http://www.mail.com/organizations/1299670-china-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1299670-china-government.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so officials say the Obama administration is now considering a range of actions. China-based hackers have long been an economic and national security concern, but as cybersecurity experts report a... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of east-west and north-south flights that would take her past 1 million miles in the air at the helm of American diplomacy and perhaps break her own record of 112 countries visited while in the ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html 2013-02-01T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies. As The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-base... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T00:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858304-ny-times-chinese-hacked-papers-computers.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of a top Chinese leader, the newspaper reported Thursday. Security experts hired to investigate and plug the breach found that the... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858304-ny-times-chinese-hacked-papers-computers.html 2013-01-31T11:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and now both sides have no choice but to allow the issue to cool. Uichiro Niwa, a former trading house executive who served as ambassador to Beijing from mid-2010 until late last year, told reporters ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html 2013-01-28T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845138-japan-letter-to-chinas-xi-island-dispute.html BEIJING (AP) — A senior envoy handed China's leader a cordial letter from Japan's prime minister Friday in the highest-level contact between the sides since tensions spiked in September over an island dispute, though the meeting yielded little beyond commitments to hold further contact. The letter from Shinzo Abe to Xi Jinping, as seen by The Associated P... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845138-japan-letter-to-chinas-xi-island-dispute.html 2013-01-25T08:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1839562-ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over. And the situation is even worse than it appears. Most of the jobs will never return, and millions more are likely to vanish as well, say experts who study the labor market. What's more, these jobs aren't just being... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1839562-ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs.html 2013-01-23T20:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840400-official-china-recovering-soft-landing.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — China's economy is now recovering from a "soft landing," but the big challenge in 2013 will be to prevent overheating while still promoting growth, the head of China's National Economic Research Institute said Wednesday. Fan Gang told a session on China's growth prospects at the World Economic Forum in this Swiss Alpine resort th... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840400-official-china-recovering-soft-landing.html 2013-01-23T20:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839596-launch-sanctions-nukes-nkorea-repeat-cycle.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's nuclear agitations follow a well-worn route. It starts with a long-range rocket launch. The United Nations punishes the act with sanctions. And Pyongyang responds by conducting a nuclear test. It happened in 2006, and again in 2009. With the U.N. leveling new sanctions, the world is about to find out whether North K... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839596-launch-sanctions-nukes-nkorea-repeat-cycle.html 2013-01-23T10:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839786-china-elder-jiang-zemin-takes-public-step.html BEIJING (AP) — Influential Chinese ex-President Jiang Zemin has been moved down the top leadership's pecking order — at least in public — as the ruling Communist Party prepares for the final stages of a generational handover in power. The official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday in a brief dispatch that Jiang asked party leaders to group him with other ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839786-china-elder-jiang-zemin-takes-public-step.html 2013-01-23T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839256-un-acts-nkorea-vows-nuclear-deterrence.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea swiftly lashed out against the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of its December launch of a long-range rocket, saying Wednesday that it will strengthen its military defenses — including its nuclear weaponry — in response. The defiant statement from North Korea's Foreign Ministry was issued hours after the Security... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839256-un-acts-nkorea-vows-nuclear-deterrence.html 2013-01-23T02:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea's rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang's space agency. The multi-stage rocket launch is considered part of a covert program to develop ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. The council reiterated it... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html 2013-01-23T02:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it may fire warning shots and take other measures to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between Tokyo and Beijing that raises concerns that a dispute over hotly contested islands could spin out of control. Japanese officials made the comments after Chinese fighters tailed its warplanes near... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html 2013-01-20T04:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1831582-analysis-obama-fulfill-wish-asia-outreach.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his second-term foreign policy, but whether that happens could depend on his ability to manage global hot spots and avert a fiscal crisis at home. Within two weeks of his Nov. 6 re-election, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar. The historic visit was a sign tha... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1831582-analysis-obama-fulfill-wish-asia-outreach.html 2013-01-19T12:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html TOKYO (AP) — Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of uninhabited islands and that China was "wrong" for allowing violent protests over the territorial dispute. Abe, who took office just over two weeks ago, had much warmer words for South Korea, de... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html 2013-01-11T14:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813280-censorship-row-chinas-tight-grip-media.html GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup involving an influential newspaper whose staff briefly rebelled against especially heavy-handed censorship. The staff of Southern Weekly returned to work after some controls were relaxed... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813280-censorship-row-chinas-tight-grip-media.html 2013-01-11T08:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-level U.S. delegation will urge key allies Japan and South Korea to mend strained ties that have hurt security cooperation. It will also likely remind the new government in Tokyo that any disavowal of its apology for the use of sex slaves in World War II would make matters worse. Senior officials from the State Department, Pentago... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html 2013-01-10T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to protest four Chinese maritime surveillance ships that spent about 13 hours in waters near disputed islands claimed by both countries. The uninhabited outcroppings in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, are controlled by Japan but also claimed b... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html 2013-01-08T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789256-ap-exclusive-photos-nkorea-nuclear-readiness.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out of a test tunnel may cause problems, analysis of recent satellite photos indicates. Washington and others are bracing for the possibility that if punished for a successful long-rang... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789256-ap-exclusive-photos-nkorea-nuclear-readiness.html 2012-12-28T04:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787946-china-tightening-controls-internet.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. The measures suggest China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and others who took power in November share their predecessors' anxiety about the Internet's potential to s... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1787946-china-tightening-controls-internet.html 2012-12-27T10:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1780812-japans-leader-wants-freer-rein-military.html TOKYO (AP) — Imagine that North Korea launched a missile at Japan. Tokyo could — and would certainly try to — shoot it down. But if the missile were flying overhead toward Hawaii or the continental United States, Japan would have to sit idly by. Japan's military is kept on a very short leash under a war-renouncing constitution written by U.S. officials wh... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1780812-japans-leader-wants-freer-rein-military.html 2012-12-21T04:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1778146-china-to-overhaul-struggling-solar-panel-industry.html BEIJING (AP) — China's government says it will encourage mergers among producers of solar panels to strengthen an industry that has suffered huge losses due to excess production capacity and price-cutting wars. The announcement, which analysts have expected for months, comes as Beijing faces trade sanctions by the United States and possibly Europe over co... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1778146-china-to-overhaul-struggling-solar-panel-industry.html 2012-12-20T02:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1777266-us-china-economies-inseparable-china-official.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The economies of China and the U.S. have become "interdependent and inseparable," a top Chinese official said Wednesday after high-level trade talks which were being watched for signs of how the two powers will cooperate after their respective political transitions. Vice Premier Wang Qishan was speaking after the annual U.S.-China Joint ... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1777266-us-china-economies-inseparable-china-official.html 2012-12-20T00:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769632-landslide-abe-japan-difficult-road.html TOKYO (AP) — After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan's sputtering economy and bolster its national security amid deteriorating relations with China. The Liberal Democratic Party, which ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769632-landslide-abe-japan-difficult-road.html 2012-12-17T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769766-nationalist-shinzo-abe-japans-pm.html WAKO, Japan (AP) — The Liberal Democratic Party's victory in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday virtually ensures that Shinzo Abe, who resigned as prime minister for health reasons in 2007 after just a year in office, will get a second chance to try to lead Japan out of its economic slump. In Abe's political resurrection, the Japanese are confiding the... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769766-nationalist-shinzo-abe-japans-pm.html 2012-12-16T13:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769064-conservative-party-favored-japanese-vote.html TOKYO (AP) — Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year break — and bring in a more nationalistic government amid tensions with big neighbor China. Major newspapers were predicting the Liberal Democratic Party, led by the hawkish former Prime Minister Sh... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769064-conservative-party-favored-japanese-vote.html 2012-12-16T03:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html LONDON (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger gun control laws. Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane — a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 chil... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html 2012-12-15T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766088-russia-backtracks-statement-assads-fall.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's attempt to backpedal after a top diplomat said Syrian President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country reflects the dilemma Moscow faces as opposition fighters gain ground. Throughout the Syrian crisis, Russia has tried to walk a fine line — eschewing statements of outright support for Assad while blocking international attem... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766088-russia-backtracks-statement-assads-fall.html 2012-12-14T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766488-china-submits-oceanic-claims-to-united-nations.html BEIJING (AP) — China provided the United Nations with detailed claims to waters in the East China Sea on Friday, apparently padding out its legal argument in an ongoing territorial dispute with Japan. The Foreign Ministry said it submitted documents claiming waters extending beyond its 200-nautical-mile (370-kilometer) exclusive economic zone. It said geo... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766488-china-submits-oceanic-claims-to-united-nations.html 2012-12-14T12:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z