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China Expresses Concern About US Bid To Shoot Down Damaged Satellite
Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2008China has expressed concern about Washington's decision to shoot down a damaged satellite, urging the U.S. Government to fulfill its international obligation. Responding to a question on the U.S. plan to shoot down a damaged satellite, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said on Sunday that the Chinese Government is highly concerned about development of the situation and has ... more Taiwan presidential candidate delivers olive branch to Beijing 
Taipei (AFP) Feb 18, 2008The presidential candidate of Taiwan's ruling party on Monday delivered an olive branch to arch foe China, saying that if elected next month he would invite Chinese President Hu Jintao for a visit. Frank Hsieh, from the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), made the rare gesture while visiting the fortified Taiwanese island of Kinmen, off the southeastern Chinese city of ... more China Sunergy Announces Signing Of A Supplementary Agreement With aleo solar AG 
Nanjing, China (SPX) Feb 19, 2008China Sunergy has provided information on a supplementary agreement it recently signed with aleo solar AG. Under the Agreement, more than 20% of the supply will now be in the form of high-efficiency selective emitter cells. aleo solar, a leading German solar module manufacturer, signed an initial solar cell supply agreement with China Sunergy in October 2007. The total shipment volume under ... more SunPower Announces 3-Gigawatt Silicon Supply Agreement With Jupiter, Qingdao DTK Industries 
San Jose CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008SunPower has announced that it has signed a multi-year polysilicon supply agreement with Jupiter, a sales office of Qingdao DTK Industries, a corporation based in China. Starting in 2010 and continuing through 2016, SunPower has contracted to purchase increasing volumes of polysilicon from Jupiter, Qingdao DTK. The agreement will provide polysilicon volumes sufficient to manufacture more ... more China's cold snap to heat up inflation, investment: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2008China's worst winter weather in half a century will fuel inflation and investment problems in the Asian giant's runaway economy, while the rest of the world may also feel its impact, analysts say. Weeks of heavy snow and freezing cold swept across densely-populated provinces in south China this month and last, destroying crops and wreaking havoc on infrastructure that proved much more ... more |
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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 US Treasury cautions China over sovereign wealth fund 
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2008The US Treasury cautioned China Thursday against using profits derived from its cash-flush sovereign investment fund to delay currency reform, as the fund's maneuvers came under Congressional scrutiny. The China Investment Corporation Ltd., launched in September with 200 billion dollars capital, wants to boost investment returns on China's massive foreign reserves and manage reform of ... more |
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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 Russia May Build New Shuttle Spacecraft By 2015 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia may build a new-generation piloted spacecraft by 2015, the company president said on Tuesday. Energia has been developing a reusable manned spacecraft since 2000. It is designed to replace the Soyuz and Progress launch vehicles in making regular flights to the International Space Station and even the Moon and Mars. "Countries, such as the US ... more
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