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      Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project’s official tally of 1.13 million displaced people made the list as record No. 10.

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    • Yahoo: evil in China

      Posted by SoxFirst

      So Yahoo has reached a settlement with the families of Chinese journalists who were jailed after the company ratted on them. It comes after a savaging from Congressional representatives but this case is not going to go away.

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      Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise

      Posted by Jeff from Daily Mail

      American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier.

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    mg0314a comments on:

    Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

    Site is down, I mirrored it here: http://mgraham.us/sports/2008%20Olympics/China/China.html

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    2:08 am 8/21/08
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    thaimat comments on:

    Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

    This is typical of how the IOC has bowed very low to China in every way, regarding these Olympics.  From lax to a lack of, enforcement of even the mildest of prerequisites China agreed to in order to secure Beijing as the host city, to staying mum while China stops athletes from competing based on their politcal beliefs, the IOC have shown what they are really about: the money!

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    8:35 pm 8/20/08
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    amanda8595 comments on:

    Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast

    why  you  just choose this small part from the whole fantastic display? Actrually it was no true . All the wonderful show was from whole people’s hard work . So here I doubt your true motivation about this news.

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    6:33 pm 8/11/08
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    amanda8595 comments on:

    Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast

    why  you  just choose this small part from the whole fantastic display? Actrually it was no true . All the wonderful show was from whole people’s hard work . So here I doubt your true motivation about this news.

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    6:33 pm 8/11/08
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    theangryindian comments on:

    IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China

    Business is business.

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    10:48 am 7/31/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China

    Agree. Typing this on my likely Chinese-made MacBook Pro components

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    10:44 am 7/31/08
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    jag1229 comments on:

    IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China

    it was well known that this is going to happem. inspite of that all western nations went to bed with china and are doing the same now knowing their deplorable human rights situation

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    8:59 am 7/31/08
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