Tag: China

China Heat Wave Causes Deaths, Ruins Crops
A record-breaking heat wave has sent people across China running for their local pool and even caves as they try to escape the dangerously high temperatures. Temperatures well over...
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Giant Honey Mushroom Still Unseated As Largest Despite New Find
The giant honey mushroom found growing in Oregon in 1998 is still the largest known living organism, taking up a whopping 2,200 acres as it grows on tree roots in the densely popul...
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Jackie Chan Confirms Once Again That He’s Not Dead
Jackie Chan is one of the best martial artists/stunt actors to have ever lived. That doesn't mean he's invincible though. His stunts are oftentimes dangerous, and people use that a...
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Japan Scrambles Jets: Chinese Military Plane Breaches Int’l Airspace
A frustrating dispute in the south Pacific has all of Southeast Asia on high alert as China has seemingly escalated the conflict by flying a military craft through international ai...
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Second iPhone Electrocution Case Emerges In China
Earlier this week, news began circulating that a young woman was killed when she was el...
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Yahoo Acquires Ztelic, a Beijing-Based Social Analytics Startup
Yahoo is keeping the acquisitions coming at a fast and furious pace, today announcing that they have snatched up eight employees from Beijing-based Zte...
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Foxconn Raises Age Limit For Hiring
Ever since Foxconn became Apple's main manufacturer of the iPhone, the Chinese company has become the focus of many human rights and worker's rights organizations around the world....
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Electrocuted By iPhone? Woman’s Family Says So
The family of a woman in China who died while reportedly answering her iPhone say her body showed signs of electrocution, and they want answers. Ma Ailun was charging her phone-...
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China to End Video Game Console Ban, With a Catch
For 13 years, China has officially banned the sale of video game consoles in its country. Now, a new Chinese economic plan re...
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Brazil, India Smartphone Markets Grow as China Eclipses U.S.
China is expected to overtake the U.S. at the top global smartphone market sometime in 2013, and some metrics show that...
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Somebody’s Already Made A Movie About Edward Snowden
Well, that was fast. I humorously pondered earlier this week that a movie...
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China: Knife Attacks Kill 24 in Riots
As riots in western China continue, the violence of clashes between police and protesters is escalating. Recent rioting in no...
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Rioting In Western China Leaves 27 Dead
Rioting in western China's Xinjiang province has left at least 27 dead at the hands of "knife-wielding mobs" according to Chinese authorities. The province, which is home to a sign...
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Edward Snowden Will Release NSA Documents If He’s Caught
Over the past month, a number of NSA spy programs have...
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China Supercomputer: Tianhe-2 Claims Fastest Computer Title
A Chinese supercomputer - the Tianhe-2 - has leapt to the top of the latest Top 500 List, which tracks the fastest supercomputers in the world. The Tianhe-2 (or "Milky Way-2"),...
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