Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics - WTOP Radio
BEIJING (AP) - The number of tourists visiting China fell 2 percent last year, government data showed, reflecting the effects of heavy security measures enacted before the Beijing Olympics and the subsequent global economic crisis. The number of
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China face economic pain, sensitive anniversaries - Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — The year ahead will challenge Chinese security officials increasingly nervous about social stability, the nation’s top police officer said, amid concerns about gang violence, separatism and dissident plans to mark the 20th anniversary
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China’s telecoms sector gets 3G licenses - People’s Daily Online
China’s telecommunications supervisor on Wednesday issued long-awaited third-generation (3G) mobile phone licenses to three mobile operators, a move that is expected to lead to billions of dollars being invested in building new networks. The Ministry
Source: english.people.com.cn

China braces for gridlock - Straits Times
BEIJING - CHINA’S police are preparing to tackle paralysed roads and railways if icy weather seizes the south and centre in a possible repeat of last year’s gridlock just as millions head home for the Lunar New Year holiday. The prospect of millions
Source: www.straitstimes.com

China’s Lenovo to cut 11% jobs - Straits Times
Lenovo, the world’s fourth-biggest personal computer maker, said preliminary estimates showed it would make a loss in the final three months of 2008. — PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG - CHINESE computer giant Lenovo announced on Thursday it
Source: www.straitstimes.com

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