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Taiwan may ease China-bound investment restrictions: reports
Taipei (AFP) Jan 21, 2008The Taiwanese government might ease China-bound investment restrictions by the March 22 presidential poll, to woo support for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), reports said Monday. Authorities are studying different ways of defining the net worth of local enterprises, many of which have reached or come close to the China investment ceilings, the Economic Daily News and United Da ... more Foreign companies pour money into China: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2008Foreign firms invested a record 82.7 billion dollars in booming China last year, the government said Monday, with analysts adding the tide of money had undermined efforts to slow economic growth. The 2007 figure for foreign direct investment, or FDI, was up 13.8 percent from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said in a statement. China has been striving to cool its economy over concer ... more China To Boost Civil Industrialization With Xian Base 
Xi'an, China (XNA) Jan 21, 2008China is constructing a civil aerospace center in the Shaanxi Province capital, a further move to step up its industrialization of the sector following the launch of the initial Shanghai base last year. The National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base of Xi'an, set to cover 23 square km, will focus on developing satellites, new materials, energies, IT and other technologies for the benefit of ... more China-Made Satellite Navigation System Monitors Dangerous Chemical Transport 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2008China has begun use of a domestically-developed monitoring system to oversee dangerous chemical transport based on the country's Beidou satellite, its management center announced on Thursday. The system provides all-day data on dangerous chemical transport to the Beidou navigation satellite, which in turn gives corresponding operational order, according to experts who researched and develo ... more US Has An Ally In Azerbaijan For Energy Supply 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008In retrospect, 2007 will be remembered as the high-water mark of Washington's attempts to develop the Caspian's post-Soviet hydrocarbon riches. If early 2008 is any indication, then the one remaining friend that America has in the Caspian basin is Azerbaijan. Neither Iran, subject to ongoing U.S. sanctions, nor the Russian Federation have evinced the slightest interest in sharing their oil ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2008At least one strike involving more than 1,000 workers occurs every day in China's manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta area, underscoring rising labor unrest in the country, a labor activist said Tuesday. All the protests in the key manufacturing base in southern China are self-organized, "questioning the relevance" of the official All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), said Han ... more Taiwan-China ties set to improve: analysts
Taipei (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Tensions between Taiwan and rival China will ease following the pro-Beijing opposition's big win in parliamentary elections, but thorny political disputes will not be resolved overnight, analysts say. China will be comforted by the Kuomintang's landslide win over the party of President Chen Shui-bian, who has repeatedly angered Beijing with his pro-independence rhetoric and persistent drive ... more China media warn over defeated Taiwan ruling party 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008China's state-run media warned Monday that Taiwan's pro-independence ruling party could still "cause chaos" despite a massive setback in legislative elections. The People's Daily said the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, would stop at nothing to ensure victory in Taiwan's March presidential poll, including calling martial law or other emergency measures. "Some (DPP) authorities have ... more Very few Chinese migrant workers are happy: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Less than eight percent of China's 200 million migrant workers are happy with life in the city, as most complain of discrimination, overwork and low salaries, state press said Monday. Some 68 percent of 30,000 migrant workers in major Chinese cities said they faced discrimination from urban residents who do not "fully accept" them, according to a survey by Shanghai's Fudan University, the Ch ... more |
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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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