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China's Lunar Orbiter, The Story Behind "Moon Lady" Chang'e
Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 25, 2007China's first moon orbiter which is likely to be launched at around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday from a southwest launch center, has been named after "moon lady" Chang'e, a mythical Chinese goddess who flew to the moon. Chang'e and her husband Hou Yi, an outstanding archer, are the subjects of one of the most popular of Chinese mythological legends. According to one version of the story, Chang'e was the ... more EU concerned at Taiwanese bid for UN membership 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 25, 2007EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana voiced concern Thursday at Taiwan's plans to hold a referendum on applying for United Nations membership. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday launched an 11-day torch relay to promote the planned referendum on UN membership -- a move sure to spark outrage in China. The independence-minded Chen wants the vote to be held alongside presidential ... more Moderate Chinese slowdown shows growing dependence on world: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2007China's economy is more integrated with the world than ever before, and its slight slowdown in recent months is more likely due to a global cooling than Beijing's efforts, analysts said Thursday. The world's fourth-largest economy expanded by 11.5 percent in the third quarter, a more moderate pace than the 11.9 percent recorded for the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics announ ... more CTDC Announces Strategic Partnership With Terra Solar 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Oct 26, 2007China Technology Development Group signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with Terra Solar Global to form a strategic partnership to develop and integrate applications of solar energy technology. The partnership is driven by the technological advantages of Terra Solar's leading status in the BIPV (building integrated photovoltaic) market place as well as the cost advantages of the product ... more Asia's space race heats up as China launches first lunar orbiter 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Asia's space race heated up on Wednesday as China launched its first lunar orbiter, an event hailed in the world's most populous nation as a milestone event in its global rise. China's year-long expedition, costing 1.4 billion yuan (184 million dollars), kicks off a programme that aims to land an unmanned rover on the moon's surface by 2012 and put a man on the moon by about 2020. The la ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007China on Wednesday launched the Chang'e I, its first-ever lunar orbiter, as part of its quest to put a man on the moon by around 2020. The following are the key events in China's space programme: -- 1956: China opens up its first institute on missile and rocket research. -- 1970: China launches its first satellite, the "East is Red I," aboard a Long March carrier rocket. -- 1975: ... more China Counting Down To Launch Of Lunar Probe 
Xichang, Sichuan (XNA) Oct 24, 2007China is busy preparing for the launch of its first moon orbiter which is likely to take place on Wednesday evening. The rocket is now on the launch pad and all staff are in position at the site. Chinaview.cn will live telecast the launch of the orbiter. The preparations for the launch of the circumlunar satellite named Chang'e I are almost complete, according to a spokesman from the Xichang Sat ... more Boeing Completes 200th P-8A Live-Fire Shot 
St Louis MO (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Boeing and its P-8A Poseidon team last month completed the program's 200th live-fire shot at the U.S. Navy's Weapons Survivability Laboratory in China Lake, Calif. P-8A live-fire testing enhances aircraft survivability and reduces program risk by providing engineers with reliable data that can be incorporated into the Poseidon's dry bay fire-protection design. During testing, live ordnance ... more What China Will Want: The Future Intentions Of A Rising Power 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Uncertainty over China's future strategic goals is pervasive in policy circles today. But while China's growing influence has profound consequences for the international system, understanding the ideas embraced by China's leadership about its foreign policy goals is essential to predicting future Chinese intentions. So concludes new research by political scientist Jeffrey W. Legro (University of ... more |
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New York (AFP) Oct 22, 2007US investment bank and brokerage Bear Stearns and China's CITIC Securities Co. Ltd announced a strategic alliance Monday in a deal involving investments of at least two billion dollars. Under its terms, the two securities firms will seek new business opportunities in China's rapidly-growing economy while forging a joint venture company to combine their existing businesses operations across A ... more Beijing's population to hit 20 million by 2020: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2007Beijing's population will hit the 20 million mark by 2020 as millions of migrants looking for work flood into the capital, an academic report said Monday. The increase is entirely down to people moving here from rural areas because growth due to birth rate has stood at zero for the past five years, according to the study by Peking University's Institute of Population Research. Beijing's ... more Hu stronger in new China leadership 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2007China on Monday unveiled a new leadership team that gave President Hu Jintao a stronger hand in governing the country and put forward potential successors to take over power from him in 2012. Hu, 64, was given a second term as head of the ruling Communist Party and the nation's armed forces, following more than a week of closed-door meetings in Beijing during which he worked to consolidate h ... more Zhou Yongkang, China's security chief gets promoted 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2007Zhou Yongkang was elevated Monday to the elite nine-member body that rules China after five years in charge of the nation's security apparatus. Zhou, 64, was appointed Public Security Minister in 2002 following what many ordinary Chinese regarded as his iron-fist rule of the southwestern province of Sichuan. During his stint as party chief of Sichuan between 1999 and 2002, he apparently ... more
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