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China wins right to explore Afghan copper mine: ministry
Kabul (AFP) Nov 21, 2007
Afghanistan has chosen a Chinese bidder to lease a copper mine which is possibly the world's largest, in a contract that is set to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, the mines ministry said Tuesday. The 30-year lease has been offered to China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to develop the Aynak mine 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Kabul, a Afghan mines ministry spokesman said. ... read more
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    Beijing (UPI) Nov 20, 2007
    Chinese space officials announced Tuesday a manned spacecraft is scheduled to be launched in October 2008, shortly after the Beijing Olympic Games. Three astronauts are scheduled to make the trip aboard Shenzhou VII, which includes a planned live broadcast of a spacewalk, the Oriental Morning Post in Shanghai reported. "This is the first time for us to do this and it will be very ... more

    New Rocket Set To Blast Off By 2013
    Beijing (XNA) Nov 21, 2007
    The 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

    Chang'e-1 Opens Facilities For Data Transmission
    Beijing (XNA) Nov 21, 2007
    China'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

    UK Scientists Lead China Closer To Carbon Capture And Storage
    London, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2007
    China'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, 2007
    China 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

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    First China Lunar Probe To Activate Observation Payloads On Monday
    Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2007
    China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e-1 will adjust its posture to get positioned to the moon late on Monday night, and activate probing facilities aboard afterwards to get ready for scientific exploration, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Sunday. The satellite has gone through a number of tests since it entered the 127-minute round polar circular orbit at an altitude of 200 ... more

    Taiwan man indicted for allegedly leaking national secrets
    Taipei (AFP) Nov 14, 2007
    A 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, 2007
    China'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, 2007
    Two 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

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    Autodesks Architecture Solutions Simplify Sustainable Design For China Project
    Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 11, 2007
    At 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, 2007
    China 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, 2007
    China 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, 2007
    Nineteen 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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