17 DEC 2011 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Compounds used in new flame-retardant products are showing up in the environment at increasing concentrations, according to a recent study by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science… Read More ›
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China’s influence over the media growing globally, says US think tank
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:00pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:36pm Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com Africa Live presenter Beatrice Marshall says that through her news show Africans “are telling the story from our perspective”. Photo: AFP China’s government… Read More ›
China and The Art of (losing) War
Benjamin CarlsonOctober 20, 2013 06:05 Follow @bfcarlson For centuries, China’s leaders have relied on Sun Tzu’s masterpiece of strategy. The result? Tragedy, weakness and defeat to inferior forces. These traditional Russian Matryoshka dolls feature Chinese leaders since the overthrow of… Read More ›
George Osborne: ‘Second-rate Britain’ needs to be more like China
Chancellor dismisses suggestions that China has a ‘sweatshop’ economy and wishes Britain would be more like the communist country Lewis Smith Friday, 18 October 2013 Britain is no longer great, is defeatist and unambitious and needs to be more like… Read More ›
US army developing ‘Iron Man’ body armour for soldiers of the future
Superhuman suits worn by comic book heroes may not be science fiction if US army scientists succeed in developing advanced body armour PUBLISHED : Sunday, 13 October, 2013, 12:00am UPDATED : Sunday, 13 October, 2013, 6:15am Agence France-Presse in Washington… Read More ›
London to become next offshore yuan trading centre after Hong Kong
Tuesday, 15 October, 2013 [Updated: 5:32PM] Reuters in Beijing Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (left) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai after a signing ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: EPA China will give London-based… Read More ›
Laptops Snowden took to Hong Kong, Russia were a “diversion”
Source: Reuters – Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:42 PM Author: Reuters By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The four laptop computers that former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden carried with him to Hong Kong and Moscow were a… Read More ›
‘Catastrophe’ as 114 million Chinese suffer diabetes thanks to economic boom
Shocking survey shows 11.6pc of people suffer from rampant diet-related disease, with around one third of the world’s diabetics living in China Thursday, 05 September, 2013 [Updated: 7:42AM] Bloomberg and Lo Wei Overweight children at a fitness camp in Wuhan…. Read More ›
Nepotism is giving way to elite breeding
Source: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:29 PM Author: Edward Hadas Graduates set next to the Chinese flag during a graduation ceremony at Fudan University in Shanghai June 28, 2013 REUTERS/Aly Song (The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The… Read More ›
The Pre-Snowden NSA leaks – Bumblehive, Operation Thinthread, Going Dark, Stingray, Trapwire, Total Information Awarness, etc..
EEV: Moderator notes The Intelligence community began to lose control prior to Snowden. The Boston Bombing event resulted in over zealous Intelligence Consultants revealing trade secrets. Then Following the AP, and Fox having their communications compromised Snowden became a well… Read More ›
Low-power Wi-Fi signal tracks movement — even behind walls
Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-253-8923 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘Wi-Vi’ is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging CAMBRIDGE, MA — The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and… Read More ›
US Senators Warn of Soviet Revival, Want ‘Consequences’ Over Snowden
Jun. 25, 2013 – 06:00AM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | WASHINGTON — Senators from both US political parties on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to take steps forcing Moscow to suffer “consequences” for refusing to hand over NSA leaker… Read More ›
Chinese businessman behind $40 bln Nicaragua canal denies special ties
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 Reuters BEIJING – The mysterious Chinese businessman behind a US$40 billion (S$50.8 billion) plan to build a canal through Nicaragua pledged transparency on Tuesday – but refused to reveal where he attended college. Wang Jing, 40,… Read More ›
Chinese censors target Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
China’s army of internet censors have picked an unusual target in their battle to wipe dissent from the country’s computer screens: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. The two images were published side by side this week on the Twitter-like Chinese… Read More ›
Americans start operation “Troll the NSA”
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 An operation to troll the NSA has started up online in a bid to jam the spy scanners. The plan is to ‘test’ the system by sending a message full of terrorist buzz words to… Read More ›
Americans widely back NSA phone tracking: poll
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A solid majority of Americans support the US government’s programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found Monday. Despite US intelligence concerns raised by contractor Edward Snowden’s leak… Read More ›
BREAKING NEWS: Defense contractor, 29, who leaked NSA documents reveals himself
Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, says he passed the classified information to The Guardian The documents blew open a number of intense NSA surveillance operations and caused a firestorm over the government’s actions Snowden, a high school… Read More ›
British shops ration baby milk as Chinese demand surges
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:13 GMT Reuters * Chinese distrust domestic milk after contamination scandal * Students, visitors sending “unofficial exports” to China * Shoppers restricted to two boxes By Peter Griffiths and Dasha Afanasieva LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) –… Read More ›
Isles flare-up will be Japan’s fault, China says”Its reporter mentioned reports that the Chinese military is gearing up for WAR over the isles – a point that Lu did not deny.”
Ho Ai Li The Straits Times Publication Date : 03-03-2013 China yesterday said it will hold Japan responsible for any flare-up over the disputed isles at the centre of the worst tensions between the two countries in 40 years. “If… Read More ›
Moscow has more Billionaires than any other city
Saturday, 02 March 2013 The Russian capital has more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to a new survey from China. . The study by the Hurun Research Institute says there are over 4000 people who have… Read More ›
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