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- Johnny Depp images not spared by China's Internet porn filter [ABS-CBN] "What do Johnny Depp, Garfield, Paris Hilton and roast pork have in common? In China, the answer is that a new government-mandated Internet filter rates some pictures of all four of them as bad for your moral health. Beijing has ordered all personal computers sold in China from July 1 to be preinstalled with the Green Dam software, which it says is designed to block pornographic and violent images, and which critics fear will be used to extend censorship."
- China Flooding Kills 75 [VOA] "Heavy rains are causing severe flooding in areas of southern China. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee from their homes, and the government said as many as 75 people have died. As heavy rains continue in southern China, state television broadcast images of people rafting down flooded streets, in water reaching as high as the storefront signs on Monday."
- World's rich targeted in new model for carbon cuts [CNN] "Researchers in the U.S. have proposed a new way of allocating responsibility for carbon emissions they say could solve the impasse between developed and developing countries.A hypothetical scenario in the report controversially absolves China, currently the world's largest emitter of carbon emissions, from making cuts to C02 for the next decade. The scenario assumes that the world agrees to take action to cut global emissions from 2010, so that levels of carbon emissions in 2030 are similar to now."
- Chinese, Italian presidents meet on bilateral ties [Xinhua] "Chinese President Hu Jintao met his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano here Monday for talks on the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Italy. The two leaders are also expected to exchange views on international and regional issues of common concern, Chinese diplomats said."
- 'Green' revolution under way in rural China [CNN] "In the northwest of China's mountainous Yunnan province, among the world's most biodiverse areas, a green revolution is under way among rural residents. In Meiquan Village near Lashi Lake, Zhang Chengui says he has been able to maximize profits by spending more time growing crops since installing a biogas digester-greenhouse, solar water heater, energy-efficient stove and rain-collecting cistern. He installed them with loans from the bank and grants from The Nature Conservancy, becoming in 2003 the first in his village to adopt alternative energy. Since then, his income has tripled to 40,000-50,000 yuan."
- Three years in China [James Reynolds BBC] "And so, that's it. My time in China is up. I've come to the end of my three years here - the standard life expectancy for a BBC foreign posting. James ReynoldsI'd like to take you through a few of the things I've seen during my time here. Not a representative portrait - just some of the stories that have stuck with me."
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