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China launches remote sensing satellite
Beijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2007China on Monday launched a remote sensing satellite to carry out land resource surveying, just weeks after it sent off its first lunar orbiter. The "Yaogan III" satellite will also be used for collecting data for crop yield estimate and disaster prevention, Xinhua news agency reported. It was launched on a Long March carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Centre in the north ... more Autodesks Architecture Solutions Simplify Sustainable Design For China Project 
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 11, 2007At thGreenbuild Conference and Exposition,Autodesk has announced that its architecture and design visualization solutions have recently facilitated the design of several green projects around the world, including the Wuhan Blue Sky Prototype for China. Autodesk software allows designers to better understand and leverage how a building's design can reduce the amount of resources it will consume. ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2007China will scrap its Golden Week holiday held in May, one of three week-long breaks initially set-up to boost retail sales and bolster the national economy, officials said on Friday. Instead, days off for Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, will be granted. "Recently there have been repeated calls by political leaders and society in general for adjus ... more Boeing Projects 290 Billion Dollar Southeast Asia Market For New Commercial Airplanes 
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Nov 09, 2007Boeing forecasts that Southeast Asia airlines will need 1,930 airplanes worth $290 billion over the next 20 years. Strong demand for new airplanes will lead to a world fleet with significantly improved environmental performance, according to The Boeing Company's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is avail ... more China targets space station in 2020: report 
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 |
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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 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
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