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China critic Ai Weiwei on how the Web will bring freedom and why China can’t design an iPhone
It’s easy to forget that Ai Weiwei is an artist, at times. The man who is so often (and rightly) described as ‘outspoken’ and a ‘dissident’ is one of the most vocal critics of the Chinese regime, particularly on the subject o...
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Apple and environmental group to begin China pollution audit “within weeks”
The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is preparing to audit its Chinese supply chain for pollution and will begin joint investigations with a local environmental group ”in the next few weeks.”
The newspaper states that one of Apple’...
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US Retakes #1 Spot in Clean Energy Investment in 2011
 
New research on clean energy financing in the Group of Twenty (G-20) nations released by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that investment grew to a record $263 billion in 2011, a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year, with the United States be...
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Report: Online retail in China will triple to reach $360 billion by 2015
China’s Internet commerce market is being tipped to see its value triple over the next three years to reach a massive $360 billion by the end of 2015, a new report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) concludes.
The 193 million online shoppers in ...
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Google brings DoubleClick Ad Exchange to China, despite its core business continuing to slump there
Google’s search business may be sinking in China but the Mountain View-based giant has buoyantly introduced its DoubleClick Ad Exchange in China, as it looks to boost its business in the country.
DoubleClick itself has been active in China for some ...
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China’s top Web firms pledge to fight “harmful information” online, following coup rumors
Three of China’s most influential Internet companies — Baidu, Sina and Tencent — have vowed to better manage their online platforms more carefully against rumors in the wake of widespread political speculation, according to an AFP report...
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Report: Android now rules China’s smartphone market, after doubling its sales in 2011
Google’s Android operating system (OS) is now the most popular smartphone platform in China, according to a report from Analysys International that analysed sales in the world’s biggest smartphone market from the first quarter to fourth quarte...
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Apple’s digital divide in China: 21 million iPhones and iPads, but urban areas dominate
Lots has been written and said about the growth of Apple and its products in China. While Apple CEO Tim Cook is focusing on China, which he recently visited and has continually heralded as a key market for the company, it is notable that a number of repor...
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China’s Youku gets green light to introduce Web video services for mobile
Chinese video giant Youku has received a government license which allows it to provide content for mobile devices, leaving it free to introduce a dedicated mobile service and content for devices.
Caixin reports that the country’s leading video site ...
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Chinese Kid Sells His Kidney for an iPad and iPhone, Suffers Renal Failure [Ipad]





Though you might say you'd give your left arm for an iPad, you only mean it figuratively. But one Chinese teen actually sold his kidney to make enough money to buy the Apple tablet and an iPhone, and now f...
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Flipboard gets new competition in China – from its partner, microblogging giant Sina
Not content with being one of Flipboard’s local partners in China, Sina has launched Sina View, its own service to compete with the hugely popular social aggregating app.
The service is built for iPad and includes a number of Flipboard-like function...
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China’s state-run People’s Daily news site in $84 million IPO move (as Chairman Mao rolls in his grave)
The online arm of People’s Daily, China’s state-run news agency, has launched an initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai. The move is aimed at raising funds to develop its editorial team, technology and delivery to mobile, as it looks to bet...
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Clean Energy Policy News (5 Stories)
 
Some recent climate and clean energy policy news from the corners of the interwebs:
1. The “Hubei Province has started preliminary work with current investment of 8.5 million Yuan ($1.34 million) to set up 13 research groups on the carbon emi...
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Report: Under-fire Chinese telecom firm Huawei sees “exceptional” growth
Telecom firm Huawei may be subject to concerns over national security in Australia and investigation in the US, but that hasn’t stopped the Chinese firm continuing its impressive growth across the world.
Huawei’s infrastructure business, which...
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How the iPhone Saved a Child From the Bottom of a Well [Video]





Here's a new spin on one of Apple's old marketing campaigns: if you don't have an iPhone, you can't rescue a baby from the bottom of a well. More »



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The iPhone 5 Is Coming Out in June, Says Parking Lot Attendant [Rumors]





When will the iPhone 5 come out? We're not sure. But the answer is June, according to this Chinese lady in a remote booth. More »



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Tumblr Tuesday: Exploring limitations of speech on China’s Twitter-like ‘Weibo’ services
Welcome to our twenty-ninth Tumblr Tuesday, where every Tuesday we celebrate our love of Tumblr by interviewing the mastermind behind a new blog. Tumblr, a New York City based startup, is like the FFFFound for the rest of the world. It’s as shareable and ...
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Apple’s iPad trademark dispute in China continues after Proview is spared liquidation
Apple’s dispute over the iPad trademark in China continues on after Proview, the company that is the legally recognized holder of the term, was spared from liquidation by a court ruling, according to China Daily.
Cash-strapped Proview had been taken...
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Samsung reveals its China chip plant will cost $7bn, making it its biggest ever overseas investment
Samsung has confirmed that the memory chip production plant that it is planning to develop in China will cost $7 billion, making it the largest overseas project that the Korean electronics giant has undertaken to date.
Economic Times reports that the Sout...
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As Path targets international growth, rivals and clones line up in China
Path founder Dave Morin recently revealed that the popular mobile social networking service is “internationalizing” following growing overseas demand, but its competition in China is already forming.
Speaking at a recent Pando Daily event, Mor...
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After being banned in Australia, Huawei plans increased 4G investment in India
Chinese telecom firm Huawei is to increase its presence in India’s growing market and focus on 4G, after the company was barred from competing for a contract relating to Australia’s national broadband network on national security grounds.
Now,...
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China’s latest crackdown on microblogs sees comment feature ban after coup speculation
The Chinese government has once again cracked down on Chinese microblog services Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo, after it temporarily banned the comment features on both services following their role promoting speculation of an impending political coup.
Unl...
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Foxconn Workers: Please Let Us Work More! [Foxconn]





After the people Apple hired to clear its name wrote up a gloomy report of Foxconn working conditions, the manufacturer vowed to reform. First up: shorter, legal working days. But now these overworked work...
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This Chinese Deep Sea Sub Will Plunder the Ocean Floor for Mineral Riches [Monster Machines]





While it may not be able to reach the same seven-mile mark as James Cameron's deep-sea vessel, the Jiaolong manned submersible could provide far greater returns. More »



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China's Urine-Boiled Eggs Are a Cultural Delicacy I Will Not Try [Food]





If there's one thing the city of Dongyang is famous for, it's the town's local delicacy—Virgin Boy Eggs. No, they aren't the the testicles of children as one might guess, just regular chicken eggs......
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Regrettable Edible Eggs of the Day



Street vendors in Dongyang, China, are once again cooking up an unusual springtime snack that’s been popular among locals for centuries: “virgin boy eggs,” made with the urine of local primary school boys, preferably u...
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Overworked and In Danger: The Full Foxconn Labor Report [Foxconn]





The Fair Labor Association, a workers' rights watchdog group, was hired by Apple to inspect its Foxconn operation—under a considerable amount of flack recently. So what'd they find? Illegal working h...
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All Chinese-Made Electronics Could Be Bugged, Says Former Head of US Counterterrorism [China]





According to Richard Clarke—who warned everyone about a 'spectacular' Al Qaeda attack before 9/11—all electronics made in China could contain back doors that would allow Chinese hackers to spy ...
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Glorious Apple Leader Surprises iPad Minions with Foxconn Visit and Smiles [Image Cache]





Apple CEO and fleece jacket advocate Tim Cook is in China, and decided to swing by the factory that cranks out our pads and phones. Maybe it's just all the n-hexane in the air, but things look cheery! Extr...
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Apple reveals Tim Cook visited a Foxconn factory during his China trip
In case you weren’t aware — perhaps hiding under a stone or on a very long vacation from the Internet — Apple supremo Tim Cook is currently in China, on a visit that makes him the company’s first serving CEO to make the trip.
A num...
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Nokia makes its play for China with the launch of the Lumia 800C – but can it succeed?
Today Nokia has finally unveiled details of its play to rival Apple, Samsung and others in China with the launch of the Lumia 800C, a Windows Phone 7 device that becomes its first CDMA release in the country, as had been expected.
Following Microsoft̵...
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Clean Links: Solar, Wind, Energy Efficiency, Clean Transport, Energy Storage, Geothermal, & Waste-2-Energy News Roundup
 
Some other top cleantech posts from the past couple weeks or so:
Wind Power
1. Vestas published an interesting video on the chemistry of wind turbine blades (above) — interesting.
2. “A consortium led by GICON Grossmann Ingenieur Consul...
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First Tim Cook, now Mark Zuckerberg is spotted visiting China
Facebook’s own Mark Zuckerberg has taken a jaunt to China, apparently for fun, but we suspect also for business. The level of his celebrity has made it so that wherever he goes, he is followed.
Mark and American-Chinese girlfriend Priscilla Chan wer...
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Flipboard continues focus on China, targets 5 million users this year
Social reading app Flipboard increased its push into China last week, when it expanded its offer in the country to include an iPhone app, and now it is hoping that its efforts in the country can lead its international growth,
China was the first internati...
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Homemade Submarines Are Being Made By a Man in China [Submarines]





Would you trust a homemade submarine made by some guy who was laid off of his factory job in China? Maybe not. But don't you think a $30,000 functional mini submarine is totally worth it? Yes! Screw a new ...
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Improving Thermoelectric Devices Takes Next Step
 
Scientists have long been looking for a way to improve our ability to utilize thermoelectric reactions. Researchers looking for just such an improvement believe they have discovered a liquid-like compound whose properties mean that it could be more...
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This is what a $10K iTunes Gift Card looks like
Apple’s 25 Billionth App download was such an exciting event for us at The Next Web, especially since our own Matthew Panzarino accurately predicted the day it would happen.
The other cool part is that the person who downloaded the 25 Billionth app,...
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China Demands Physical Perfection from She-Astronauts [Space]





You thought being an astronaut in America was tough? Forget advanced degrees and 1,000+ hours of flight time—in China, if you're a woman with dreams of space, you need a perfect face and no BO. Mo...
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Tim Cook does what Jobs didn’t: Visit China as Apple’s CEO
Tim Cook has been spotted in China, making him the first Apple CEO to visit the world’s most populous country, sparking a media frenzy among a nation that is already obsessed by Apple.
Cook was spotted by Sina Weibo users, a number of whom posted ph...
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Change at the top of world’s largest operator as China Mobile’s chairman retires
China Mobile has announced that its chairman, Wang Jianzhou, has stepped down from his position at the world’s largest opeator “by reason of age”, his replacement will be Xi Guohua, the operator’s vice chairman.
Xi, who is a former...
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China Unicom praises the Apple effect as it loses its exclusive grip on the iPhone
China Unicom has spoken of its successful partnership with Apple which it says has surpassed its own expectations to help build its strong 3G userbase, according to a MarketWatch report, via Apple Insider.
Speaking at a media briefing that revealed a 14 p...
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China’s Baidu leaps into cloud storage with a beta service to rival Dropbox and Microsoft
Chinese search firm Baidu has launched a cloud storage service in the country, bringing it into competition with local rival Alibaba, as well as Dropbox, Microsoft and others in the space, according to Techweb [Chinese].
‘Baidu Wangpan’ —...
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Flipboard launches for iPhone in China, increases reach into world’s largest smartphone market
Social sharing app Flipboard has massively increased its services and reach in China after it launched Flipboard for iPhone in the country.
The company has prioritized China as a key international market for some time, having introduced a Chinese version ...
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World of Warcraft to continue on in China as Blizzard and NetEase ink extended deal
The hugely popular World of Warcraft (WoW) series is set to continue on in China after Blizzard Entertainment, the maker of the title, agreed a new deal with local development house NetEase.
The announcement sees the duo extend their ongoing partnership, ...
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Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 in China, but handset makers, operators hold the details
Microsoft has officially launched its Windows Phone 7 platform in China at an event in Beijing, where it revealed that it will partner with no fewer than four handset makers.
The event saw a China Telecom executive speak as a number of Windows Phone devic...
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Report claims 200,000 new iPads have already been smuggled into China-Hong Kong border city
It’s only been four days since Apple launched the new iPad in 10 markets worldwide, but already Chinese media outlets are reporting that some 200,000 grey market devices have been smuggled into Shenzhen, a city bordering Hong Kong.
According to a CU...
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Huawei hits Creative with $8 million countersuit over failed Singapore WiMAX service
Last month Creative, and its subsidiary firm QMax, sued Huawei for $9.3 million alleging that the firm was responsible for the failure of a WiMAX network in Singapore. Today, Huawei is reported to have turned the tables and countersued over the now closed...
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Localized Microsoft WP7 surfaces 2 days before China launch, looking less than local
Microsoft is all set to launch its Windows Phone 7 operating system (OS) to China on March 21 but, there is a surprise, as the ‘localized’ handset isn’t looking particularly local.
According a hands-on look at the HTC Triumph, China̵...
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China’s new microblog rules bring confusion aplenty but no initial restriction for users
It’s been more than two days since the Chinese government’s deadline to introduce real-name regulations for microblogs passed, but users of the country’s main service — Sina Weibo — are continuing on with no initial sign of r...
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How to Kill China's 'Carrier-Killer' Missile: Jam, Spoof and Shoot [Military]





China has developed a missile that would turn an aircraft carrier into a two-billion-dollar hulk of twisted metal, flame, and dead sailors. Publicly, the U.S. Navy downplays its importance. Privately, the ...
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