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Cassini Image Contest Brings Nearby World Together In Search Of Beauty Beyond
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Thousands of enthusiastic fans of NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft have chosen a color picture of a tiny, dot-like planet Earth, cradled by Saturn's rings during a total solar eclipse, as the most popular image of all those so far returned by the Cassini mission. People from across the globe visited the official website of Cassini's Imaging Team, during the month of December to vo ... more Dartmouth Researchers Alarmed By Levels Of Mercury And Arsenic In Chinese Freshwater Ecosystem 
Hanover NH (SPX) Jan 10, 2008A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water for the people who live around it. The researchers studied three separate locations in Lake Baiyangdian, all at varying distances from major sources of pollution, such ... more China Set To Launch Manned Space Mission In 2008 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jan 08, 2008China is planning to launch its third manned spacecraft and 15 carrier rockets, and orbit 17 satellites in 2008, a senior space official said on Monday. The spacecraft Shenzhou-7 with three astronauts on board is likely to lift off after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, said Huang Qiang, secretary general of China's Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COS ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2008China's efforts to curb its red-hot economy are under threat from a batch of eager new leaders at the regional level keen to splash out on investment projects, state media said Wednesday. The central government has just appointed top officials in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin as a prelude to more local government reshuffles expected in the first quarter, the C ... more Taiwan leader says wants unconditional peace with China 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 1, 2008Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China to end decades of hostility and defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid. In a New Year broadcast, his last while in office, Chen warned however that no pact would be possible if Beijing kept its 'One China' policy, which views Taiwan as Chinese territory awaiting re ... more China to see sixth year of double-digit growth in 2008: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 2, 2008China's economy is likely to see its sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth in 2008, with inflation remaining near 10-year highs, state media said Wednesday, citing an influential think tank. The gross domestic product is expected to grow 10.8 percent in 2008, compared with estimated growth of 11.5 percent last year, the State Information Centre said in a report published in the Shang ... more Activists attack China ruling on Hong Kong democracy 
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 |
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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 President Hu: China Joins Nations With Capability Of Deep Space Exploration 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2007Chinese President Hu Jintao said the success of the first stage of China's lunar probe program indicated the nation had joined countries with capability of deep space exploration. Hu made the remarks at a grand ceremony held Wednesday morning at the Great Hall of the People to celebrate the first-phase lunar probe project's success. He said the lunar probe was another milestone in China's space ... more China Foresees Arduous Future Tasks In Space Probe 
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
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