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Chang'e-1 Opens Facilities For Data Transmission
Beijing (XNA) Nov 21, 2007China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e-1, which is now circling the moon at a stable altitude of 200 km, has opened its facilities to transmit data back to earth, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday. The facilities will be tested over the next few days which will help ensure smooth operation of the probe and reliable data transmission, spokesman Pei Zhaoyu sa ... more New Rocket Set To Blast Off By 2013 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 21, 2007The country's next-generation launch vehicles for heavyweight satellites or space stations will be ready to blast off by 2013, a senior official has said. The Long March 5 launch vehicle, to be made in the Binhai New Area of the northern coastal city of Tianjin, will be 59.4 meters long, with a launch weight of 643 tons and a lift-off thrust of 825 tons, Zhang Yanhe, deputy director of the Tianj ... more UK Scientists Lead China Closer To Carbon Capture And Storage 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2007China's CO2 emissions from using coal are set to double by 2030, the scale of which is significant in the context of mitigating global climate change. In view of the essential role of coal in China's energy system, it is vital to minimise emissions where coal is used. The British Geological Survey (BGS) attended the launch of the Near Zero Emissions Coal (NZEC) Phase 1 study in Beijing, Ch ... more China aiming to replace foreign satellites: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2007China is aiming to replace all its imported communications and broadcast satellites with home-made ones by 2010 as part of efforts to reduce its reliance on overseas technology, state media said Monday. The nation will step up research and development of these satellites as just one out of the 12 currently in use is Chinese-made, Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration, ... more China Aims To Double Satellite Life Expectancy By 2010 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 20, 2007China is likely to double the life expectancy of its homemade satellites by 2010, a vice minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence said on Sunday. Sun Laiyan, also chief of the China National Space Administration, said the country would strive to boost the life expectancy of its satellite designs in sun-synchronous orbit to four to five years b ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Nov 14, 2007A retired top Taiwanese military intelligence officer has been indicted on charges of collecting and leaking classified information that was published in his book, officials said Wednesday. Pang Ta-wei, a former deputy section chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau, was indicted on September 17, said Chen Jui, spokesman for the Prosecutors' Office of the High Court. "He was indicted o ... more China's economy 40 percent smaller than estimated: analyst 
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2007China's economy is 40 percent smaller than most recent estimates, a US economist said Wednesday, citing data from the Asian Development Bank and guidelines from the World Bank. Albert Keidel, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former US Treasury official and World Bank economist, made the comments in a report published by the US think tank and in a com ... more China says key pollution indicators improve 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2007Two major pollution indicators have dropped in China for the first time in several years as steps taken to clean up the nation's devastated environment kicked in, the government said Wednesday. Emissions of sulfur dioxide, a key air pollutant, declined 1.81 percent in the first nine months of the year, while chemical oxygen demand, a measure of water pollution, was 0.28 percent lower, said Z ... more China's economy 40 percent smaller than estimated: analyst
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2007China's economy is 40 percent smaller than most recent estimates, a US economist said Wednesday, citing data from the Asian Development Bank and guidelines from the World Bank. Albert Keidel, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former US Treasury official and World Bank economist, made the comments in a report published by the US think tank and in a com ... more |
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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
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