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British Former GSK Exec Charged in China Bribery Probe

May 14, 2014 09:41 AM EDT

Chinese police had charged Mark Reilly, the former head of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China and two other Chinese colleagues with corruption in an ongoing bribery probe that involved doctors and hospitals in the country.

China Sends Arms Trainers to Xinjiang After Series of Attacks

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May 14, 2014 04:28 AM EDT

After suffering from a series of terrorist attacks, China sent a team of 30 arms trainers to the Xinjiang Uighur region for a three-month program that aims to train the local police on the proper handling of weapons, cold arms and safety protection.

Alec Baldwin Lashes Out at NYPD After Getting Arrested for Biking in Wrong Direction

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May 14, 2014 03:43 AM EDT

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin lashed out at the New York Police Department (NYPD) via Twitter hours after he got arrested for riding his bike in the wrong direction on a one-way street in lower Manhattan.

Alibaba Offers Exporters Subsidies to Boost OneTouch Revenue

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May 14, 2014 01:11 AM EDT

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba.com will start offering subsidies to Chinese suppliers to boost the revenue of its Shenzhen-based foreign trade unit OneTouch.

Iconic ‘Alien’ Artist H.R. Giger Dies at 74

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May 13, 2014 10:49 PM EDT

Swiss artist H.R. Giger, the iconic creator of some of the creepiest and most surreal alien visuals in Hollywood, died in Zurich at 74 years old from injuries he sustained during a fall.

Google Ordered by EU Court to Delete Personal Information Upon Request

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May 13, 2014 01:56 PM EDT

Google Inc. suffered another setback as the EU Court of Justice ordered the US-based search giant to delete personal information upon a person’s request.

Study Claims There Are 100 Million ‘Brain-Damaged’ Gamers in China

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May 13, 2014 01:15 PM EDT

A study conducted by Chinese research companies Enfodesk and Eguan revealed that there are 100 million ‘brain-damaged’ online gamers in China, with a high concentration of gaming addicts in the country’s northeast provinces.

Banned in China, Facebook Mulls Opening Beijing Sales Office

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May 13, 2014 10:16 AM EDT

Facebook Inc. announced that it may open a sales office in China to support local advertisers who use the social network as a bridge to their international clients.

Weather Channel Apologizes to Councilman Joel Burns After Twitter Storm

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May 13, 2014 08:49 AM EDT

The Weather Channel apologized to Fort Worth Councilman Joel Burns after it was lambasted by many of its app users over a sarcastic reply to a tweet asking the channel to use appropriate pictures for local weather.

Police Detain Four Workers in China After Radioactive Material Goes Missing

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May 12, 2014 01:24 PM EDT

Police detained four workers in a construction area in Nanjing, China after a piece of radioactive Iridium-192 went missing on Wednesday but was found by the response team on Saturday.

Vietnamese Protesters Express Anger at China Over Sea Dispute

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May 12, 2014 01:21 PM EDT

Hundreds of Vietnamese in staged a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Hanoi to express their anger against China’s role in a territorial dispute over an oil rig in the South China Sea.

China-led Asia Bank Project Shuns Japan, India

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May 12, 2014 01:20 PM EDT

The China-led project, $50-billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which is designed to compete with Manila’s multilateral regional lender ADB, had left out Japan and India as participants.

Alibaba Cloud Computing Unit Aliyun to Open Data Center in Hong Kong

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May 12, 2014 12:01 PM EDT

Aliyun (AliCloud), the cloud computing unit of Hangzhou, China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, is set to open its first Hong Kong data center on May 12 as part of its international expansion efforts.

Story of Chinese Miner Who Survived 17 Years Underground is a Hoax

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May 12, 2014 06:21 AM EDT

A story about a Chinese miner who was trapped in a coal mine for 17 years went viral on May 8 but was found to be a hoax, as it was published by a satire website.

China’s Ad Market is Now the Second Largest in the World

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May 10, 2014 12:49 PM EDT

China now has the second largest advertising market in the world with its total annual revenue reaching $80 billion (CNY500 billion) in 2013, according to a state commerce official.