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China Town Goes From Model To Mess
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2007A Chinese town that has won more than 30 awards for its clean environment over the past decade has become a heavily polluted cesspool with abnormally high cancer rates, state media said Thursday. The town of Dawang in eastern Shandong province has won accolades including "China's Most Livable New Township", but recent development spurt has made a mockery of those awards, the Beijing News reporte ... more China Prepares To Select New Taikonauts 
Beijing, China (Xinhua) Jul 19, 2007China's first taikonaut, or Chinese astronaut, in space Yang Liwei says the country is preparing to select a new intake of well-rounded and well-educated potential spacemen from its air force. China has a 14-strong astronaut team. Yang, one of the team and also deputy director of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, said the number of new trainees will be no more than 14. "The prepa ... more Chinese Astronauts Begin Training For Spacewalk 
Beijing, China (Xinhua) Jul 19, 2007More than a year before China's third manned space mission, Chinese astronauts have begun training for their first spacewalk during the Shenzhou VII space flight mission. "As it's the first time that our astronauts will leave their capsule in space, the mission requires even higher physical, technical and psychological standards, so training is more intense than ever," said Yang Liwei, the first ... more Russia Ready To Consider Dismantling North Korea Reactors 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jul 19, 2007Russia is ready to discuss assisting in deactivating North Korea's nuclear facilities, a Russian envoy said Wednesday at six-party talks in China, aimed at pressing the Communist state to take further denuclearization measures. "Russian specialists are ready to discuss issues concerning the closing down of nuclear facilities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," said Vladimir Rakhmanin ... more Violent Thunderstorms Kill Dozens In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2007At least 32 people died as thunderstorms of unprecedented intensity rocked southwestern China, smashing rainfall records and paralysing transportation, state media reported Wednesday. Lightning struck more than 40,000 times in the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing during a frightening 16-hour downpour on Tuesday, the Beijing News reported. Heavy rains continued on Wednesday and were expect to rage ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2007Climate change is shrinking wetlands at the source of China's two greatest rivers and has already led to reduced water flows that could have an impact across Asia, state media reported Monday. The contraction of the wetlands, which serve a vital role regulating the flow of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, comes as China is already struggling to meet the increased water needs of a fast-expanding ec ... more Somali PM Says He Is Not Aware Of Oil Deal With China 
London, UK (AFP) Jul 17, 2007Somalia's interim prime minister said in an interview published Tuesday that he was not aware of a deal struck between Chinese energy companies and his government allotting them oil exploration rights. Ali Mohamed Gedi's comments were interpreted by the Financial Times as signalling a potential internal power struggle within the Somali government, reporting that it had seen a document signed by ... more North Korea Confirms Reactor Shutdown 
Seoul (AFP) July 15, 2007North Korea confirmed Sunday that it had shut down its Yongbyon atomic reactor under UN supervision, the first step in a process designed to rid the communist state of nuclear weapons. The closure of the facility, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons, is the first step taken by Pyongyang toward ending its atomic programme since 2002, and the first phase of a six-nation disarmament deal r ... more Voracious China Gobbles Up Forests, Recycled Paper 
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2007China's soaring demand for paper on the back of rapid economic growth is threatening forests, even as it ramps up recycling of wastepaper from developed nations, a study showed Friday. The report by Washington-based Forest Trends, which conducts research on forestry trade issues, comes amid growing controversy over the influence of China's industry on the global market for paper and raw timber.< ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) July 11, 2007China now has an arsenal of at least 400 nuclear weapons and an arsenal of 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles and other delivery systems to carry them, a report said this week. "At this time, reports have placed the number of deployable nuclear weapons China possesses at 400. Of these, around 20 are deployed in the intercontinental ballistic missile configuration," GlobalResearch.ca reported ... more Rats Not Welcome As They Flee Flooded Homes In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2007Two billion rats that have fled their flooded homes are on the march in central China, destroying farmland and posing a health risk to humans, state press reported Wednesday. The rats have spread out across 20 counties in central Hunan province, gnawing on crops and roots as they search for new homes, the China Daily said. Locals have launched a massive counter-attack, beating rats to death with ... more New Study Suggests Climate Change Could Be The Root Of Armed Conflicts 
London UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2007Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be to blame for armed conflicts in the future, according to David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues. Their research, which highlights how temperature fluctuations and reduced agricultural production explain warfare frequency in eastern China in the past, has been published online in Springer's journal H ... more Energy And Pollution Woes Need Urgent Attention In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2007China's Premier Wen Jiabao has reiterated that China needs to urgently face the challenges of climate change by curtailing its polluting inefficiencies, a government statement said Tuesday. "Cutting energy consumption and pollutant emissions and dealing with climate change are urgent, critically important tasks," Wen said in remarks posted on the central government's website. Wen was speak ... more
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