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Google announced that it believes that China is responsible for cyber attacks on Google China. Google is now unwilling to censor search results in China (The Guardian).
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, about to begin a tour of Asia, said "We have been briefed by Google on these allegations, which raise very serious concerns and questions. [...]
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I'm beginning to think that Copenhagen was what it had to be, what it could only be. It fulfilled its Buddha-nature. Thus, I don't consider it a failure. Nor do I consider it a success. It was what it was, what it could have been, what it had to be:
A gathering of emissaries from the [...]
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In China, 407 Coal Miners Died THIS YEAR. 104 Died THIS WEEKEND in the Xinxing coal mine - described by Chinese authorities as a SAFE mine. 528 miners were underground at the time of the explosion - in which 19.7% of the miners were killed! China Mine Disaster
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Andrews S. Revkin reports on Dot Earth that Chinese energy use has declined more or less following economic activity.Good news or bad? Depends on what's happening with Chinese energy infrastructure while its economy contracts. Our guess - and it's a guess - is that high energy prices provide an incentive to switch to clean, sustainable [...]
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