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China calls on US to provide data on satellite shootdown
Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2008China called on the United States Thursday to provide information about its shooting down of a defunct US spy satellite and voiced caution about the potential international consequences. "China is continuing to closely follow the possible harm caused by the US action to outer space security and relevant countries," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said when asked for a reaction to the ... more China, India speed climate change: Australian report 
Sydney (AFP) Feb 21, 2008The economic rise of China and India means climate change is occurring faster than previously thought, making efforts to fix the problem more urgent, an official Australian report found Thursday. The government-commissioned report called for stronger international commitment to addressing climate change, saying current efforts "still fall far short of getting deep cuts in global emissions ... more Algae-munching fish clean up Chinese lake: official media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2008Chinese authorities are using algae-munching fish to clean up one of the country's most polluted lakes -- and after their diet of toxins they will be sold on to consumers, state media said Thursday. More than 50,000 silver carp fry have been introduced into Chaohu lake and another 1.55 million will be added in the next 20 days, said Wu Changjun, from the Chaohu Fishery Administration, according ... more China reports bird flu death 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2008A man has died of bird flu in southern China, the health ministry said Thursday, the second death in the country from the deadly disease in a month. The 41-year old man, identified only by his surname Liang, died in a hospital in the Guangxi autonomous region on February 20 after falling ill six days earlier, the ministry said in a report on its website. Central government laboratory ... more Analysts doubt NKorea nuclear breakthrough on Rice trip to Asia 
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to tour Asia next week in a high-level push to clear the logjam on North Korean nuclear disarmament, but analysts see little chance of a breakthrough. Rice is due to visit South Korea -- where she will attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-Bak on Monday -- as well as China and Japan in the context of six-party negotiations ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008China will launch a record number of spacecraft this year, state media reported Tuesday, amid a rise in tensions among world powers over the militarisation of space. China plans to send up more than 10 missions this year, said Yang Baohua, head of the China Academy of Space Technology, according to the China Daily. "China's space technology has entered a new stage. The design and manufacture ... more China defends stance on terrorism after deadly raid 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008China said on Tuesday its stance on fighting terrorism was no different from the rest of the world, after it announced police had killed two "terrorists" in its Muslim-dominated far northwest. "On the attack against terrorists, our position is the same as the international community. Our stance is firm," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters. He declined to comment furth ... more China reports bird flu outbreak in Tibet, human death 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Chinese authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, a day after confirming a 22-year-old man in central China had died of the deadly virus. The agriculture ministry said 132 poultry had died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a village outside the regional capital Lhasa and about 7,700 birds had been slaughtered to bring the outbreak under control. It ... more Vietnam to cut coal exports to China nearly in half: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Vietnam, the biggest supplier of coal to China, will cut exports to its giant neighbour nearly in half in 2008 to meet rising demand from its own power plants, state media reported Tuesday. Vietnam will reduce sales to China to 13 million tonnes this year, the 21st Century Business Herald said, citing an unnamed Vietnamese government official. Previous reports in the Chinese media said ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 18, 2008Up to 14,000 Hong Kong-owned factories in southern China may close in the next few months, in part due to the crippling winter weather that hit the nation earlier in February, a report said Monday. Labour and power shortages in the aftermath of the heavy snowstorms will hurt operations, Clement Chen, chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI), told The Standard newspaper. ... more More than 40 percent of Chinese rural drinking water unfit: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2008More than 40 percent of drinking water in rural China falls short of government standards, state media said Monday, citing a health ministry study. The survey found 44.4 percent of all drinking water in the rural areas was unhealthy, leading to outbreaks of diarrhoea and other diseases, Xinhua said, citing the Ministry of Health. "The condition of drinking water in rural areas still 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 mines face safety dangers after cold snap: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2008The recent freezing weather that crippled parts of China could trigger a string of coal mining accidents as collieries ramp up operations after the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said Monday. The build-up of lethal gases, flooding and unstable power supplies could all lead to more accidents in the country's already-dangerous mining industry, the State Administration of Work Safety ... more
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