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China to build fourth space launch centre
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2007China announced Monday it would build its fourth space launch centre, just a week after it fired off its first lunar orbiter. The new launch centre, to be built on the southern island province of Hainan, is scheduled to be completed in 2012 and start operating in 2013, Xinhua news agency reported. The location of the launch centre in Hainan, a low-latitude region, could help increase the ... more Outside View: China takes space race lead 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 29, 2007 What is most appealing about Oriental martial arts is the precise manner in which a set mission is accomplished, with an almost total lack of publicity. On Oct. 4, with Russia and the United States apparently unable to do more than talk about flights to the moon, China, strictly on schedule, launched a Long March 3A rocket carrying the satellite Chang-e 1 on a mission to map the moon's ... more Taiwan's Chen promises not to develop nukes 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 29, 2007Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Monday pledged that his government would not develop nuclear weapons, but said the island needed to boost its defences to counter China's military might. "On behalf of my countrymen, I hereby want to promise to you that Taiwan will by no means develop, introduce nor use nuclear weapons," Chen said in a speech to members of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' ... more Salary of urban Chinese rise sharply in 2007: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2007The salaries of people working in China's cities grew by 18.8 percent in the first nine months of the year, with those in state-owned firms rising the fastest, the government said Monday. Urban employees each earned a total of 16,675 yuan (2,227 dollars) in the first three quarters of 2007, up 18.8 percent on year, according to figures posted on the website of the National Bureau of Statisti ... more China Solar Power Enters Thin Film Solar Module Market In China 
San Mateo CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2007Charles E. Johnson, Managing Director of Tano China Capital Management, has announced the signing of a three-way strategic alliance between its affiliates China Solar Power (Holdings) Ltd. (CSP), Tano China Private Equity Fund II (TCPEF II) and ULVAC Inc. of Japan. The parties signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement in Chigasaki, Japan on October 17, 2007. With the establishment of this strategic ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2007Japan's Coast Guard Sunday dispatched patrol ships and aircraft after spotting a boat carrying Chinese activists to a group of disputed islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. "We have spotted a boat near the Japanese territorial sea on the western side of the islands," said a coast guard official based in the southern Japanese island chain of Okinawa. The Coast Guard sent patrol shi ... more Chinese media trumpet space launch 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2007China's rise as a space power poses no threat to the rest of the world, official media said Thursday, as it celebrated the successful start of the nation's efforts to send a man to the moon. "The country has long before made clear that its space programmes are for peaceful purposes," said an editorial in the English-language China Daily, a newspaper used by the government to express its view ... more 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 |
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Paris, France (ESA) Oct 25, 2007A bold new mission to the Moon was launched today by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA). Chang'e-1 blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan, atop a Long March 3A rocket. Chang'e-1 represents the first step in the Chinese ambition to land robotic explorers on the Moon before 2020. Chang'e-1 has four mission goals to accomplish. The first is to make three-dimensi ... more China's Lunar Probe Chief Commander: Scientific Exploration, Not Competition 
Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 25, 2007China will not embark on any lunar probe competition "in any form with any country" and will "share the results of its moon exploration with the whole world" in its pursuit of a policy of peaceful use of airspace, said a chief commander of the country's first lunar satellite project. "The decision on the lunar probe was made completely in accordance with China's own conditions, which is not mean ... more Factbox on China's lunar programme 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007China on Wednesday launched the Chang'e I satellite, the nation's first lunar orbiter, which will photograph and map the moon's surface. Here are some key facts about the mission and China's lunar programme: -- Satellite launched aboard a Long March 3A rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province. -- During the one-year mission the satellite ... more Important events in China's space programme 
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
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