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Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone (AP)
 AP - Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild elsewhere.
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UNDP Survey on China, Regional Trade Barriers
Feb. 9 – The United Nations Development Program’s Greater Tumen Initiative has requested the kind assistance of China Briefing readers in participating in a regional survey on trade barriers.
The survey covering China, Russia, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea is needed for government analysi...
Chinese police arrest six as hacker training website is closed down
A hacker training website that recruited thousands of people to launch cyber attacks was closed in what police claim was the largest operation of its kind. Six people were arrested in the clampdown, which followed an 18-month inquiry, and comes amid fears that China is becoming a growing centre f...
New Issue of China Briefing Magazine: Closing Down Representative Offices and Liquidating Businesses in China
Feb. 8 – In this new issue of China Briefing, we take a look at the procedures for closing down representative offices and liquidating businesses in China.
With the global financial crisis slowly beginning to ease and China’s economic growth in steady recovery, many foreign investors are again co...
Violence erupts in N.Korea as hunger woes mount
Angry North Koreans have attacked security agents as hunger woes mount following a crackdown on free-market trade, according to reports Tuesday by groups in Seoul with contacts in the communist state.
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Sri Lanka's currency: A new 1,000-rupee note
FOR some members of Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority, the defeat of the country’s Tamil Tiger rebels last year belongs to a glorious martial tradition. As the architect of this triumph, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, they said, was a second Dutugemunu, a Sinhalese king of the second century BC who slew an Indian Tamil invader from his war-elephant, Kandula. T...
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