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2 years jail for Olympic ticket tout

China has sent an Olympic ticket tout to jail for two years, and fined him 450,000 yuan for illegally selling over 500 passes to the summer Games, in the biggest such case to come to court in Beijing. ...

China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...read more ...

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Chess Olympiad Begins! [EvolutionBlog]

This is an exciting time for chessplayers. First the big Anand-Kramnik match , which certianly exceeded expectations. Possibly a Kamsky-Topalov match later this month. And now the big olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The U.S. is rperesented by a strong team consisting of Onischuk, Shulman, Nakamura ...

'Brown clouds' of pollutants darken Asian cities, UN says

Beijing - Vast brown clouds of pollution are making Asian cities darker, melting Himalayan glaciers and intensifying regional monsoons, a UN report said on Thursday. A team of scientists highlighted the three effects after studying a more than 3-k... ...

China releases village election activist

Beijing - A Chinese legal activist on Thursday said he had been freed from police custody after being held for nearly two weeks to prevent him from advising candidates and voters in local elections. Yao Lifa said police in the central province of Hub... ...

China mulls crackdown on lip-synching

BEIJING (AFP) - China plans to punish singers who lip-synch for "cheating the public," the ministry of culture said Thursday. ...