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Data From Chinese Lunar Orbiter Available To All
Shanghai (XNA) Dec 04, 2007Scientists and astronomy enthusiasts all over the country all have access to data sent back from China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e-I, a leading scientist in the program said here Sunday. Ouyang Ziyuan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and chief scientist of the lunar exploration program, said at present the scientific instruments on board Chang'e-1 have all gone into operat ... more Workers in China strike over rising food costs: officials 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Police in southern China used batons and dogs to keep thousands of workers from leaving their factory premises after they went on strike over rising food costs, officials and reports said Monday. Workers at the Aigao Electronics Factory in Guangdong province went on strike on Wednesday last week after the company announced that it would raise food prices, a company official said. "The pr ... more Suntech Supports The Green Long March In China 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Suntech Power Holdings has announced its support of The Green Long March initiative to promote increased understanding of environmental successes and challenges in China, and encourage sustainable development. In early 2007, Future Generations and the Beijing Forestry University, with the support of the State Forestry Administration, launched The Green Long March -- a nation-wide youth program t ... more China's vast sovereign wealth fund to be 'stabilising force': report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2007China Investment Corp., a company established recently to handle 200 billion dollars of forex reserves, has vowed to play a "stabilising role" in global financial markets, state media said Friday. Lou Jiwei, the former vice finance minister in charge of the company, said no similar sovereign wealth fund had ever been a destabilising factor abroad, the China Daily reported. "They are stab ... more Keating Aims To Improve Communication With China After Port Call Rejections 
Washington DC (AFNS) Nov 28, 2007The top U.S. military officer in the Pacific said he�s concerned that China recently denied U.S. ships� requests for port visits in Hong Kong and plans to take the matter up during a trip he hopes to make to Beijing early next year. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said he found it �perplexing and troublesome� that the Chinese refused the Kitty Hawk Battle Group e ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2007China has finished enclosing land for its fourth satellite launch centre near Wenchang City on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre covers an area of 20 square kilometres, it will include a command centre, in addition to a rocket-launching site, rocket assembly plant, and a space-science theme park. The most important part, the rocket-launching site, ... more China Has No Timetable For Manned Moon Landing 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2007China currently has no plan to send a man onto the moon, said Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration, on Monday. "I've read reports by foreign media saying that China would carry a manned moon landing in 2020, but I don't think there has been such a plan," Sun told a press conference in Beijing. "So far, our moon mission only includes unmanned probing projects. The su ... more China wins right to explore Afghan copper mine: ministry 
Kabul (AFP) Nov 21, 2007Afghanistan 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. ... more Chinese plan manned space launch 
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 |
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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 China Completes Enclosure Of Land For Fourth Satellite Launch Center
Beijing (XNA) Nov 20, 2007China has finished enclosing land for its fourth satellite launch centre near Wenchang City on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre covers an area of 20 square kilometres, it will include a command centre, in addition to a rocket-launching site, rocket assembly plant, and a space-science theme park. The most important part, the rocket-launching site, ... more China's Wen again vows food, product safety 
Singapore (AFP) Nov 19, 2007Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday reiterated his commitment to ensuring food and product safety, as his country tries to keep dangerous goods from reaching store shelves around the world. "We take product quality and food safety seriously and we will work to uphold the interests of both Chinese and foreign consumers," Wen said in a wide-ranging speech on the economy at the National Univer ... more
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