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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:43:37 +0800 | HKSAR Government
The latest Government yearbook, Hong Kong 2006 , has been published, offering an in-depth account of government policy and an overview of Hong Kong's developments last year.
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Democracy, the Final Lap
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:20:09 GMT | New York Times
The generals who rule Myanmar, still insisting they are on the march to democracy, opened what they said would be the final session of a constitutional convention that critics say is itself undemocratic. More than 1,000 government-approved delegates gathered near the commercial capital, Yangon, to approve guidelines for the long-delayed constitution. It is the first step in a seven-stage ?road map to democracy? that is supposed to lead to new elections and what the junta calls a disciplined form of democratic rule. The draft that has been published assures that the military will remain in command through an allocation of parliamentary seats and control of the presidency and key government ministries.
Chinese Dubious of Government Claimed ?Fake Cardboard Bun Report?
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:02:31 +0000 | China View
Reuters, July 23, 2007- BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - When the Chinese government said scandalous TV footage of a Beijing snack vendor stuffing steamed buns with flavoured cardboard was a hoax, some quipped that even the news in China is fake. But since the authorities detained hidden-camera-wielding reporter Zi Beijia and a handful of others last [...]
Chinese dissident e-mails: what did Yahoo know, and when did it know it?
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:01:48 +0000 | Newsvine China
Chinese pro-democracy activist Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison back in 2004 after Yahoo turned over his e-mails to the Chinese government, but the company has publicly claimed that it had no information about the case when the government first demanded the e-mails.
Tibet is remade by hand of Chinese government
Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:18:37 +0000 | Newsvine China
In a massive campaign that recalls the socialist engineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has relocated 250,000 Tibetans - nearly one-tenth the population - from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages," ordering them to build housing largely at their own …
How To Pay 17% Tax On Net Income of $400,000
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:30:53 +0000 | John Chow dot Com
The neat thing about the tax system is government favors certain groups while completely putting the screws to other groups. For example, if you’re a smoker, you get screwed over pretty bad. The biggest cost on a pack of smoke is taxes. If you’re a middle class employee, then you are screwed the most. Government [...]
China jails writer for subversion, disbars lawyer
| Findory News China
Yahoo News: Reuters - A Chinese court jailed a dissident Internet writer for four years on subversion charges on Thursday for posting anti-government articles online, his disbarred lawyer said, the latest case in a government crackdown on dissent.
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