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Japan opposes Taiwan's referendum, says PM Fukuda
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Tokyo opposes Taiwan's planned referendum on United Nations membership, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Friday after holding talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. "We don't want a situation in which Taiwan's referendum leads to tensions between (the two sides)," said Fukuda, who is in China for a four-day visit. China and Taiwan split after a civil war in 1949 but China sti ... more Chinese farmers offered subsidised TVs, mobile phones: report 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 24, 2007Chinese farmers will be given a 13-percent discount on televisions, mobile phones and other electrical appliances under a new subsidy scheme to boost rural spending, state press reported Monday. A pilot program will begin for three of the nation's major agricultural provinces under which the government will offer the subsidy for TVs, mobile phones and fridges, the China Daily reported, citin ... more Taiwan leader rebuffs US opposition to referendum 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 22, 2007Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday rebuffed criticism from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that a planned referendum on UN membership was provocative and raised tensions with China. "There is absolutely no provocative policy but only a policy that respects public opinions ... It is not Taiwan that is acting provocative today, it is China," Chen said. "Taiwan is not a pa ... more China's economy smaller in new study: World Bank 
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2007The size of China's economy is overestimated by some 40 percent, but it remains the world's second largest using a ranking based on purchasing power, the World Bank said Monday. In a report ranking the world's economies for 2005, the World Bank said its updated survey using "purchasing power parity" (PPP) shows a much smaller value for China than earlier estimates which the Bank called "less ... more Taiwan Vice President Lu Raps China Over Air Space Move
Taipei (AFP) Dec 16, 2007Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu on Sunday accused China of interfering with the island's upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls by trying to squeeze its air space. Lu said that on November 26 China, via Hong Kong's aviation authorities, added a new flight route in the Taiwan Strait that is 42 miles (67.2 kilometres) closer to the centre of the strait -- a "middle line" that has be ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 12, 2007China's space exploration should be used to help build the nation's social, economic and technological strength, President Hu Jintao said Wednesday, while stressing the endeavour will be peaceful. In a speech marking the success of China's first lunar probe, Hu called on the nation to support its fledgling space programme as a platform to advance competitiveness, build up human resources and ... more Truck-Safe Bamboo Bridge Opens In China 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2007In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges. Yan Xiao, a professor at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering is the designer of a new span in the village of Leiyang, Hunan Province, which formally opens for traffic December 12. Made from pre-fabricated structural elements, the bridge w ... more Chang'e-1 Photographs Dark Side Of The Moon 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2007The charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on Chang'e-1, China's first lunar orbiter, has started imaging probes on the dark side of the moon and captured photos of parts of this region, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. The CNSA said that the orbiter is operating normally in terms of flying, probing, land control and communication, as well as data transmitting and p ... more Scientists Develop New Measure Of Socioclimactic Risk 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change. The research team from Purdue University and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, found that China, India and the United States - major greenhous ... more |
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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
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