Behind the Great Firewall
210 million Chinese have web access and any day now China will have more users than the US. But instead of spreading freedom, the net has been tamed by Beijing’s iron grip
Dalai Lama to visit Seattle for five days
The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Seattle, April 11 to 14. The five-day gathering is billed as the Seeds of Compassion Gathering. The focus of the gathering is to develop a strong community
Not official yet but China needles India on PM’s visit to Arunachal
China has informally conveyed a verbal complaint about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh last week. The objection was raised at a junior diplomatic level in Beijing
China discovers five major gold mines in 2007
The China Geological Survey Bureau (CGS) announced Friday that in 2007 the country’s gold prospecting efforts made a series of significant findings, with five major gold mines discovered.