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China's richest love swimming, BMWs and France tours: survey
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Swimming, driving BMW cars and holidaying in France are among the preferred lifestyle choices for China's wealthiest people, according to an annual survey released on Thursday. Swimming edged out travelling as the favourite form of recreation for the 660 Chinese US dollar millionaires interviewed, said the fourth report of the Preferred Lifestyle and Brands of China's Richest. Golfing ra ... more 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 |
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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 Eager new officials put China's economic control measures at risk: report 
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 |
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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 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
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