RISKS: The US congressional report highlighted China's unfair trade practices, human rights abuses, information manipulation, poor environmental record and military threat
A congressional advisory panel said yesterday that Chinese spying in the US represents the greatest threat to US technology and recommended lawmakers consider financing counterintelligence efforts meant to stop China from stealing US manufacturing expertise.

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China's economy is 40 percent smaller than most recent estimates, a US economist said on Wednesday, citing figures from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and guidelines from the World Bank.

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China is too cautious about the lust in Ang Lee's (李安) Lust, Caution -- or so alleges a Chinese student who is suing the government for asking the Taiwanese director to cut steamy sex scenes from his new movie.

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said that he will step down as army chief before Dec. 1, the nation's attorney general told reporters yesterday.

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OPTIONAL: Taiwan Post said it had resent all returned mail and that it would no longer stamp mail with the UN postmark starting today unless senders requested it
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Government Spokesman Shieh Jhy-wey (謝志偉) said yesterday that the government may seek compensation from China for returning letters and parcels bearing a postmark supporting Taiwan's entry into the UN.

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