China's mobile execution vans

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une-marmotte: "In chilling echoes of the 'gas-wagon' project pioneered by the Nazis to slaughter criminals, the mentally ill and Jews, this former member of the China People's Party will be handcuffed to a so-called 'humane' bed and executed inside a gleaming new, hi-tech, mobile 'death van.' "

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Check if your website is blocked in China

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vol4itsa06: China; a country notorious for censoring the Internet. Touted as having some of the most sophisticated firewalls in the world, greatfirewallofchina.org lets you check if you can pass Chinas strict IP monitors.

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Chinas Emerging Environmental Movement

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goldameyer: Quietly and somewhat surprisingly, green groups are cropping up throughout China and are starting to have an impact. In the first in a series on Chinese environmentalists, journalist Christina Larson visits with Zhao Zhong, who is leading the fight to save the Yellow River.

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The Chinese Even Bootleg Whole Cars [pics]

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zov2071: Why drop $400k on a RR when you can get the pirated version for $30k...

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Sharps SH1810C announced in China powerful and pretty

http://www.phonebase.org/?p=314 - Details

rubillka: The Sharp SH1810C mobile phone features a CCD sensor, 6 axis accelerometer, 3 inch WVGA TFT display , tri-band GSM WITH GPRS/EDGE but lacking 3G only support GSM because of the Sharp SH1810C being destines for Chinas market which doesnt currently have a 3G consumer network,if it is in Japan or others countries,you can use the 3G technology

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Is China's Great Wall Visible from Space?

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flowerstalk: Though it stretches for some 4,500 miles, the ancient Chinese fortification is not as visible from orbit as modern desert roads.

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China to Block Hummer Sale to Tengzhong

www.automagazined.com/2009/06/china-to-block-hum... - Details

sigma70892: Lending credence to reports from earlier this month, Chinas state radio is claiming Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinerys acquisition of General Motors Hummer brand will be blocked due to environmental concerns.

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Man forced to live in cage for 5 years

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deltron3k: A man looks out of a cage in Liaocheng, East Chinas Shandong Province on December 26.

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China milk complain intimidation

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4natalie1978: Families whose children fell ill from tainted milk have come under pressure to drop compensation lawsuits, victims' advocates said Tuesday, showing the government's lingering uneasiness over one of China's worst contamination scandals.

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Manufacturing IPOs Used To Drain Excess Liquidity From Chine

www.china-works.co.uk/blog/2009/07/manufacturing... - Details

ya-ne-kenny: Chinas first two IPOs in ten months debuted on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, a sign that shares are being used to mop up inflationary liquidity in the Chinese economy.

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With First Car, a New Life in China

www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/business/worldbusines... - Details

kim-zhenya07: Western attention to Chinas growing appetite for automobiles usually focuses on its link to mounting dependence on foreign oil. Chinese car buyers, including first-time buyers, have become more discriminating about the comfort, styling and reliability of the cars they buy. As a result, instead of planning to conquer overseas markets

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China's Hi-tech 'Death Van' Executes Criminals Sells Organs

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-11654... - Details

tatyana-hruleva: China's hi-tech 'death van' where criminals are executed and then their organs are sold on black market. China executed 1,715 people last year, so one more death would hardly be remarkable.

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A Manifesto on Freedom Sets Chinas Persecution Machinery In

www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/world/asia/01beijing.... - Details

shadow-cat-89: A charter calling for government reforms has unnerved Chinas rulers, setting a wave of repression against democracy advocates.

Were All Getting a Lump of Coal This Xmas

http://chemicallygreen.com/coal-use-china-eu - Details

karishka93: Recent MIT report estimates that Chinas power sector has been expanding at a rate roughly equivalent to 3 to 4 new coal-fired, 500 megawatt plants coming online every week. China is hungry for energy. The US can probably absorb higher costs associated with cleaner uses of coal, but not China. What will this mean? More pollution coming from China.

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China Grabs Wests Smoke-Spewing Factories

www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/world/asia/21transfer... - Details

pyshistik95: Of Chinas total carbon emissions, which by some estimates now exceed those of the United States, just over a third are incurred in the course of making products for foreign consumers.

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Harbin Ice Festival [PIC]

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levidaddi: Since 1985, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China an amazing festival is held annually. Known as Harbin Snow and Ice Festival, it is Chinas original and greatest ice artwork festival, and one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Dollar to stay around 80c for 2009

www.yarabbana.com/world-news/dollar-to-stay-arou... - Details

cainmark: Dollar to stay around 80c for 2009,THE dollar is expected to oscillate around 80 US cents over the second half of calendar 2009, but could move higher if Chinas appetite for Australian resource commodities ramps up. The domestic currency has gained about 11.3 US cents since the...

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