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China Braced For Surname Reform
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jun 15, 2007The Chinese Public Security Ministry has proposed changing the system of naming newborns in an effort to end confusion caused by a large number of identical surnames, the local media reported Wednesday. Currently, married people in China do not change their surname and newborns can take either of their parents' name, although it is traditional to adopt the father's surname. ... more Beijing Chokes On Illegal Straw Burning While Hong Kong Waters Drown In Rubbish 
Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2007The outlawed practice of burning waste straw in China's farming areas is behind the thicker than normal smog that has choked Beijing in recent days, state media reported Thursday. A satellite map showed how smoke from five provinces was blown north, causing even more pollution in Beijing's already heavily contaminated skies, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more Chinese Officials Say Ditch The Suit And Slash Energy Use 
Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2007Chinese officials have revealed their latest weapon against excessive energy use -- encouraging office workers to ditch business suits in favour of T-shirts, state media reported Thursday. Several leaders of the State Council, China's cabinet, have called on office workers to dress in light, casual clothing instead of the typical suit so that air conditioners can be turned down ... more US Military Prepared For Worst With China 
Washington (AFP) June 13, 2007China's secretive transformation of its military power leaves the United States preparing for the worst eventualities, including over Taiwan, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. About 900 Chinese missiles are in place opposite Taiwan, while China is also rolling out far more sophisticated long-range nuclear missiles, combat planes, warships and submarines, the Department of Defense official said ... more South Korea's Sluggish Project 
Seoul (UPI) June 12, 2007Challenged by China's push to tap into North Korea's natural resources, South Korea wants to speed up economic cooperation with Pyongyang. But the efforts are unlikely to bear fruit in the near future as a key project of swapping manufacturing raw materials for mineral exploration rights has been stalled over the protracted nuclear standoff. The two Koreas signed a deal in 2005 under which ... more |
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Minneapolis (SPX) Jun 12, 2007Alliant Techsystems, the U.S. Navy team of PMA-242, the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division - China Lake, and the Italian Air Force recently conducted the first Developmental Test (DT) firing of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) from an F/A-18 aircraft on the China Lake test ranges on 25 May 2007. The test firing confirmed the effective integration of AARGM with the F/A-18 ... more Beijing Offers New Model For Superpower Public Relations 
Washington (UPI) June 11, 2007It may simply be that President George W. Bush makes a perfect villain. But the way in which so much of the world's media, so many of its politicians of all nations and so many protesters in so many countries all combine to vilify the American president is truly remarkable, once the alternatives are considered. If Bush is the bad boy of global warming, despite his latest rhetorical accepta ... more Wild Relatives Sweeten Breeding Program 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Wild relatives of sugarcane hold genes that could be bred into commercial sugarcane varieties in Australia to help increase sugar production. Imported from China by the BSES-CSIRO Plant Industry Joint Venture for Variety Improvement, clones produced from crosses between sugarcane and three wild relatives of sugarcane are now available to Australian sugarcane breeding programs. This cooper ... more China To Have More Precise Weather Forecasts With Twin-Satellite Observations 
Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2007The China's meteorological satellite, Feng Yun-2 D, has been correctly positioned as is now able to offer dimensional cloud charts for more precise weather forecasts, together with Feng Yun-2 C, which is already in service. The Feng Yun-2 D, launched in December 2006, would work with Feng Yun-2 C from Friday, and the twin satellites would offer weather observations of the whole country every ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jun 05, 2007A severe drought has left four million people short of drinking water in southwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as the vast country battles a crippling water shortage. Some 4.46 million head of livestock were also affected by the drought in Sichuan, where parts of the province have not seen any rain for up to 40 days, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the province's meteorological bure ... more China Says Pollution Woes To Ease This Year 
Beijing (AFP) Jun 05, 2007The amount of pollution being pumped into China's environment will finally begin to fall this year, the nation's environment ministry said Tuesday, after a similar goal was missed in 2006. "We should see a turning point... this year," Zhang Lijun, the vice minister of the State Environment Protection Administration, told reporters in a briefing to mark World Environment Day. "This will be ... more US Encourages Responsible Behavior In Space-Faring Nations 
Washington DC (USINFO) Jun 05, 2007U.S. officials say the National Space Policy, released in October 2006, is the natural evolution of a half-century of space-related policies, and that China's anti-satellite test in January, though cause for concern, is not part of a new "arms race" in orbit. Also, some technical experts and members of Congress have expressed concern that President Bush's policy conveys a unilateralist attack ... more India Resists Calls To Cut Emissions As Brazil Says No To US Plans 
New Delhi (AFP) Jun 04, 2007India said Monday that it would not agree to any commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under growing international pressure, and instead pressed for greater collaboration on clean technologies. New Delhi has already said it would reject such calls at this week's Group of Eight summit, where climate change will be a key topic, because stricter limits would slow ... more
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