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Youth crime in China explodes as social values decline: report
Beijing (AFP) Dec 5, 2007The number of juvenile criminals in China has more than doubled over the past decade, as broken homes and a decline in social values have spurred youth delinquency, state media said Wednesday. An estimated 80,000 youngsters would commit crimes this year, up from 33,000 in 1998, the China Daily said, adding that as the number of young offenders had grown, their average age had fallen. "Of ... more China Will Soon Have Its Own Moon Globe 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 05, 2007China will make its own lunar globe soon, using pictures and data collected by its own moon orbiter, said an official in charge of the country's moon exploration mission on Tuesday. "I believe that China will soon come up with a full map of the moon," said Hu Hao, head of the lunar exploration center under the Commission of Science Technology and Industry of National Defense (COSTIND). "Th ... more China says space ambitions no cause for foreign concern 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 4, 2007Budding space power China on Tuesday sought to counter fears of an Asian space race and accusations it is ignoring the needs of its poor in pursuit of glory. "We will always adhere to the principle of the peaceful use of space," said Chen Qiufa, vice minister of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, in a government Internet forum. He added that China wo ... more China To Launch Mars Probe In 2009 
Beijing (PTI) Dec 05, 2007China, which sent its first lunar orbiter to probe the moon's surface recently, will launch its maiden Mars probe onboard a Russian rocket in October 2009, state media reported. Yinghuo-1 would reach the pre-set circling orbit and beam the first images of the red planet in September 2010, the state-run China Daily said, quoting a senior scientist. The prototype of the probe was now being ... more Chinese archaeologists dig up 4,000-year-old city 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2007Chinese archaeologists have dug up what is believed to be a 4,300-year-old city that could be the capital of China's oldest dynasty, state press said Tuesday. The ancient city is believed to be part of the Liangzhu culture dated back to neolithic times between 4,000 and 5,300 years ago, the China Daily said. The ruins are located in eastern China's Zhejiang province, with archaeologists ... more |
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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 Dalai Lama rankles China with succession warning 
Amritsar, India (AFP) Nov 27, 2007The Dalai Lama stepped up a war of succession with China on Tuesday, warning that Tibet's next Buddhist spiritual leader will be chosen abroad if he dies in exile. The 72-year-old said he was looking at "different methods or ways" of selecting a successor after nearly five decades in exile, drawing a sharp rebuke from Beijing. "If my death comes when we are still in a refugee status then ... more |
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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 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
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