...]
Huawei just can’t catch a break — first the US blocks it from being a part of its first responder wireless network, and now, Australia is following suit. According to the Australian Financial Review, the Shenzhen-based outfit has been barred from tendering contracts for the country’s A$43 billion National Broadband Network on the advice of the Australian [...]
One of Apple’s major manufacturing cogs, Foxconn, will receive voluntary audits from the Fair Labor Association on factories in both Shenzhen and Chengdu in China. These inspections already began earlier today over in “Foxconn City”, where the FLA has started polling “thousands” of employees, covering both their working and living conditions. Facilities (including dormitories) will [...]
It wasn’t long ago that the Windows Phone Marketplace hit 50,000 unique titles, and very soon, developers may find themselves with a whole lot more exposure. Microsoft’s virtual store is expanding once again — this time to Argentina, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines. While it’s not yet live in these countries, proactive developers may submit [...]
BEIJING — China announced a cut Tuesday in its rare earths export quota as it tries to shore up sagging prices for the exotic metals used in mobile phones and other high-tech goods. China accounts for 97 percent of rare earth output and its 2009 decision to curb exports while it builds up an industry [...]
The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread around the world in recent days. It has led to clashes with police in Melbourne, violence in Rome and massive protests. Protests in the U.S. have even shown hints of conflict in recent days. China is watching developments carefully and doesn’t want the movement to spread to its nation. An Occupy China Facebook [...]
Reporting from Jerusalem and Beijing— As a child growing up in Kaifeng in central China, Jin Jin was constantly reminded of her unusual heritage. “We weren’t supposed to eat pork, our graves were different from other people, and we had a mezuza on our door,” said the 25-year-old, referring to the prayer scroll affixed to [...]
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