Posts Tagged ‘chinese’
Rescued Chinese hostage dies in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese man rescued after being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants for three months in the southern Philippines has died of kidney complications just days after he was freed, police said Tuesday. Oscar Lu died in a Philippine…
Hello 2010
Article by WN Guest Writer Daniel Escurel Occeno In the Chinese calendar the Year 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. The Chinese culture also believes in the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men. Wisdom is more important than gold, but I am forty-nine years old
RP eyes Taiwanese beach vacationers for holidays
By Ayen Infante 11/27/2009 The country targets attracting more travelers from Taiwan in time for the long vacation during the Chinese New Year in 2010, according to the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco).
China Scraps Rule Mandating Censoring Software
BEIJING – Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the program, called Green Dam/Youth Escort, would be required on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” spawned by poorly written regulations. The ministry order, first issued last May 19, had stirred an outcry from Chinese internet users and foreign computer manufacturers alike, arguing that the software ran counter to China’s..
