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Exploring the New and Old of Shanghai

Gerry Villani's continuing photo journal of China's 'Paris of the East'.

(SHANGHAI, China) - Thanks for the reply re: the pic availability. It so happens the Chinese govenment blocks internet social networking sites, including myspace. So, it may be best to keep whatever setup you have, and us folks in China will just have to live with that fact.

I dont know what changes you could make that would help, but you are certainly welcome to try.

Shanghai: the Paris of the East
In The People`s Republic of China

Salem-News.com Writer Lands in a clean and vibrant city; and if one can tolerate the summer humidity, a great vacation spot.

(SHANGHAI, China) - Shanghai is a modern Asian metropolis of about 20 million people, bustling with activity. The arriving visitor notices numerous banks, tall offices, apartment buildings and small businesses. I arrived the afternoon of June 24th, amid incredible humidity.

A woman by the name of Yi Bao, whom I met on the internet, was kind enough to meet me at Pudong Airport, and we lugged my baggage to a modern air-conditioned bus for a trip through the new Pudon section to the older part.

US Wants South Korean Sinking Story Told Their Way: Russia and China Disagree

The lack of evidence linking Pyongyang to the sinking, coupled with the history of US deceptions in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, makes it more likely that the Cheonan was sank by the US or South Koreans, accidentally or deliberately.

(LONDON) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has “...warned Chinese officials that China could put itself in a ‘dangerous position’ if it refuses to accept North Korea’s role in the sinking of the Cheonan.

This is an apparent reference to the South Korean joint civilian-military investigatory report”, according to the 2point6billion.com website.

Lao PDR Government and Hmong Chaofa Indigenous Resistance Clash in Xaysombun

It happened in Xaysombun Special Zone, Phou Bia Mountain, North-Central Laos‏.

(MINNEAPOLIS) - On April 24, 2010, around 2:30 p.m. Lao time, Northeast of Mountain Phou Bia, Xaysombune Special Zone inside sources reported that there is very heavy fighting.

The Lao PDR invaded Hmong Indigenous territories. Weapons used included 60 MM, 40MM, and DKA 81, and missiles were fired from helicopter at Hmong Indigenous citizens.

95 Chinese Miners Rescued One Week After Collapse

The miners were digging tunnels when they broke into a water-filled abandoned shaft.

(SHANXI, China) - Rescue workers have found at least 95 miners out of 153 that were trapped more than a week in northern Chinese province of Shanxi.

"A miracle has finally happened," a rescue headquarters spokesman, Liu Dezheng, said on Monday.

Radio Free Asia Responds to China Blocking Google Searches with the Letters `RFA`

"It’s time for China to stop exerting draconian control of its cyberspace" -RFA's Libby Liu

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu responsed to the news that China’s Great Firewall temporarily blocked all Google searches in China, due to an unintentional association with the long-censored term “rfa.”

According to Google, the phrase “gs_rfai,” which began appearing in the URL’s of Google searches globally, triggered the problem.

Massive U.S. Job Loss to China Trade
Shown by State and Congressional District

High-Tech Hit Hard; Oregon Loses 38,600 Jobs - 2.4 Million U.S. Jobs Lost Since 2001 as Trade Deficit Soars.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The United States is hemorrhaging millions of jobs as a result of the nation’s growing trade deficit, largely with China, according to a report issued today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

Operation `Aurora` Hit Google, Others

The current bumper crop of malware is very sophisticated, highly targeted, and designed to infect, conceal access, siphon data or, even worse, modify data without detection.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - McAfee Labs has been working around the clock, diving deep into the attack we are now calling Aurora that hit multiple companies and was publicly disclosed by Google on Tuesday.

We are working with multiple organizations that were impacted by this attack as well as the government and law enforcement.

Repercussions Expected Over Google`s China Operations

Cyber-attacks directed against Google draw a response from the company and questions from U.S. officials.

(HONG KONG) - Google's announcement this week that it will quit filtering its Web-based searches in China and may leave the country altogether may affect the operations of other foreign firms in China, sources said.

“Google has posed a tremendous challenge to the Chinese government,” Internet research expert Isaac Mao said on Twitter.

Google Rebels Against China`s Internet Censors

China, which is on the list of countries identified by Reporters Without Borders as “Enemies of the Internet,” with the world’s biggest prison for netizens, with a total of 69 bloggers and cyberdissidents detained.

(BEIJING) - Reporters Without Borders hails US Internet giant Google’s announcement yesterday that it will stop censoring the Chinese version of its search engine, Google.cn – a move that could lead to Google.cn’s closure and Google’s withdrawal from the Chinese market.

The company said it took the decision following sophisticated cyber-attacks on Gmail accounts coming from China.