Following the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May, in China a government-appointed panel has blame poor construction for the collapse of hundreds of schools. The 8-magnitude quake killed more than 80 000 people, including thousands of pupils, crushed when their classrooms crumbled.
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Poor construction blamed for schools collapse in China
Posted in Asia, health, news, politics, technology, tagged China, collapse, earthquake, school on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
China will create 6 new lines to Tibet
Posted in Asia, Human rights, economy, history, news, politics, technology, tagged China, railway, Tibet on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
China is planning to expand services which are improving the Himalayan region’s economy according to the government. In and around Tibet, the country is planning to build six new railway lines, despite critics complaining about the threat that it pose to Tibetan culture.
Breach tackled in the Internet security
Posted in media, news, technology, world, tagged computer, internet, patch on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Software have been released by computers experts, in order to tackle a major security glitch in the internet addressing system.
Thanks to the flaw, discovered by accident, criminals would be allowed to redirect users to fake webpages, even though they typed the correct address in a browser.