Two US congressmen believe their office computers were hacked from inside China in what may have been an attempt to access lists of dissidents, Reuters reported. The two alleged victims, Frank Wolf and Christopher Smith, Republicans from Virginia and New Jersey respectively, have been active in human rights affairs. Smith, for example, has sponsored legislation […]
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Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou said on Monday he was optimistic about this week’s historic talks with Beijing, AFP reported. "I’m very hopeful about the upcoming negotiations," Ma was quoted as saying. Four days of talks between Taiwan and the mainland are scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Beijing, the first direct dialogue between the two […]
China and the US held security talks in Beijing about space weaponization, Iran and North Korea, AFP reported. The talks, the first of their kind since 2004, were led by assistant Chinese foreign minister He Yafei and US undersecretary of state for arms control and international security John Rood. Rood said the US raised concerns […]
As the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 3-4 in 1989 passed, various groups registered their reactions. Human Rights Watch said 130 prisoners remained in prison for their role in the demonstrations, and that China should release those detainees ahead of the Olympics. The US State Department called on China to give […]
The organizing committee for the Olympic Games, BOCOG, said it will boost efforts to prevent companies who are not official sponsors of the games from "ambushing" official sponsors, the Wall Street Journal reported. BOCOG announced on Tuesday that it would stop coordinated groups of spectators from wearing uniforms or branded clothing in Olympic venues this […]