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27 May 2010 11:05

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Biz: China doesn’t do anything, and all of a sudden, stocks are happy

  • What went down: The Financial Times reported that China was thinking about ditching their European debt, which would be a huge blow for Europe’s economy. However, China denied these rumors, and reassured investors. Essentially, they stayed the course and singlehandedly turned stocks around. Not bad for doing nothing.
  • 1.7% the increase in the Dow Jones Industrial this morning
  • 2% the leap in
    the broader S&P 500
    after the news
  • 2.3% the leap in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 500 on the news source
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03 May 2010 19:02

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Biz: United/Continental merger: Why it sucks to be American Airlines

  • winners United and Continental could become an airline that reaches nearly every major city in the world – necessary to stand out from low-cost domestic carriers.
  • loser American Airlines, their main
    global competitor, has notable
    holes in their direct coverage, especially to fast-growing Asian countries like China. source
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29 Apr 2010 11:16

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World: Scary: Unemployed, mentally ill guy attacks school in China

  • 28 children stabbed in the incident; five were critically wounded source
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21 Apr 2010 11:10

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Offbeat: China’s willing to leap over the Great Firewall for Japanese porn stars

  • What sparked so much discussion about me by Chinese people? What happened? Please tell me.
  • Japanese porn star Aoi Sola • On her newfound popularity on Twitter with the mainland Chinese. After her fans found out she was on the site, they freaked out and found ways around the “Great Firewall” that China uses to block certain speech-allowing sites. “In China you can get anything you want on the Internet, you just have to want to bad enough,” said China-based tech industry analyst David Wolf. So, on the scale from Tiananmen Square to Japanese porn stars, Japanese porn stars win. source
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18 Apr 2010 11:48

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World: The death toll in last week’s China quake steadily rising

  • 1,706 killed in last week’s earthquake in the remote Yushu county
  • 1,000 bodies have been cremated since the quake happened source
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14 Apr 2010 22:33

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World: China quake: Bad, but not as bad as that other Chinese quake

  • 589+ people have been reported killed in this quake so far
  • 87,000 people were killed in a quake in a nearby province in 2008 source
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14 Apr 2010 10:11

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World: Rescuers in full search mode after major Chinese earthquake

  • 6.9 the magnitude
    of the quake, as reported by the USGS
  • 400+ people have been
    killed in the wake of the major quake
  • 10k+ people reported injured
    in China’s Qinghai province source
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05 Apr 2010 21:55

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Offbeat: Whatever the heck an “Oriental Yeti” is, we’re scared of it

Alright, what sick (#&@ thought it was a good idea to shave a dog and pretend it was some mysterious Yeti-like creature? source
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05 Apr 2010 08:30

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World: In China, a bunch of miners got rescued; they ate bark to survive

  • 115 lucky bastards got out of
    the flooded pit source
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31 Mar 2010 10:50

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Tech: Google points out more cyber-suppression, this time in Vietnam

  • The controversy stems from a bauxite mining project backed by China. Late Tuesday night, Google noted a series of cyber-attacks which seem to be targeted at Vietnamese people from around the world. While the attack isn’t as sophisticated as the China attack which led to Google leaving that country last week, it certainly left a mark on what Google calls “an important and emotionally charged issue in the country.” source
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