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Pentagon voices concern over China's military power
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2008An annual Pentagon report on China on Monday said Beijing's lack of transparency posed risks to stability, voicing concern over how it would use expanding military power. China was developing missiles capable of striking aircraft carriers and other warships at sea, has tested an anti-satellite weapon and fielded new intercontinental ballistic missiles, the report said. ... more EU, US file WTO complaint over Chinese media restrictions 
Geneva (AFP) March 3, 2008The European Union and United States said Monday they had filed complaints at the World Trade Organisation over Chinese restrictions on foreign financial news providers working in the country. The dispute has been brewing since September 2006 when China renewed the monopoly held by state news agency Xinhua, which prevents foreign providers of financial information services from dealing ... more Chinese yellow sand hits Japan, SKorea: officials 
Seoul (AFP) March 3, 2008Hazardous yellow sand from China covered parts of South Korea and Japan on Monday, keeping people indoors as Tokyo pressed Beijing to reveal more information to the public. Schools were closed as the dust blanketed southern parts of the Korean peninsula, while Japan advised people to be cautious and predicted the dust would continue for another day. Yellow dust -- fine sand from Mongolia ... more CCTI And Benham Support Commercialization Of Clean Coal Technology In China 
Coral Springs FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2008Clean Coal Technologies has announced that it has signed an agreement with The Benham Companies to support commercialization of CCTI's coal cleaning plants in China. Benham is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation. SAIC has supported Clean Coal Technologies and its predecessor companies since 1996 in the advancement of CCTI's proprietary technology ... more China plans first spacewalk in 2008 
Beijing (UPI8) Mar 03, 2008A Chinese space official said China is preparing for the manned space program's first spacewalk later this year. Xinhua, China's state-run news service, said Chinese astronauts would be aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft when it is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu. Along with the spacewalk, the mission will include the release of a ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 29, 2008China risks a wave of protectionism unless it proves itself a "responsible" nation, British Foreign Secretary David Milliband said Friday as he completed a five-day tour of the Asian giant. "We must be honest about the terms of a new bargain between Europe and China," he told an audience at Beijing's Peking University. "Europe can open up its markets to China and push others to do so. ... more 5.9 million Chinese short of drinking water: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2008The number of people facing drinking water shortages in China has more than doubled to 5.9 million because of a severe winter drought, state media reported. The figures released late Friday jumped from 2.43 million a week earlier, the Xinhua news agency said, citing figures from the State Flood and Drought Relief Headquarters. A spokesman was quoted saying the situation was due to linger ... more China fast becoming the world's shipyard 
Dalian, China (AFP) March 2, 2008In a drydock at a shipyard in northeast China's Dalian city, a 300,000-tonne oil tanker is ready for delivery to Maersk, its hull painted in the Danish shipping company's trademark blue. Nearby, an offshore drilling platform has been constructed according to precise specifications from US company Noble. Both are examples of China's growing success as a shipbuilding nation and its progress ... more Workers' rights a tough battle for history-making Chinese MP 
Foshan, China (AFP) March 2, 2008When China's parliamentary session begins this week, a small, spirited woman with a middle-school education will make history as one of the first migrant workers to join the lawmaking body. Hu Xiaoyan, 34, a ceramics worker in China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangdong, may be an unlikely politician, but her appointment to parliament signals a historic if only symbolic milestone in ... more |
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Doha (AFP) Feb 28, 2008The gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar on Thursday launched a public transport project that will use electric buses and taxis in a bid to cut air pollution. The battery-powered vehicles are being built by a China-based developer for Mowasalat, Qatar's public transport operator, and will enter service soon, the organisation's business development manager Ahmad al-Ansari said. "The developer is ... more Analysis: Nigeria, China boost energy ties 
Beijing (UPI) Feb 29, 2008Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is visiting China this week to talk about ways to broaden their already-extensive oil and gas ties. Yar'Adua, who arrived in Beijing Wednesday, is set to meet with President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese officials during his four-day visit. The focal interest of the talks would be to "sign agreements on energy-related matters," according to ... more WHO plays down bird flu threat in China after three human deaths 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2008There are no indications that bird flu is becoming a bigger problem in China despite the deaths of three people from the disease this year, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. "The three recent cases were not unexpected considering the winter season and the fact that we know the virus is still circulating in the environment," the WHO's representative in China, Hans Troedsson ... more Monsoon intensity driven by Earth's orbit: study 
Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2008The monsoon rains that drench tropical and subtropical Asia from June through September vary in duration and intensity in keeping with tiny wobbles in Earth's orbit as it circles the Sun, according to a study released Wednesday. These cycles wax and wane every 23,000 years, said the study, based on the breakthrough use of stalagmites from a cave in central-eastern China to measure changes in ... more
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