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- China anniversary puts security jitters on show [Reuters] "The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security "volunteers" to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule. The relentless security has grounded pigeons, lined streets with grandmothers, prompted warnings to stock up on food and left harried residents wondering who the festivities are really for."
- China jails four over stabbings [BBC] "Four more people have been found guilty of carrying out attacks with syringes in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, state-run television says. The four received sentences ranging between eight and 15 years in jail. Three other people received prison sentences for similar attacks earlier this month."
- SCENARIOS: How US-China trade tensions might play out [Forbes] "U.S. President Barack Obama has slapped a 35-percent "safeguard" tariff on tire imports from China, inflaming trade relations and raising concerns about a possible trade war. Obama's decision, announced on Sept. 11, responded to demands from U.S. union groups, manufacturers and lawmakers who view the Asian export powerhouse as an unfair trader. That perception is shaped by the U.S. trade deficit with China, which hit a record $268 billion in 2008. Here are some ways the dispute could play out:"
- China Mobile IPhone Killer Will Not Be Cheap [PC World] "Lenovo Mobile has said it aims to start selling its rival to the iPhone this month. "The launch of the O1 symbolizes that competition between the Ophone and the iPhone has fully begun," the company said in a statement. "Ophone" is the nickname China Mobile has given to handsets that use its propriety mobile OS, which is based on Google's Android. A report on local portal Tencent cited an unnamed source as saying the Lenovo Mobile phone will cost around 5,000 yuan, but that users will be able to buy it for 1,500 yuan if they also subscribe to China Mobile's 3G service."
- Hundreds of Chinese villagers protest lead poisoning [Reuters] "Hundreds of residents in eastern China's Fujian Province blocked a major road for several hours on Thursday to protest against excessive levels of lead found in their children's blood, the official Xinhua news agency said. Villagers believed their children were poisoned by pollution from the local Huaqiang Battery Factory, the agency said. The report said officials from two local governments were dispatched to the township to talk with the villagers, but no conclusions were reached after the meeting."
- Brick mill worker gets 615,000 yuan in worker's compensation claim [Chinese Law Prof Blog] "Here's the remarkable story of Zhang Haichao (张海超), a young brick mill worker who contracted black lung disease and, after a long struggle, eventually got 615,000 yuan from his employer as worker's compensation. The struggle involved the fact that under China's rules on worker's compensation, the diagnosis can't come from just anyone; it has to come from an approved diagnostic facility in the worker's place of residence. When Zhang started having symptoms (in 2007, three years after he started working), he went to at least four different hospitals seeking treatment; all recognized it as black lung disease, but apparently are not allowed to make official diagnoses where occupational diseases are concerned. All they could officially say on their diagnoses was, "Appears to be black lung disease.""
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