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China's eye on the Internet

The "Great Firewall of China," used by the government of the People's Republic of China to block users from reaching content it finds objectionable, is actually a "panopticon" that encourages self-censorship.

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1. Contact lenses purchased over Internet may place individuals at risk for harmful eyecare practices
   01-04-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Purchasing contact lenses online may save consumers time, but the process could cause more problems in the long run, according to a new study reported in the January issue of Optometry: Journal of the American Optometric Association. The research, conducted by Joshua Fogel, Ph.D., and Chaya Zidile of Brooklyn College, found that individuals who did not purchase their contact lenses from an eye doctor, but from an online site or store, may place themselves at risk.
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2. HiRISE releases 1,200 images, launches viewer tool on Web site
   06-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Anyone connected by Internet can now see planet Mars better than at any time in history, through the eye of HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet.
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3. Users mistakenly trust higher positioned results in Google searches
   08-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
   An eye tracking experiment published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication revealed that college student internet users have an inherent trust in Google's ability to rank results by their true relevance to the query. When participants selected a link from Google's result pages, their decisions were strongly biased towards links higher in position, even if that content was less relevant to the search query.
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4. Program aims to make reading easier, more fun, for children in China
   10-18-2006 · EurekAlert!
   What could an English-speaking American reading expert hope to discover from studying how Chinese learn their language? And what might he and his colleagues have to offer as a result?For one thing: A new program to make books and reading more fun for Chinese children, and a publishing company started in order to produce the materials and train teachers how to use them.
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5. Paleontologists discover new mammal from Mesozoic Era
   03-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
   An international team of American and Chinese paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei Province in China.
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6. Carnegie Mellon researchers call for reducing carbon emissions
   06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Carnegie Mellon University engineering researchers Christopher L. Weber and Scott H. Matthews argue that rising US trade with countries like China has major consequences for the future of global climate change.
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7. MSU engineering team designs innovative medical device
   08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A Michigan State University engineering design team has developed a medical diagnosis system that would allow people to be inexpensively screened for a variety of medical problems. The device will address the issue of affordable health care in China, where health care costs are major contributors to poverty. Although China's health care system is in a state of reform, lack of health insurance, especially in rural areas, prevent many Chinese people from seeking medical care.
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8. Physicians successfully trained to perform cataract surgery in rural China
   10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Patients in rural China who received cataract surgery from specially trained non-ophthalmologists had improved vision 10 to 14 months following surgery, according to an article that will appear in the November 2007 print issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
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9. China embraces agricultural innovations through partnership with India-based international center
   12-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Chinese agricultural scientists and rural communities have embraced diverse agricultural innovations through a partnership with the India-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, resulting in higher incomes and better living conditions for rural people. These are among many benefits being highlighted at the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research in Beijing on Dec. 3-7.
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10. Significantly higher success rates with artificial insemination
    02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!
    In future a new method could help some couples who are childless against their will. The microscopic procedure significantly improves the success rate of ICSI. This was discovered by scientists at the University of Bonn together with colleagues from China and industrial partners in a study of 124 women.
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