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Mobile phones make politics more accessible to Chinese

by Xinhua March 13, 2008 Asia

When the New York Times applauded in 2005 the “Super Girl” TV show hosted by China Hunan Satellite TV, which drew 40 million Chinese to vote for their favourite singers through mobile phone text messages as a prelude to “voting democracy”, some believed the American newspaper might have misinterpreted an entertainment event as a political [...]

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Inflation in China at 12-year high

by Xinhua March 11, 2008 Business

China’s consumer price index (CPI), the main inflation indicator, rose 8.7 percent in February over the same time last year, the highest in nearly 12 years.
In May 1996, the CPI touched a record 8.9 percent. The index rose by an annual rate of 14.11 percent from 1992 to 1996, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [...]

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‘China should learn from India in developing outsourcing business’

by Xinhua March 8, 2008 Asia

A senior member of the ongoing National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) here Saturday advised the government to learn from the Indian experience for developing the market for outsourcing business.
Zhang Chunjiang said at the plenary session of the CPPCC that in 2006 Indian firms had 65 percent share of the world’s [...]

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China to hike defence spending by $9 bn in 2008

by Xinhua March 4, 2008 Asia

China will increase its defence budget by $9 billion in 2008, a parliament spokesperson said here Tuesday.
The proposed budget for 2008 is 417.769 billion yuan ($57 billion), a rise by 17.6 percent or 62.379 billion yuan ($9 billion) from the military spending last year, Jiang Enzhu, spokesman for the annual session of the National People’s [...]

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China considers amending election law for better representation

by Xinhua March 4, 2008 Asia

China’s parliament is considering amendment to the election law to give equal representation to rural and urban residents, said a parliament spokesman here Tuesday.
“Given the increasing urbanization in China, the present election law needs amending,” said Jiang Enzhu, spokesman for the first session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), at a press conference.
According to the [...]

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