China

Snippets: 23 April 2013

American terrorism, BBC’s documentary debacle, Chinese superstition begone

Americans witnessed a dramatic hunt for the suspects of the Boston blasts that claimed 3 lives. An editor based in UK questions why isn’t the same attention given to the more common and often more deadly gun violence. The BBC took a lot of flak from LSE for placing an undercover reporter in the middle …

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Snippets: 4 April 2013

Asia in a balance, tablet GPU faceoff, cancer research gets data boost

Asia might be the continent that grabs all the headlines in 2013. China Sea island disputes have been compounded by a heated Korean border. It is not surprising that PM Lee is worried that Asia is shooting itself in the foot. How do you compare Android, iOS and Windows tablets in performance? Well, GLBenchmark has …

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Snippets: 1 April 2013

Chinese cyberwar, North Korea analysis, blogger blamed for Chelsea F.C. woes

Conflicts abound in this relook at how mainstream media in the United States is covering hacking attempts from China. Also, another opinion on North Korea after it dramatically scaled up its military operations with the United States in its sights. Is this just a dramatic show of force? Benitez is sick of having nearly everyone laugh …

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