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China to accept private funding for lunar missions
Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2007China will accept private investment to help put a man and a rover on the moon, seeking outside funding for its expanding space ambitions, state media said Thursday. The funding opportunities will be open to "competent institutions and enterprises," the Shanghai Daily quoted a spokesman for the China National Space Administration as saying. "They could include scientific research organs, ... more China Denies Timetable For Space Station 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2007China hasn't set any specific timetable for the development of a space station, a spokesman with China National Space Administration (CNSA) said here Wednesday. "According to the national outline for mid- and long-term scientific and technological development, and the outline for space technology development during the 11th-five-year period (2006-2010) issued by the State Council on May 10 this ... more US lawmakers introduce bill backing UN membership for Taiwan 
Washington (AFP) Nov 9, 2007Nineteen US lawmakers, nearly all of them from President George W. Bush's Republican party, have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives backing UN membership for Taiwan, a move that could anger China. It was introduced on Thursday at the House foreign affairs committee by 18 Republican legislators and one Democrat, with the move led by New Jersey Republican Representative Scott Ga ... more US voices opposition to Taiwan referendum 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 9, 2007The de facto US envoy to Taiwan on Friday reiterated Washington's opposition to President Chen Shui-bian's apparent determination to push ahead with a referendum on UN membership for the island. Independence-leaning Chen has vowed to press ahead with a referendum on whether to apply for United Nations membership under the name "Taiwan" despite opposition from ally Washington and rival Beijin ... more Analysis: Long-run wins for green Olympics 
Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2007 Beijing's efforts to meet clean-air standards in time for the 2008 Olympics are drawing increased skepticism as the August deadline approaches. Worst-case scenarios depict marathoners coughing their way through smog to the finish line, prompting the International Olympic Committee to suggest that some competitions may be delayed due to pollution. Yet even if Beijing fails to meet Olympic expec ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 7, 2007China is aiming to place a 20-tonne space station into orbit around Earth in 2020, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest indication of Beijing's lofty space ambitions. China's space ambitions have attracted huge attention, notably since 2003 when it sent a man into space, only the third country to accomplish that feat after the United States and the former Soviet Union. The timet ... more China To Open Moon Probe Projects For Public Tender 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2007China will open part of the country's second-stage moon mission projects for public tender, to attract participation of competent institutions and enterprises in the moon program, said a spokesman with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) here Wednesday. "They could include scientific research organs, universities and also private companies", Li Guoping, the spokesman for the CNSA, tol ... more Chang'e-1 To Start Lunar Probe In Late November 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2007China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e-1 will start its probing of the moon in late November when all the instruments aboard shall be put into operation, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said here Wednesday. "We expect the Chang'e-1 to send back the first lot of data and activate all its scientific instruments in late November," Li Guoping, the spokesman for CNSA, told a press confere ... more 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 |
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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 China To Rule The World Economy 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2007The China-Russia Friendship Year is finishing early this month with great pageantry. Economic contacts underlying the galas are asymmetrical-Russia has silently accepted the role of China's sales outlet and raw material supplier. The two countries' political and business leaders are gathering in Moscow, November 6, for a second bilateral economic forum to take stock of mutual interests. Chinese ... more Deal On Oil Pipeline Leg To China Won't Be Reached In Moscow 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2007A deal to build a leg of a major Russian oil pipeline to China will not be signed during Prime Minister Wen Jibao's visit to Moscow on Tuesday, a Russian government source said on Monday. In Moscow, the final destination in Jibao's tour of former Soviet states which comprised Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Belarus, the Chinese premier with meet with his Russian counterpart, Viktor Zubkov. Ru ... more Chang'e 1 To Skip Correction, Flies To Moon Directly 
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2007China's lunar probe Chang'e 1 will skip the scheduled orbital correction tomorrow as the orbiter is operating normally and is right on its planned trajectory to enter the moon orbit on Monday. The correction was the third scheduled one after Chang'e 1 skipped the first one planned on Thursday and finished its first orbital correction yesterday morning, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more
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