Just as in January, computer hackers based in China are being accused of cyber espionage and the Chinese government is denying involvement and calling the charges groundless.

In January, the targets were Google, dozens of other companies, and the e-mail accounts of human rights activists. Following revelations about the incident, Google said it would stop censoring search results in China, a decision that led the company recently to redirect queries from mainland China to Google servers in Hong Kong.

This time, the targets are the Indian Ministry of Defense, the United Nations, and the Office of the Dalai Lama, among other organizations. ...

tallowood wrote on Apr 7^th, 2010 at 11:25am:

The meaning of words is dependent on many things including the sense in which they are used within local colloquialisms. It is true that immigrants, for whom their vernacular is not that of their new homeland, will have trouble understanding the way in which some words are used.

tallowood wrote on Apr 7^th, 2010 at 2:58pm:

Do you think it was caused by a misunderstanding of English language instructions or had the relevant Australian Marine Safety authorities issued instructions in Australian colloquialisms or was there some other reason like, say, Australian authorities not providing a pilot vessel and/or personnel to commercial vessels?

China's trade balance turned red in March with the country's first monthly trade deficit in six years, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Saturday.

China exports were valued at 112.11 billion U.S. dollars in March, up 24.3 percent year on year, while the imports surged 66 percent to 119.35 billion U.S. dollars, resulting in a deficit of 7.24 billion U.S. dollars.

The deficit was China's first since it posted a 2.26 billion deficit in April 2004, according to a report released by the GAC.

I think the answer is quite obvious - financial incentives.