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Mao proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to US
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday. The powerful chairman of the Chinese Communist Party said he believed such emigration could kickstart bilateral trade but could also "harm" the United States with a population explosion similar to China, according ... more Former Boeing Engineer Charged With Economic Espionage In Theft Of Space Shuttle Secrets For China 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2008A former Boeing engineer was arrested this morning after being indicted last week on charges of economic espionage and acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the People's Republic of China, for whom the engineer stole Boeing trade secrets related to several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle. Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 72, of Orange, Calif., who was employed by Rockwell ... more Sidley Austin Represents PT Indosat On 228.5 Million USD Financing For Satellite Project 
Singapore (SPX) Feb 13, 2008International law firm Sidley Austin recently represented Indonesian telecom company PT Indosat Tbk in obtaining US$228.5 million in financing to construct and launch a new satellite, the Palapa-D. The satellite is under construction by Thales Alenia France and will be launched into orbit by a Chinese launch vehicle manufactured by Beijing Talentway Technology Corporation. The financing wa ... more GyPSii Brings Mobile Location Lifestyle To Dopod Users In China 
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 12, 2008GyPSii has partnered with Dopod in China to provide new and exciting location-based information and content features and services, for use on the mobile phone or via the Internet. The new services will be available to members of Dopod Club the exclusive online community for Dopod device users in China, when members download the GyPSii mobile client ... more Moscow To Present Sino-Russian Space Arms Race Control Initiative 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2008Russia will submit to a UN disarmament conference a joint Sino-Russian proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in outer space. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will present the draft treaty to the UN-sponsored annual Geneva Disarmament Conference on February 12. The United States has been critical of the Russian-Chinese initiative, especially following ... more |
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Dome Argus, Antarctica (SPX) Feb 04, 2008A team of scientists representing six international institutions, including Texas A and M University, has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica - also a monumental achievement for ground-based astronomy - to establish a new astronomical observatory at Dome Argus on the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau. Two weeks after arriving Jan. 11 at "Dome A" for only the second time in ... more Mars In Their Sights 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2008U.S. and Chinese students are taking aim at the Red Planet using an ASU-designed camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft. The target lies millions of miles away, but for the 22 high school students in the first-ever China Youth Space Academy, Mars is square in their sights. Fifteen high school students from China are at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility, collaborating with seven students from ... more China, US aluminum giants buy into Rio Tinto 
London (AFP) Feb 1, 2008Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco said Friday it and US peer Alcoa have bought a 12-percent stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, setting up a possible takeover tussle with rival BHP Billiton. Analysts said the acquisition was a possible defensive move to prevent, or at the least complicate, any tie-up between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, two of the biggest miners and suppliers of raw mat ... more Atlaspost.Com -- An Innovative Social Mapping Site From Taiwan 
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Atlaspost.com today officially launched its English site for the global market at DEMO 08. Atlaspost.com is a popular social mapping network from Taiwan. What makes Atlaspost.com stand out is that they have designed the map to be a fun place with three innovative features, which caught the eye of Google Taiwan. Among them, ''Atlas Village'' is regarded as one of the most innovative and fun ... more |
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Haikou, China (XNA) Jan 28, 2008Yang Liwei, China's first taikonaut, the Chinese term for astronaut, on Saturday dismissed worries about the environmental effects of a new space launch center to be built in the island province of Hainan, saying the launches will be non-toxic and do no harm to the local ecology. Yang, who is visiting the tropical island, said space and environment authorities had researched the impact of ... more China May Broadcast First Taikonaut Spacewalk Live 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 26, 2008China may broadcast its first ever spacewalk live when it launches its third manned space mission later this year, state media reported Friday. The spacewalk is expected to be carried out by the crew of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, rocketing into orbit some time late this year, Xinhua news agency said. "The Shenzhou VII spacecraft is capable of live-broadcasting the walk," Yuan Jie, presid ... more Move Over US - China To Be New Driver Of World's Economy And Innovation 
Athens GA (SPX) Jan 25, 2008A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world's economy - a position the U.S. has held since the end of World War II. If that happens, it will mark the first time in nearly a century that two nations have competed for leadership as equals. The study's indicators predict that China will soon pass t ... more US subprime crisis could worsen China's bad loan problem: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Chinese banks will see their non-performing loans increase due to the US subprime mortgage crisis and domestic economic cooling measures enforced by the government, state media reported Tuesday. "The non-performing loan ratio in the banking industry and risks of volatility in the capital market are both rising," the Financial News reported, citing Zhong Wei, an economist with Beijing Normal ... more
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