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October 2004



Chinese batteries blamed for exploding cell phones

Sunday, 31 October 2004 6:25 P GMT+09
While it can be embarrassing if your cell phone rings during an important business meeting or in the cinema, the last thing that you expect it to do is explode, but that has been exactly what has been happening in a small but growing number of incide
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BN(O) passport holders to be rewarded for their contribution during WWII

Saturday, 30 October 2004 12:40 P GMT+09
Under a scheme that came into effect earlier this week, British subject aged 75 and over are now entitled to free passports under a fee waiver announced by the UK based government in May of this year.In recognition of their contributions to the allie
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China denies military agenda for the Galileo satellite network

Thursday, 28 October 2004 11:38 A GMT+09
China reacted with indignation this week to a report carried by the publication ‘Business Week’ that claimed that it was intent on securing access to Galileo, the EU's independent navigation system, to further military ideologies, and that China
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The Hawk and the Dragon, Part 2: The mouse that looks ready to roar.

Monday, 25 October 2004 11:33 A GMT+09
While the US is undoubtedly one of the largest world players in many global markets, it is not the only player, and with an administration that is fast running out of friends, and is closing its industries as fast as its borders, the long term benefi
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Debbie does ... Shanghai?: Hooters Open Mainland hostess bar.

Saturday, 23 October 2004 4:25 P GMT+09
Hooters, the restaurant chain known for its buxom waitresses and low cut costumes has this week dedicated its newest restaurant, in Shanghai, China.The restaurant, Hooters first in Mainland China, is located in a plush shopping center in HongQiao, a
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Asylum: 29 Korean refugees enter Beijing international school to plead for safe passage

Friday, 22 October 2004 6:06 P GMT+09
Tensions between China and North/South Korea were heightened earlier today who a group claiming to be refugees from the north entered a South Korean school in the Chinese capital and made contact with the South Korean embassy.The group, believed to c
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Interpol to seek Chinese National over Tokyo drug store slaying

Tuesday, 19 October 2004 11:59 P GMT+09
The Metropolitan Police Department of Tokyo has requested that Interpol, the international police agency, place Chen Yuanyao, a Chinese national on the international wanted list for his part in the slaying of a Tokyo drugstore manager in 2003.The Che
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“There was something wrong with him “: Student Suicide in China

Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:05 P GMT+09
I know that it is probably a common sentiment but, I never realized how foreign China was until I lived there.Despite being a closed society, my country has a had a long relationship with China and we have quite a bit of shared history, though admitt
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China Targets Migrant workers in the fight against STDs

Friday, 15 October 2004 5:52 P GMT+09
In an effort to cut down rising STD rates in the capital, Beijing has announced a plan to install 1,000 condom dispensers in strategic locations around the city.The machines will sell affordable, quality, condoms and will be placed in locations like
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Beating HIV/AIDS: Beijing looks to condoms to prevent an epidemic

Wednesday, 13 October 2004 2:04 P GMT+09
Xinhua, China’s state owned media agency, has announced a plan to install 1000 Condom dispensers in Beijing as part of its move to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in China.The new initiative is radical move for the usually conservative city and a depar
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Fixing the figures: Beijing Road Death statistics out by 100,000 Says WHO

Monday, 11 October 2004 9:49 A GMT+09
A recently released World Health Organization report on traffic deaths in Mainland China has painted a harrowing picture of China’s roads and the state of road safety in the country.The report estimates that over 600 people are killed in a road acc
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Chinese police crack Child smuggling ring

Friday, 8 October 2004 12:41 P GMT+09
Chinese authorities have announced the close of a six month operation against a child smuggling gang operating out of South China’s Yunnan province, saying that authorities from two counties have recovered the last of the children smuggled by the g
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Creating Face: Sino-Cuban unity irks America, but achieves little else

Thursday, 7 October 2004 2:20 P GMT+09
In the face of US opposition, President Hu of China earlier met with the Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, in a continuation of high level meetings between the two Communist countries that began during the co
Category: News and Politics Sino-American News and Perspectives

Extreme sports enthusiast seriously injured in Jinmao Tower jump

Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:59 P GMT+09
Australian extreme sports enthusiast Roland Simpson, a former world champion with over 1200 successful jumps to his name, was rushed to hospital Tuesday with serious but unspecified injuries after a Base jumping accident in Shanghai’s Pudong area.B
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China warms up to nuclear glow

Wednesday, 6 October 2004 9:57 A GMT+09
After a summer characterized by record energy consumption and embarrassing urban blackouts that saw energy rationing in large cities like Beijing and Shanghai, China has set its sights on one of the worlds most ambitious energy generation programs, t
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US to dispatch new Naval battle group close to Chinese waters

Tuesday, 5 October 2004 11:59 P GMT+09
With an ongoing missile build up between Taiwan and Mainland China and stalled Korean nuclear talks, the US has once again raised tension i
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Desperate measures: Fleeing the north

Sunday, 3 October 2004 10:47 A GMT+09
The week saw dramatic scenes in Beijing, as an unidentified group scaled the perimeter wall of the Canadian embassy on Wednesday.The members of the group, thought to consist of 44 North Korean refugees and to include 6 children, scaled the embassy’
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Sino-Australian ties anger Taiwan

Saturday, 2 October 2004 12:02 P GMT+09
This week, Taiwanese officials lead a strong verbal assault on Australia over its adherence to the ‘one China’ principle under which many countries switched formal diplomatic recognition from China’s ousted nationalist government, now based in
Category: News and Politics Sino-Taiwanese News and Perspectives