China offers subsidy for hybrid cars users

October 13th, 2009 BEIJING - China has reportedly offered high-tech counter-terrorism system to Pakistan to boost its defence sector and to help its efforts to fight terrorism. According to reports, four delegations from different Chinese companies have met Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani to decide upon the matter, while the China Development Bank and other Chinese institutions will provide funds in this connection.

September 15th, 2009 BEIJING - China Tuesday said it had begun investigating the alleged dumping of auto and chicken products from the US, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said. The ministry Sunday said domestic enterprises had complained that chicken and auto products from the US were allegedly entering the Chinese market through unfair trade involving dumping and subsidy.

September 10th, 2009 Sprint Nextel lowers mobile-to-mobile pricingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sprint is offering unlimited minutes for calls made between mobile phones as competition in wireless pricing continues to intensify.

August 4th, 2009 BEIJING - In the last year, China has suffered a loss of a billion dollars because of hackers, and what has left authorities in Beijing very worried is a report that the training of hackers has become an industry, and generated an estimated income of 238 million Yuan in the same period. According to a China Daily report, hackers have stolen people's bank account numbers and passwords and damaged the Internet users' computers and servers.

July 16th, 2009 BEIJING — More people now go online in China than there are people in the United States. The country's rapid economic growth and expansion of Internet access in more areas has fueled a sharp increase in Internet users, totaling 338 million by the end of June, a government-sanctioned research group said Thursday.

July 1st, 2009 BEIJING - China has backed down from its Wednesday deadline for computer makers to pre-install controversial internet filtering software, following a backlash from inside and outside the country. The delay in installing the Green Dam Youth Escort firewall is to allow computer manufacturers more time to comply with the new requirement, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement.

June 25th, 2009 China accuses Google of spreading pornographyBEIJING — China's government accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese Internet users were temporarily unable to gain access to the U.S.

June 25th, 2009 BEIJING — Internet users in China were unable to access search giant Google Inc.'s main Web site or its Chinese service, and the company said Thursday it was investigating. The outage came after the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center last week accused Google of providing links to vulgar and obscene sites.

June 22nd, 2009 US presses China over Internet filteringBEIJING — Washington has expressed concern to Beijing over its new effort to censor Internet use and its possible impact on trade and access to information, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.

June 13th, 2009 BEIJING - In the wake of Chinese mobile users complaining that they are getting up to 641 million junk texts a day, Chinese telecom regulators have intensified their crackdown on spam short messages. Country's three main mobile network operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have joined the regulators in their anti-spam fight by signing an agreement to deal with inter-network spam messages, the China Daily reports.

March 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama announced a $2.4-billion plan Thursday to promote hybrid vehicles and reduce dependence on foreign oil. The initiative allows companies to apply for grants administrated by the Department of Energy to develop better batteries for hybrid electric vehicles and related technologies and components.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With export growth falling on account of the global economic slowdown, the government Monday announced the extension of subsidy on interest of credit for labour-intensive export units till September-end. The interest subvention of 2 percent will be extended beyond March 31 till Sep 30, Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting the interim budget in parliament.

February 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The quantum of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles anticipated in the year 2050 could be cut down to 2000 levels if all cars on the roads were hybridised, a new study has shown. The study also found that doubling of population density in large US cities by 2050 would have a greater impact on carbon dioxide reductions than full hybridisation of the vehicle fleet.

February 1st, 2009 HONG KONG - Police in Hong Kong Monday were investigating a 12-year-old schoolboy who posted naked pictures of himself online and offered himself as a gigolo for women as old as 45. The boy gave himself the nickname Little Leung and offered sexual services to 'females between the ages of 10 and 45' on an adult friendship forum, the Hong Kong Standard reported.

January 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It has users in 133 countries and connects them through Bollywood songs. SunoMusic, a website, allows surfers to choose their favourite numbers from an extensive database and send it to family and friends free.