Hillary Clinton Leading The People (2010)

Hillary Clinton Leading The People (2010), a caricature inspired by painting “La Liberté guidant le peuple” (Eugène Delacroix).
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Full Text Script of Secretary Clinton Speech on Internet Freedom (English, Chinese and MP3 Download)

The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. JANUARY 21, 2010

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Thank you, Alberto for that kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be here at [...]

Secretary Clinton Speech on Internet Freedom

Update: The full text script of Secretary Clinton speech.
Watch High Quality Video of the Secretary’s speech and the panel discussion through a high quality video stream by entering the Podium event.
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Chinese.cn – The Web Development Services Worth ￥35,200,000.00

The ministry of finance has approved the contract of government procurement on project “Confucius Institute Online”. A company named Wu Zhou Han Feng 五洲汉风 got this contract worth ￥35,200,000.00 (source). The agreed services include setting up and maintaining the website of Confucius Institute Online. The web address is www.Chinese.cn
We couldn’t find the website of the [...]

"When China Rules the World."

About the BookFor well over two hundred years we have lived in a western-made world, one where the very notion of being modern is inextricably bound up with being western. The twenty-first century will be different. The rise of China, India and the Asian tigers means that, for the first time, modernity will no longer [...]

Civil Servants Take Advantage of State Operated Matchmaking Service

China’s state organs have set up a unique matchmaking website for single civil servants working in central ministries and commissions. The web address is www.ywqq.gov.cn . This platform is named Yang Wu Que Qiao 央务鹊桥, one of the key parts in “Sunny Government” project. The website provides “safe and reliable matchmaking service” for those single [...]

Sternstunden der Menschheit: Yi Zhinan's Tears

The portrait “Yi Zhiyuan: Love, Life and Sad Moment” (易知难：她的亲人、她的生活、她刹那间的悲伤) was shot by Xiao Quan, one of the best professional photographers in China. This photo was taken in 1990 and became extremely successful after been published. On a photography show in Chengdu, many girls stood still in front of this photo and didn’t want to [...]

Hong Kong Lawmakers Approve Funding For HK$66.9 Billion Rail Line

Hong Kong lawmakers on Saturday approved funding of a controversial HK$66.9 billion (US$8.62 billion) rail link that will connect Hong Kong to mainland cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
The 26-kilometer Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link railway will help reinforce Hong Kong’s status as a transport, financial and commercial hub of China, [...]

Voice of American Statesmen on Google's Threat to Pull Out of China

( The Google Doodle shown on Google.cn today — The Four Great Inventions of ancient China
simplified Chinese: 四大发明 )
Voice of statesmen on Google’s threat to pull out of China:
Nancy Pelosi applauded Google as being “an example to businesses and governments” for taking a hard stand against China’s censorship and cyber attacks.
Rep. Joe Barton (Texas), the [...]

Hillary Clinton: Statement on Google Operations in China

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
January 12, 2010
We have been briefed by Google on these allegations, which raise very serious concerns and questions. We look to the Chinese government for an explanation. The ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical in a modern society and economy. I will be giving an address next [...]