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The Great Firewall of China: Internet Companies Censor Material at Chinese Government's Request

We take a look at why the internet company Google is coming under intense criticism for agreeing to censor material deemed objectionable by the Chinese government and how Yahoo and Microsoft comply with China’s censorship orders. And in the U.S., the internet companies have provided the government with information on users at the Justice Department’s request. We speak with UC Berkeley school of law professor Deirdre Mulligan about...
Jan 27, 2006 | Story
China Quarantines Thousands of Beijing Residents As Sars Worsens

Chinese officials sealed off a second major hospital and threw up roadblocks up around Beijing today to combat the deadly virus SARS.
Apr 25, 2003 | Story
Millions of Workers in China Are Laid Off As China Moves Toward a Market Economy; Pbs Premiers a New Film On China, But the Arrest of the Film Crew Doesn't Make the Cut

Workers in the United States aren’t the only ones who are seeing their pensions disappear.
Jul 18, 2002 | Story
China to Release Spy Plane Crew After Washington Says Its Sorry: The Corporate Interests behind the Diplomacy

Chinese officials announced today that the 24 crew members of the US spy plane will be released. The Chinese ForeignMinister said that the crew members would be released as soon as "appropriate travel procedures" were completed. Hisstatements were followed by President Bush’s at the White House.
Apr 11, 2001 | Story
Cheap Labor and Fat Campaign Contributions: Why the Bush Administration Won't Condemn China. A Look at China As a Source of Cheap Labor for Wal-Mart, Nike, and Other US Corporations

As the U.S.-China standoff enters its 10th day, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called US statements to date"unacceptable" and reiterated China’s demand for an apology. The spokesman acknowledged Secretary of State ColinPowell’s remarks to Fox News Sunday that Washington was sorry about the loss of the Chinese pilot, but said that itwas only one step in the right direction.
Apr 10, 2001 | Story
U.S.-China Spy Plane Incident; Flying in the Face of Reason

China’s powerful military establishment weighed in to the crisis over 24 detained U.S. air crew on Sunday by vowingthat the United States would not be allowed to escape responsibility for the spy plane incident.
Apr 09, 2001 | Story
Is Bush Provoking a New Cold War? Noam Chomsky On North Korea to National Missile Defense,China to Global Warming

"Sometimes I get up in the morning and wonder who we’re going to offend today," said a Senior Diplomat from the USState Department in an Agence France Presse article yesterday.
Apr 05, 2001 | Story
Made in China: The Role of US Companies in Denying Human and Worker Rights

Congress is scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to grant permanent normal trading relations to China. President Clinton has called the pact essential on moral, economic and national security grounds.
May 23, 2000 | Story
A Blank Check with China: A Debate Over China and Most Favored Nation Status

Thousands of labor activists are rallying today in Washington to oppose the Clinton administration’s attempts to grant China permanent status as most favored nation, a move that would grant the country permanent trade privileges.
Apr 12, 2000 | Story
Clinton Gets Down to Business in China

President Clinton arrived in Shanghai today, shifting the focus of his China trip to business. Chinese and U.S. government and company representatives have signed $1.1 billion in business deals. The biggest consists of 10 new orders for Boeing jets.
Jun 30, 1998 | Story

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The Great Firewall of China: Internet Companies Censor Material at Chinese Government's Request

China Quarantines Thousands of Beijing Residents As Sars Worsens

Millions of Workers in China Are Laid Off As China Moves Toward a Market Economy; Pbs Premiers a New Film On China, But the Arrest of the Film Crew Doesn't Make the Cut

China to Release Spy Plane Crew After Washington Says Its Sorry: The Corporate Interests behind the Diplomacy

Cheap Labor and Fat Campaign Contributions: Why the Bush Administration Won't Condemn China. A Look at China As a Source of Cheap Labor for Wal-Mart, Nike, and Other US Corporations

U.S.-China Spy Plane Incident; Flying in the Face of Reason

Is Bush Provoking a New Cold War? Noam Chomsky On North Korea to National Missile Defense,China to Global Warming

Made in China: The Role of US Companies in Denying Human and Worker Rights

A Blank Check with China: A Debate Over China and Most Favored Nation Status

Clinton Gets Down to Business in China

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