“China” on The Daily Caller

United States officials are expected to take further action next week to address the threat of a U.N. takeover of the Internet. (more)

XI’AN, China — A nationwide real estate downturn, stalling exports and declining consumer confidence have produced what a Chinese cabinet adviser, quoted on the official government Web site on Thursday, characterized as a “sharp slowdown in the economy.” (more)

Today’s threat landscape can be defined by advanced persistent conflicts — advanced because the tools are increasingly technology based (think cyber); persistent because there is no definitional timeline, no beginning and therefore no end; and conflict because the lexicon of war is outdated. Historically, the military paradigm involved a progression from peace to crisis to war, and eventually back to peace. Conflicts, in the context of war, had clearly defined beginnings and ends. World War I, WWII, and the Cold War had defined enemies, defined timelines, and a call to action that was met by generations of soldiers who donned uniforms to serve their country. A clear threat, met with clear purpose, defined by a clear end to the conflict. The U.S. has been truly great at rising to the task in this environment — we are the perfect adversary for perfectly defined enemies. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has turned down a Freedom of Information Act request to disclose National Security Agency records about the 2010 cyberattack on Google users in China. (more)

The FBI is quietly working to require Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online giants to make it easier for federal law enforcement to wiretap their websites. And major tech companies have been silent on the issue so far. (more)

BEIJING — In her first public comments on the dissident Chen Guangcheng since arriving in China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that she was encouraged by “progress” in a diplomatic crisis that has deeply embarrassed the White House and threatens to sour relations with Beijing, but that more work needed to be done. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney eviscerated President Barack Obama over his handling of the Chen Guangcheng episode, calling it “a day of shame.” (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng spoke to a congressional hearing Thursday from his Beijing hospital bed — and requested a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (more)

Around ten percent of the world’s population might as well stop paying attention to politics and personal finances, as they expect the apocalypse to come any day now. (more)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an investigation into whether some of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios have made illegal payments to officials in China to gain the right to film and show movies there, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. (more)

The Chinese government dealt the public relations strategy of green technology advocates in the Obama administration a blow last month when Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the state-run economy would stop expanding its wind and solar industries, choosing instead to focus on nuclear, hydroelectric and shale — or fracking — as the energies of the future. (more)

Despite incessant cries by a certain class of foreign policy intellectual that America is declining and China is rising, Susan Yoshihara told The Daily Caller that demographic trends don’t bode well for the Sleeping Dragon. (more)

Not all of “Titanic 3D” made it to China — and, unfortunately, the parts that did were not the naked ones. (more)

SHANGHAI (AP) — China has set up a rare earths industry association to fend off trade complaints and help regulate the sector that is critical to global high-tech manufacturing. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions. (more)

March 30 (Bloomberg) — Foxconn Technology Group workers would rather boost their salaries, bonuses and training before cutting hours or improving conditions, according to an audit of Apple Inc.’s biggest manufacturer. (more)

NEW YORK – Workers who assemble iPhones and iPads often put in more than 60 hours per week —and sometimes work for a week straight— in violation of Chinese law, according to the first independent labor audit of the Chinese factories where Apple products are made. (more)

The markets appear to be a game of three halves at the moment.The US markets are resilient with equities holding their highs, Europe is gently slipping but the leader is currently China where equity markets have tanked over the past few days. (more)

The data so far from China in 2012 has been a major disappointment for the global economy. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — A state-run Chinese website has launched a bitter attack on the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of “Nazi” racial policies and of inciting Tibetans to set themselves on fire. (more)