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China to build ginormous buses that cars can drive under

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Massive Underground Fires are Spewing tons of toxins into air

Three blistering fires are blazing through Wyoming's scenic Powder River Basin, but firefighters aren't paying any attention. Other than a faint hint of acrid odors and a single ribbon of smoke rising from a tiny crack beyond the nearby Tongue River, a long look across the region's serene grassland shows no sign of trouble.
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End of cheap Made in China era - by A.W. Berry - Helium

Oh really? Is that because we're all unemployed or because they are tired of working for slave wages? Do you believe it?
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Should taxpayers help victims of Chinese drywall?

That brings us to the conundrum these cases present: Who should pay to help the hapless homeowners? The drywall's makers and importers, of course, but winning a judgment in court and collecting from a firm halfway around the world are two different things. Insurers say it's not their problem. Advertisement Even a compassionate heart has trouble making the case to a rational mind that taxpayers should pay. But they do, all the time, for homeowners beset by other miseries.
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The era of cheap made-in-china goods is nearly over

A series of strikes over the past two months have been a rude wakeup call for the many foreign companies that depend on China's low costs to compete overseas, from makers of Christmas trees to manufacturers of gadgets like the iPad.
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China Blocks Foursquare; Too Many People Checking Into Tian’anmen

Jeepers. This is the stuff that must have the censors soiling in their pants. Virtually hundreds of people checked into Tian’anmen Square, the place where “something baaad happened” 21 years ago. Of course, the square itself is “safe” (in the real world) today, with cops even in helmets, as well as SWAT forces, all reported in the vicinity of the world’s largest square.
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McDonald's recalling tainted 'Shrek' drinking glasses for Cadmium

McDonald's will recall about 12 million "Shrek" drinking glasses because federal regulators found they contain the toxic metal cadmium, which poses health risks. The glasses have been sold for $2 apiece at McDonald's restaurants across the country as a promotional tie-in with the movie. Purchasers will be advised to keep them away from children and to return them to McDonald's for a refund.
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China Rips Off The iPad With The iPed

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The iPad finally goes on sale in Japan today. The country's TV news have been covering the launch as well as another product on sale in nearby China: the iPed.
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Apple Factory Workers Sign pledge to not kill themselves

Workers have reportedly been told to sign letters promising not to kill themselves and even agree to be institutionalised if they appeared to be in an "abnormal mental or physical state for the protection of myself and others".
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GoDaddy Joins Google- Stops Selling Chinese Domains

GoDaddy, the net’s largest domain-name registrar, announced Wednesday it would stop selling .cn domain names, saying it was unwilling to comply with new rules from the Chinese government that require new and existing .cn domain-name holders to provide photo ID.
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Google pulls out of China

The Internet and the free flow of information are crucial to democracy and scientific progress. It is a prime example of why the world has outgrown capitalism and nation-states; the danger of nations individually restricting access to the Internet and censoring information is enormous.
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Chinese consumed millions of gallons of toxic sewage oil: study

Chinese cooking oil siphoned from restaurants' waste tanks and stripped out of raw sewage is being resold on the cheap and has for years tainted approximately one out of every ten meals cooked in the eastern nation, according to a recent study.
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