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First China Spacewalk On Course For October
Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2008China is planning to conduct its first spacewalk in October from a Shenzhou VII spacecraft, senior space engineers said Wednesday. They also said a research team had been set up to conduct a feasibility study for a space station. Wang Yongzhi, former chief designer of China's Manned Space Program, said the launch date had originally been scheduled for after the Olympics (Aug 8 to 24) and ... more Analysis: China's crisis-handling problem 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 07, 2007China is not prepared to handle a large-scale external crisis -- particularly in the Taiwan Strait -- it can be concluded after assessing the nation's hardware, including ammunition supplies and fuel reserves, as well as the quality of its military personnel. In terms of its "soft" infrastructure, including the national political system, the Chinese government is unlikely to be able to ... more China's military officials urge combat readiness: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008Chinese military officials have urged combat readiness in efforts to reunify Taiwan, just days after the government announced a 17.6 percent rise in defence spending, state press said Friday. "Preparations for military struggle shall be continued, which is now the most important, practical and imperative task", Xinhua news agency quoted Jing Zhiyuan, a People's Liberation Army (PLA) artillery ... more Team to sequence giant panda's genome: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008Scientists from China and across the world are to sequence the genome of the giant panda to try to stop one of the world's most endangered species from being wiped out, state media reported Friday. They hope the project will help be able to control diseases that affect the animal and help understand its famously low level of sexual activity, Xinhua news agency said. "(This is) the first ... more US says contaminated blood-thinner came from China 
Washington (AFP) March 6, 2008Batches of the recalled blood thinner heparin, which contained an unidentified contaminant and has been linked to 19 deaths, have ingredients that came from China, the US government said Thursday. The federal Food and Drug Administration, which added that Germany has announced its own recall of heparin due to allergic reactions, has yet to prove that the contaminant was the cause of ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008China's economy will keep growing fast for up to 30 more years thanks to its vast domestic market and foreign investment, incoming World Bank chief economist Justin Lin Yifu said Friday. "For the prospect of China's development, as you know I'm an optimist and I believe China is absolutely likely to see high-speed growth for 10, 20, or 30 years," Lin, a Chinese professor, told reporters at a ... more China Kicks Off New Space Launch Center Project 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2008The State Council of China has greenlighted the construction of a new space launch center in the southern island province of Hainan and the project has been kicked off, said a top provincial official on Thursday. The launch center, the fourth in China, is expected to complete in five years, Wei Liucheng, Secretary of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, told ... more Chinese Cyberattacks Target US Think Tanks 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008Defense-related think tanks and contractors, as well as the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, were the target of repeated computer network intrusions last year apparently originating in China, the Department of Defense said this week. In its annual report to lawmakers on China's military power, the department said the intrusions "appeared to originate in" China but added, "It is unclear ... more Outside View: Concerts and nukes 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 07, 2008 The United States and China normalized bilateral relations with the so-called ping-pong diplomacy, when the exchange of ping-pong players between them in the 1970s encouraged an improvement in their political ties. Now Washington has introduced a "sing-song diplomacy" regarding North Korea by sending the New York Philharmonic to play Gershwin and Dvorak in Pyongyang last week. The conc ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2008China's air traffic continued to soar in 2007 hitting 387.6 million passenger trips, up 16.8 percent from the previous year, state media reported Friday. International passenger traffic jumped by 17.5 percent to 38.3 million in 2007, while trips on domestic flights rose by 16.7 percent to 349.3 million, Xinhua news agency said, citing the General Administration of Civil Aviation. Overall ... more 13 Miners Feared Dead In China After Alleged Cover-Up 
Beijing (AFP) March 9, 2008Rescuers fear 13 workers trapped in a coal mine that caught fire in northeast China are dead, after the owner initially claimed they were safe, delaying efforts to find them, state media said Sunday. The owner allegedly told authorities that no one was missing late Wednesday after the fire started in the mine near Hegang city in Heilongjiang province, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... more Low Turnout At China Fair Suggests Cooling Of US Trade 
Shanghai (AFP) March 6, 2008Fewer North American businessmen than expected have showed up for an annual east China trade fair, suggesting a cooling in Sino-US commerce, Chinese state media reported Thursday. Around 1,600 North American businessmen attended the annual Eastern China Commodity Fair, the Xinhua news agency said, suggesting a drop of about 50 percent from last year. Data from last year's fair showed nea ... more China's employment situation 'very severe': labour minister 
Beijing (AFP) March 9, 2008China's labour minister admitted Sunday that the booming economy faced a "very severe" unemployment situation as millions of new jobseekers join the market every year. The flood of new entrants in both urban and rural areas will continue for a long time, labour and social security minister Tian Chengping told a briefing in Beijing. "The employment situation that we're currently facing is ... more
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