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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 47-year-old woman in Washington state has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter adopted from China. ...

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By Aaron Back and Jason Dean, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal A Chinese minister made the government’s strongest statement yet on Google Inc.’s (GOOG) future in the country, warning that the U.S. Internet company “will have to bear the consequences” if it follows through on its pledge to stop censoring its Chinese search site. Google said on Jan. 12 that it intended to stop following government requirements that it filter certain content from the results of its Chinese search engine, Google.cn. The company has been in talks in recent weeks with Chinese agencies about whether it can continue to operate Google.cn unfiltered—and if not, whether other parts of its Chinese operation would be affected. At a press conference Friday, Li Yizhong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, was asked by a reporter how China would react if Google does stop censoring Google.cn. “I hope Google can respect Chinese rules and regulations,” responded Mr. Li, whose ministry is one of several that regulates China’s Internet. Read the rest of this post on the original site ...

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Mark Stokes has a really cool paper out on China’s system for handling warheads ( China’s Nuclear Warhead Storage and Handling System ): The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Military Commission ( CMC ) maintains strict control over China’s operational nuclear warheads through a centralized storage and handling system managed by the People’s Liberation Army ( PLA ) Second Artillery. Nuclear warheads are granted special consideration due to their political significance and potential consequences of an accident, incident, or unauthorized use. As a result, warheads are managed in peacetime through a system that is separate and distinct from Second Artillery missile bases and subordinate launch brigades. Second Artillery nuclear warheads also appear to be managed separately from China’s civilian fissile material protection, control and accounting ( MPC &A) system. In addition, the Second Artillery appears to control and manage nuclear warheads that could be delivered by other services, such as the PLA Air Force and Navy. The narrative is not surprising, but the detail is jaw-dropping. He’s gotten well-deserved raves in Defense News (Wendell Minnick, “China’s Central Nuke Storage ID’d,” March 8, 2010) and the Washington Times . ...

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Warns of consequences if Google ignores order to censor search results. ...

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Africa’s oil exports to China accounted for only 13 percent of its total oil exports, lower than the amounts exported to Europe and the US, which both surpassed 30 percent, China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said during a news conference at the ongoing Third Session of the National People’s Congress, xinhuanet.com reported. Yang also said China’s investment in Africa’s oil sector accounted for only 1/16 of the world’s total investment in African oil, which is also much less than the amount invested by either Europe or the US. China’s relations with African countries entail more than just cooperation in matters of energy, Yang said, and China always encourages any other country to cooperate with African countries in the energy sector based on the principle of mutual benefit. Yang went on to point out that most of the eight measures proposed by President Hu Jintao in the Beijing Summit of 2006 have been successfully completed, which has promoted cooperation between China and the countries of Africa. Premier Wen Jiabao announced eight new measures put forward by the Chinese government at the ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Egypt last November. Relations between China and African countries have entered a stage of “sound development” and will be more “fruitful” in the future, Yang said. Source: China Daily Recent Posts: ExxonMobil provides industry-leading results and is well positioned for future growth ...

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Air China's shares soared to a two-year high as it announced it will raise 690 million euros by selling new stock. Investors believe Air China,… ...

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China, which once shunned the rich, now champions its billionaires. CNN's Emily Chang reports. ...

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BBC: China's demand for oil jumped by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with the same month a year earlier, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. The body added that demand for oil in 2010 would be underpinned by rising demand from emerging markets, with half of all growth coming from Asia. ... Thomas Friedman and other environmentalist have been touting China's increased use of "green energy" but this report suggest that China is devoting ever more of its energy needs to traditional sources. It also suggest the importance of the US developing its own domestic energy supplies. Meanwhile, the Democrats continue to strangle domestic production. The Obama administration recently postponed for another three years offshore energy production in most areas. ...

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A Chinese minister this week said Google's plan to stop censoring its search results in China is unfriendly, irresponsible, and will have consequences, according to a report. ...

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A lot of predictions about the recovery of global energy demand are hanging on developing nations like India and China. But the reliability of the economic data coming out of China isn't exactly top-notch, noted Harvard Economist Kenneth Rogoff during... ...