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Chinese Navy To Build Two Carriers With Russian Help
Hong Kong (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Kanwa, a Hong Kong defense news agency, said Friday purchases by China of Russian aircraft carrier components suggested that Beijing was planning to build one or two aircraft carriers, possibly by 2015. The agency cited a senior source in the Russian Navy, saying that Russia and China have an agreement to purchase four deck landing systems capable of handling heavy deck-based fighters such as th ... more 500 Dead In China As Worst Floods For Years Sweep Country 
Geneva (AFP) July 30, 2007More than 500 people have been killed in some of the most devastating floods to hit China for a decade, the Red Cross said Monday, launching an emergency appeal for aid to the millions left homeless. "Over the past two months, more than 200 million people have been affected and over 500 have been killed nationwide by some of the worst flooding to hit the country in the last 10 years," the Intern ... more Third Sino-Brazilian EO Satellite To Be Launched By October 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 31, 2007China's National Space Administration announced on Sunday that China would launch the third Sino-Brazilian earth resources satellite in September or October. The launch schedule was slightly different from what previously announced last month by Sun Laiyan, the director of the CNSA, who said the Earth Resources Satellite 02B would be launched in September. The satellite will be launched in Taiyu ... more China To Make It Harder For Heavy Polluters To Borrow Money 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007China's environment watchdog said Monday it will make it harder for heavily energy-consuming, highly polluting industries to borrow money from the banks. The State Environmental Protection Administration will regularly hand over lists of violators of environmental rules to the central bank and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the administration said on its website. Banks must conduct str ... more Weather Hits Efforts To Save Trapped China Mine Workers 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007Heavy rain and fog hampered efforts to rescue 69 workers trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for over a day, state media reported Monday. The state-owned mine in central China's Henan province flooded on Sunday morning with 102 workers underground, and only 33 were able to escape, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the local rescue bureau's headquarters. Efforts to save those underground wer ... more |
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St Louis MO (SPX) Jul 27, 2007Researchers from Saint Louis University (SLU) and Peking University in China are revealing for the first time the findings of a discovery that could change the way we think about the development of life on Earth. Two years ago, Timothy Kusky, Ph.D., the Paul C. Reinert Professor of Natural Sciences at SLU, and Jianghai Li, a professor of geological science at Peking University, dug up hundreds o ... more Boost For US Asia strategy 
Toronto, Canada (UPI) Jul 25, 2007For the past decade, U.S. leaders have been privately considering China as a rival. Publicly, China is the United States' great trading partner, even though the trade relationship between the two is a bit skewed. Ever since China emerged from the shadows as an economic and military powerhouse, U.S. policymakers have been concerned about its rapid rise in military expenditures and its economic in ... more China Takes Aim At US Over Claims Chinese Missiles Are In Iraq 
Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2007China on Thursday accused the United States of deliberately misleading the public after the US military said it had found Chinese-made missiles in Iraq that were probably smuggled in from Iran. "For some time now, certain countries have connected China's normal military trade links with other countries to military smuggling and even destabilisation of areas," the foreign ministry said in a state ... more Iraq Envoy Slams US Over Arms Supplies 
Washington (AFP) July 25, 2007Iraq's ambassador to the United States Wednesday launched a withering attack on US reluctance to provide basic weaponry to his country's ill-equipped armed forces. Samir Sumaidaie said administration foot-dragging was inexplicable given President George W. Bush's oft-stated desire for Iraqi forces to "stand up" and so allow US troops to withdraw from the frontlines. Rejecting suggestions that th ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 23, 2007Local governments in China are continuing to invest in dirty, resource-intense industries, jeopardising Beijing's goals of saving energy and cutting pollution, state media reported Monday. Some regions are encouraging steel, cement and other heavy industries to boost economic growth despite demands from Beijing to rein in those sectors, the China Daily newspaper said, quoting a top development o ... more Taiwan Military Official In US To Seek Jets Purchase 
Taipei (AFP) July 23, 2007A top Taiwan army official is visiting the United States to seek to buy advanced fighter jets to help counter a mounting military threat from China, a report said Friday. Chief of General Staff Ho Shou-yeh led a delegation to Washington this week for talks with US defense officials, the China Times here said, quoting unnamed sources. Ho also hoped to meet "by chance" with US Defense Secretary Ro ... more China To Make Cuban Dengue Mosquito Killer 
Havana, Cuba (AFP) Jul 24, 2007China will mass-produce a Cuban pesticide effective against dengue-carrying mosquitos, Cuba's foreign ministry said Sunday. Cuban scientists developed and patented Bactivec, a biolarvicide which kills larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dengue vector, the ministry statement said. According to the agreement, China will defray the cost of building the factory in China, and Cuban Labio ... more Tibetian Warming Trend Gaining Pace 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 23, 2007Tibet, the mountainous region whose snows and glaciers give birth to several of Asia's major rivers, is warming at an alarming rate, China's state media reported Sunday, citing a new survey. Average annual temperatures in Tibet are rising at a rate of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 degrees Fahrenheit) every ten years due to global warming, Xinhua news agency said, citing a report by the Tibet Meteoro ... more
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