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Gates reassures Hu on Taiwan
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2007US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday assured China's President Hu Jintao that the US government is "categorically" opposed to any moves by Taiwan towards independence. Gates met with Hu in Beijing's Great Hall of the People after two days of talks -- characterised by both parties as "candid but friendly" -- that raised US concerns about China's rapid military build-up and Iran's nucl ... more Trina Solar Named Fastest-Growing Company In Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2007 
Changzhou, China (SPX) Nov 07, 2007Trina Solar has announced that it has been ranked #1 in the prestigious "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2007" program. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China program focuses on the technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) industry, ranking the fastest-growing technology companies in China based on their revenue growth over the past three years. "We are delighted to be named the fast ... more China Holdings Announces Second Biomass Renewable Energy Project 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Nov 07, 2007China Holdings announced the Company has executed its 2nd development contract for the exclusive rights to develop and construct the 2nd Biomass Renewable Energy Project (Power Capacity: 50 MW) through its controlled subsidiary "China Power, Inc." with the local government in AnHui Province, the People's Republic of China. The breakthrough brought the Company potential power capacity: 100 MW in ... more China May Use Long March 3 For Lunar Landing 
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 06, 2007China is studying the feasibility of using the Long March 3B carrier rocket for the country's second-stage moon mission of lunar landing, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said here Monday. The Long March 3B carrier rocket, in the same family as the Long March 3A on which China's first lunar probe Chang'e-1 was launched, boasts of "strong thrust power", Pei Zhaoyu, t ... more Key Maneuvers Still Awaits Chang'e-1 Before Mission Success 
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 06, 2007China's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1, which entered the moon's orbit Monday morning, still has to undergo three key steps before it can really start its moon probe mission, a deputy chief commander of China's lunar obiter project said here Monday. The three steps include two brakings at perilune, three-dimensional positioning of the satellite, and the adjustment of the working model of the satel ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Nov 02, 2007For the first time, ESA tracking stations have transmitted telecommands to a Chinese satellite. This morning at 07:15 CET (06:15 UTC), China's mission control reported that commands transmitted from Maspalomas station had been successfully received by the Chang'e-1 Moon mission. ESA ground tracking support to China's Chang'e-1 successfully started on 1 November 2007 at 04:35 CET (03:35 UTC ... more China's Lunar Probe Completes Last Orbital Transfer Before Leaving Earth
Beijing (XNA) Nov 01, 2007China's lunar probe Chang'e-1 completed its fourth orbital transfer on Wednesday afternoon, a critical move to push it to fly to the moon "in a real sense." The engine on the probe was started at 5:15 p.m.. Thirteen minutes later, the probe was successfully shifted to the earth-moon transfer orbit with an apogee of about 380,000 km. The main engine of Chang'e-1 started operation and helped ... more China Starts Developing New Heavy-Duty Carrier Rockets 
Tianjin (XNA) Nov 01, 2007China is building a new range of carrier rockets designed to send heavyweight satellites into space, boosting the current carrying capacity by nearly three times, a space expert has said. The Long March 5 rockets will be able to carry payloads of up to 25 tons for low earth orbit satellites, up from the current limit of 9.2 tons, said Wu Yansheng, president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle ... more Tibetan refugees shot at by Chinese troops: activists 
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Refugees trying to flee Chinese-controlled Tibet to Nepal have been shot at by soldiers, a year after a nun was shot and killed in the same area, an activist group said Wednesday. "No Tibetans in the group were killed or injured but several of them... were taken into Chinese custody," the International Campaign for Tibet said. In September 2006, foreign climbers on Nepal's border with Ti ... more |
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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 China Eyes The Moon 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007What 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 October 4, with Russia and the U.S. 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 surface. The sp ... more
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