Keith Bradsher The New York Times
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A Chinese Company in India, Stumbling Over a Culture
Three years ago, Beiqi Foton Motor, a truck manufacturer, secured 250 acres of farmland in an Indian village, causing a ripple effect with religious, political and socioeconomic repercussions.
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China Plans A New Silk Road, But Trading Partners Are Wary
Beijing's effort to revive ancient trade routes is causing geopolitical strains, with countries like Turkey increasingly worried about becoming too dependent on China.
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Google Closed Off in China
Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and its customers to do business.
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Taiwan tries to regain its lead in consumer electronics
Fostering innovation has become a mantra among corporate leaders and government officials in Taiwan.
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With the world watching, change begins at China's factories
China's largest private employer, pledged to sharply curtail workers' hours and significantly increase wages.
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US panel calls China's Huawei, ZTE "national security threat"
Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.
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Foxconn factory in China is closed after worker riot
Foxconn is a key supplier of products to Apple and other global electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Microsoft.
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Strong aftershock as Japan urges more evacuations
A strong aftershock struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Monday as the Japanese government said it was preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation. (Japan earthquake in pics)The United States Geological Service said the quake, near the crippled Fukushim...
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Tainted water at two reactors increases alarm for Japanese
Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.Tokyo Electric Power Company, the oper...
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Radiation inside Japan nuclear plant rises sharply
Japanese officials continued to battle a spreading contamination problem at the Fukushima nuclear complex on Sunday, saying that water pooling inside one of its reactors and the seawater just outside the plant were showing sharply increased levels of radiation. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that water seeping out of the crippled No....
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Japan encourages a wider evacuation from reactor area
Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...
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Japan says 2nd reactor may have ruptured with radioactive release
Japan's nuclear crisis intensified again on Wednesday, with Japanese authorities announcing that a containment vessel in a second reactor unit at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan may have ruptured and appeared to be releasing radioactive steam. That would be the second vessel to be compromised in two days. The vessel had a...
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These 50 workers may be Japan's last chance
A small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday -- and perhaps Japan's last chance of preventing a broader nuclear catastrophe.They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic expl...
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Fire at reactor adds to challenges as Japan weighs new plans to cool fuel
The company that runs the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan announced on Wednesday that a fire was burning there, just hours after officials said flames that erupted on Tuesday had been doused. (In Pics: Japan earthquake triggers tsunami)Soon after that announcement, a government official at Japan's nuclear watchdog agency said...
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Japan: Most plant workers evacuated, radiation levels rise
Japan's nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to statements from Japanese government and industry officials.In a brief morning address to the nation Tokyo time, Pri...
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A Chinese Company in India, Stumbling Over a Culture
Three years ago, Beiqi Foton Motor, a truck manufacturer, secured 250 acres of farmland in an Indian village, causing a ripple effect with religious, political and socioeconomic repercussions.
-
China Plans A New Silk Road, But Trading Partners Are Wary
Beijing's effort to revive ancient trade routes is causing geopolitical strains, with countries like Turkey increasingly worried about becoming too dependent on China.
-
Google Closed Off in China
Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and its customers to do business.
-
Taiwan tries to regain its lead in consumer electronics
Fostering innovation has become a mantra among corporate leaders and government officials in Taiwan.
-
With the world watching, change begins at China's factories
China's largest private employer, pledged to sharply curtail workers' hours and significantly increase wages.
-
US panel calls China's Huawei, ZTE "national security threat"
Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.
-
Foxconn factory in China is closed after worker riot
Foxconn is a key supplier of products to Apple and other global electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Microsoft.
-
Strong aftershock as Japan urges more evacuations
A strong aftershock struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Monday as the Japanese government said it was preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation. (Japan earthquake in pics)The United States Geological Service said the quake, near the crippled Fukushim...
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Tainted water at two reactors increases alarm for Japanese
Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.Tokyo Electric Power Company, the oper...
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Radiation inside Japan nuclear plant rises sharply
Japanese officials continued to battle a spreading contamination problem at the Fukushima nuclear complex on Sunday, saying that water pooling inside one of its reactors and the seawater just outside the plant were showing sharply increased levels of radiation. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that water seeping out of the crippled No....
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Japan encourages a wider evacuation from reactor area
Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...
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Japan says 2nd reactor may have ruptured with radioactive release
Japan's nuclear crisis intensified again on Wednesday, with Japanese authorities announcing that a containment vessel in a second reactor unit at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan may have ruptured and appeared to be releasing radioactive steam. That would be the second vessel to be compromised in two days. The vessel had a...
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These 50 workers may be Japan's last chance
A small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday -- and perhaps Japan's last chance of preventing a broader nuclear catastrophe.They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic expl...
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Fire at reactor adds to challenges as Japan weighs new plans to cool fuel
The company that runs the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan announced on Wednesday that a fire was burning there, just hours after officials said flames that erupted on Tuesday had been doused. (In Pics: Japan earthquake triggers tsunami)Soon after that announcement, a government official at Japan's nuclear watchdog agency said...
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Japan: Most plant workers evacuated, radiation levels rise
Japan's nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to statements from Japanese government and industry officials.In a brief morning address to the nation Tokyo time, Pri...
