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China announces new cybersecurity push

By David Barboza Feb. 28, 2014

SHANGHAI — President Xi Jinping is presiding over a new working group on cybersecurity and information security, China announced Thursday, a sign that the Communist Party views the issue as one of the country’s most pressing strategic concerns.

World and Nation

Foxconn plant closed after riot, company says

By David Barboza and Keith Bradsher Sep. 25, 2012

SHANGHAI — Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to some of the world’s electronics giants, including Apple, said it had closed one of its large Chinese plants Monday after the police were called in to break up a fight among factory employees.

World and Nation

Geithner again urges China to adopt a flexible currency exchange rate

By David Barboza Apr. 1, 2011

NANJING, China — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged China again Thursday to adopt a more flexible exchange rate policy, saying failing to do so could worsen inflation in China and impede growth elsewhere.

World and Nation

China moves to block foreign broadcasts on Nobel prize

By David Barboza Dec. 10, 2010

SHANGHAI — Chinese censors apparently began blocking the news websites of CNN, the BBC and the Norwegian broadcaster NRK from appearing in China on Thursday, a day before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is to be held in Oslo, Norway, to honor Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned dissident.

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Fire destroys apartment tower in Shanghai, over 53 dead

By David Barboza Nov. 16, 2010

SHANGHAI ­— Fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building undergoing renovations in the center of this city Monday afternoon, killing at least 53 people and injuring at least 90 others in one of the deadliest fires here in years, according to Xinhua, the official news agency.

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China’s spectacular real estate boom may presage bubble

By David Barboza Mar. 5, 2010

SHANGHAI — The spacious duplex comes with crocodile-skin bedposts, hand-carved bronze doors inlaid with Swarovski crystal lights — and a $45 million price tag.

World and Nation

Obama Takes Part in a Town Hall, Chinese Style

By Helene Cooper and David Barboza Nov. 17, 2009

The event was called a town hall, but President Barack Obama’s meeting with a group of about 500 students in this Chinese city on Monday had little in common with the sometimes raucous exchanges that have become a fixture of American politics.

World and Nation

Unlikely Partners Produce Olympic Spectacle

By David Barboza Aug. 8, 2008

For much of the past quarter century, the Chinese director Zhang Yimou made films that showcased his country’s struggle against poverty, war and political misrule to the outside world — films that Chinese, for the most part, never saw.

World and Nation

China to Revise Its Regulations To Better Food and Drug Safety

By David Barboza Jun. 8, 2007

Responding to growing international concerns about tainted food and counterfeit drugs, China has announced that it is overhauling its food- and drug-safety regulations and will introduce nationwide inspections.

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