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China life expectancy rises as medical spending increases: report
Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2008The life expectancy of China's 1.3 billion people is on the rise, thanks partly to increased spending on health care, state media said Monday. China's average life expectancy rose from 71.4 years in 2000 to 73 in 2005, Xinhua news agency said, citing a report issued by the Ministry of Health. Other health indicators have also shown marked improvement in recent years, including the infant ... more Taiwan fears braindrain as professionals head for rival China 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 6, 2008Taiwan's place at the top of the industrial food chain is being threatened by a braindrain as professionals head to China for better career prospects amid political turmoil and economic slowdown at home. Taiwanese businessmen have invested in tens of thousands of Chinese factories that provide white-collar jobs such as accounting, management, production planning and quality control to their ... more China Solar Energy Industry Research And Forecast For 2008-2010 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Solar Energy Industry Research and Forecast, 2008-2010 to their offering. Solar is one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the global economy and in the cleantech universe. As is envisioned by the U.S. space program, future solar energy power plants will be placed on an orbit of about 6,000 km above the earth, from which electric ... more China Reports Fourteen Potential Astronauts In Training For Three Seats 
Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 03, 2008Up to fourteen astronauts, including China's first three astronauts, are reported to be competing for places on the nation's third manned space mission currently slated for October 2008. Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, and Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, who flew China's second mission as a dual mission, are said to be be in training along with eleven other potential astronauts Xinhua News r ... more First Chinese Satellite Conglomerate Beams Into Operation 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 02, 2008China Satellite Communications Corporation (China Satcom), Sino Satellite Communications Company Ltd. (Sinosat) and China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Company Ltd. (China Orient) announced the start of their joint-venture here on Tuesday. Named China Direct Broadcast Satellite Company (China DBSAT), it was founded last December to merge all satellite-related assets, businesses and p ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2007China said Saturday it may allow Hong Kong's leader to be directly elected within 10 years at the earliest, but activists seeking quicker democratic reform in the territory criticised the decision. The announcement is Beijing's clearest indication yet of the city's political future but has upset democrats pushing for 2012 as the deadline to achieve full democracy in the Asian financial hub, ... more 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 |
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Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2007Chinese scientists have pledged to seize time to start the plan and implementation for the second-phase of China's lunar probe program at a red-carpet ceremony opened on Wednesday morning to mark the country's initial success in deep space exploration. Zhang Qingwei, Minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, said the immediate tasks faci ... more Innovation Is Essential To Increasing Energy Efficiency And Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Bali, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 14, 2007Innovations will be essential to increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and transportation to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, DuPont Greater China President Doug Muzyka told participants at the Bali Global Business Day at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "In the growing world economy, energy demand remains high and will continue to increase, particu ... more China's space ambitions key to nation's strength: Hu 
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
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