Beijing is restricting access to foreign books and publications as it opens a new front in its battle to limit outside influence on Chinese society . Regulators have given verbal instructions to publishers limiting the number of children’s books written by foreign authors to be published within China each year, according to three people with knowledge of the order.
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‘Ring Of Fire’ Eclipse Set To Blaze In Southern Skies
If you’re in the southern hemisphere and you happen to look up Sunday morning – or, for everyone else, if you happen to have Internet access – you may have the chance to see an annular solar eclipse. Unlike a total solar eclipse, this one will leave just a sliver of sunlight shining at the rim of the moon’s shadow as passes between Earth and the sun.
‘Ring Of Fire’ Eclipse Set To Blaze In Southern Skies
If you’re in the southern hemisphere and you happen to look up Sunday morning – or, for everyone else, if you happen to have Internet access – you may have the chance to see an annular solar eclipse. Unlike a total solar eclipse, this one will leave just a sliver of sunlight shining at the rim of the moon’s shadow as passes between Earth and the sun.
Privacy concerns threaten sales of hi-tech doll
Regulators in Germany have already banned My Friend Cayla, and consumer-watchdog groups want the US Federal Trade Commission to follow suit. My Friend Cayla, a doll that can talk and answer questions via tapping into the Internet, was banned by Germany over privacy concerns.