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On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People’s Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps of cyberwarriors.
The building off Datong Road, surrounded by restaurants, massage parlors and a wine importer, is the headquarters of P.L.A. Unit 61398. A growing body of digital forensic evidence — confirmed by American intelligence officials who say they have tapped into the activity of the army unit for years — leaves little doubt that an overwhelming percentage of the attacks on American corporations, organizations and government agencies originate in and around the white tower.
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Most of America probably now knows that Mike Daisey fabricated sections of his popular one-man play about Apple iPads and his This American Life broadcast. But China’s bloody factories are a problem much bigger than Foxconn, Adam Matthews reports:
“Wang took me on a tour that even [Mike] Daisey couldn’t have dreamed up.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1uwf4pNtd1qdltkno1_1280.jpg "http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/20352244053/pulitzercenter-most-of-america-probably-now")
Most of America probably now knows that Mike Daisey fabricated sections of his popular one-man play about Apple iPads and his This American Life broadcast. But China’s bloody factories are a problem much bigger than Foxconn, Adam Matthews reports:
“Wang took me on a tour that even [Mike] Daisey couldn’t have dreamed up.”
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China’s government attempts to clamp down on microblogging.
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China Sought to Sell Arms to Qaddafi, Documents Suggest
In the final weeks of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s battle with Libyan rebels, Chinese state companies offered to sell his government large stockpiles of weapons and ammunition in apparent violation of United Nations sanctions, officials of Libya’s transitional government said Sunday. They cited Qaddafi government documents found by a Canadian journalist, which the officials said were authentic.
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Ai Weiwei finds China’s capital is a prison where people go mad.
(Photo credit: Reuters/David Gray)
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Today, Afghanistan’s natural resources are estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The resources in the neighboring Central Asian states are thought to be worth even more - the cake is huge and as yet largely untouched.
…The Chinese government has been conducting an offensive “shopping spree” in Afghanistan and other Central Asian states for some time now. To Washington’s displeasure, Beijing was able to secure the exploitation rights for the region’s biggest copper mine, by shelling out three billion dollars. Now, fully-laden trucks head from the mine in eastern Afghanistan to China on roads built by the Americans. >continue< -
Today’s VOA60 - World for July 6th, 2011
1. Libya: At least 11 Libyan rebels are killed in clashes with government forces near Misrata.
2. China: Officials say more than 20 are dead in massive landslides triggered by torrential rainstorms.
3. Nepal: Police arrest three Tibetans and prevent others from celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 76th birthday.
4. Pakistan: Targeted killings sparked by ethnic and political violence leave seven dead in Karachi.
5. Greece: Taxi drivers surround a government ministry building in a 24-hour protest against government reforms.
6. China: Snow tiger cubs fed by Siberian tiger because mother cannot feed all five.
VOA 60 is a 1 minute overview of the day’s top news stories — comprised of compelling video clips with simple captions. It is short, concise, and straight to the point so that viewers will be able to get their daily dose of news in less time. -
Internal fight at Facebook over entry into China
Three people familiar with these internal deliberations say that Sandberg and Zuckerberg fundamentally disagree on the issue. Zuckerberg believes that Facebook can be an agent of change in China, as it has been in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia.
Sandberg, a veteran of Google’s expensive misadventures in the world’s most populous country, is wary about the compromises Facebook would have to make to do business there.
Sandberg won’t address whether there’s friction over the topic, but she says disagreements in her partnership with Zuckerberg are common and healthy, and that the CEO gets to make the final call.
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China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge
“Stop the domineering behavior of exploiting human rights to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries,” it said, according to excerpts published by the official Xinhua news agency.
“The United States ignores its own severe human rights problems, ardently promoting its so-called ‘human rights diplomacy’, treating human rights as a political tool to vilify other countries and to advance its own strategic interests,” said a passage from the Chinese report
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Banned Facebook About to Enter China?
Facebook, as I’m sure you know, is blocked in China.
And being banned in a country that boasts roughly 500,000,000 Internet users is, of course, not exactly an ideal situation for a company aggressively looking for growth worldwide.
Now Facebook is rumored to have signed off on a partnership with a Chinese Internet giant in a move to enter the country (which, as some have pointed out, won’t be a walk in the park any way you look at it).
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