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US military admits 'limited' understanding of Chinese aims
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2008A top US military leader on Tuesday admitted the United States has a limited understanding of Chinese military aims and is concerned about Beijing's lack of transparency. "The growing PLA (People's Liberation Army) military capability remains a concern, and our understanding of PLA intentions is limited," said Admiral Timothy Keating of the US Pacific Command. "The transparency that they ... more US drops China from list of top human rights abusers 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008The United States dropped China from its list of the world's worst human rights violaters, but added Syria, Uzbekistan and Sudan to the category in an annual report released Tuesday. The State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report said however that China, which has raised hopes internationally that it would improve human rights by hosting the 2008 Olympics, still had a poor human rights ... more Taiwan says China's arms buildup menaces region's peace 
Taipei (AFP) March 11, 2008Taiwan's defence ministry said Tuesday that rival China's rapid military expansion has tipped the military balance in the Asia Pacific and threatened the security of the world's major powers. China's total military spending in 2007 was estimated at between 97 and 139 billion US dollars, more than double China's declared budget of 45 billion dollars, according to the Pentagon's annual report ... more 'One-child' policy aids climate change battle: China 
Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2008China said on Tuesday its battle to rein in soaring greenhouse gas emissions has received a boost from an unexpected source -- the nation's controversial family-planning policy. Since its adoption in the late 1970s, the so-called "one-child" policy has averted the births of more than 300 million people, who would have emitted an additional 1.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, a ... more Disasters killed 20,000 in 2007: study 
Zurich (AFP) March 11, 2008Natural and man-made disasters killed 20,000 people in 2007 and cost the world economy more than 70 billion dollars (45 billion euros), reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday. The world was hit by 142 natural catastrophes and 192 man-made disasters in 2007, the company said in a report, with most deaths in Bangladesh, India, China and Pakistan as a result of heavy flooding and cyclones, the report ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2008China faces a "daunting" task reaching its own goals to curb profligate energy use and serious pollution due to stubborn resistance in the booming industrial sector, an official said Tuesday. "In a word, there is still much to be desired. We still have quite a daunting task," said Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, which executes energy and environment ... more Russia Key To BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The Russians are freely sharing with India the full secrets of one of their proudest, most cherished and crucial military technologies with India -- supersonic cruise missiles that fly at Mach 2.8 -- apparently confident it will not leak to the United States. And they have flatly refused to contemplate any similar co-production of these BrahMos series of cruise missiles with China. ... more China says death penalty system improved 
Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2008Use of the death penalty has been checked in China since the top court began reviewing capital cases, the chief justice said Monday, but he withheld data on executions, which remain a state secret. State-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court, as saying "very few" death sentences had been handed down. "The SPC has been working to ensure ... more China to stick with one-child policy 
Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2008China will keep its controversial one-child policy unchanged for at least 10 years, the country's family planning chief was quoted as saying Monday, amid a government debate over easing the controls. Any changes to strict family planning laws would only come after an expected peak in the number of births in the next decade, Zhang Weiqing, minister of the State Population and Family Planning ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2008The income gap between urban and rural areas in China kept growing last year and there is a long way to go to narrow it down, a senior agricultural official said Monday. "The income gap between urban and rural areas has indeed kept widening," vice agriculture minister Wei Chao'an told reporters at a briefing on the sidelines of the ongoing national parliamentary session. Per capita net ... more China To Launch Second Olympic Satellite In May 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 09, 2008China will launch in May a second meteo satellite to ensure more precise weather forecasts during the Beijing Olympic Games set to open on August 8, the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The new satellite, Fengyun-3, has a bigger payload than its predecessors and will provide medium-range weather forecasts for up to 10 to 15 days. It will replace the FY-1D weather satellite launched ... more 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
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