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FiberPatrol Is Intrusion Detection Technology Of Choice For Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Langhorne PA (SPX) Mar 28, 2008Optellios announced today that its fiber optic perimeter intrusion detection system has successfully passed the final acceptance test for securing Qinghai-Tibet railway in China. The company's FiberPatrol system was chosen for final testing after it outperformed all competition in head-to-head engineering trials in September, 2007. FiberPatrol was the only fiber optic sensor to pass the ... more US Army suspends suspect Afghan munitions deal 
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2008A defense contractor reportedly led by a 22-year-old has been suspended from doing business with the US government for allegedly supplying Afghan security forces with old Chinese-made munitions in violation of its contract and US law, officials said Thursday. Until an investigation has been completed, AEY Inc. and its president Efraim Diveroli, have been suspended from future contracting ... more Monks defy China crackdown to protest in Lhasa 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2008Monks from one of Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred temples defied China's crackdown to protest in front of visiting foreign reporters in Lhasa on Thursday, voicing their support for the Dalai Lama. The embarrassing protest came as China again refused to hold talks with the exiled spiritual leader, after US President George W. Bush added his voice to calls for dialogue in an effort to solve the ... more China to clamp down on map websites: report 
Shanghai (AFP) March 27, 2008The Chinese government will clamp down on mapping websites and other online geographical information it fears could undermine national security, state media reported Thursday. Eight government agencies have said they will tighten supervision of geographical information available online, the official China Daily reported. Authorities will close down most of the nearly 10,000 online website ... more Brazil To Deepen Space Cooperation With China 
Brasilia, Brazil (XNA) Mar 27, 2008The newly sworn-in head of the Brazilian Space Agency (BSA) Carlos Ganem said Tuesday that Brazil cherishes the ties with China and will deepen cooperation with China in the field of space technology. Ganem made the remarks during his inauguration ceremony. A technical expert who engaged in the first negotiations on the China-Brazil satellite cooperation program, he said the project is an ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) March 26, 2008The head of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile on Wednesday decried the Chinese "massacre" in Tibet, which he said had left least 135 people dead, 1,000 injured and 400 arrested. "Information from Tibet is very difficult to get, but we have sources who are very reliable, who phone us at the risk of their lives," parliamentary speaker Karma Chophel told reporters during a visit to the European ... more Chinese vent anger online over 'biased' western Tibet coverage 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2008Angry Chinese nationalists are using the Internet to denounce Western media coverage of Tibetan unrest, amid a campaign by the Beijing government to discredit what it says are biased foreign reports. An "anti-CNN website" brands the news channel as the world's "leader of liars", exposing what it calls errors in its reporting and in other Western news outlets. The website was set up by a ... more Bush expresses concerns over Tibet to China's Hu 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008US President George W. Bush called Chinese leader Hu Jintao Wednesday and "raised his concerns" over the situation in Tibet, the White House said. "President Bush called President Hu Jintao today. The president raised his concerns about the situation in Tibet and encouraged the Chinese government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives and to allow access ... more China Holdings Announces Fifth Biomass Energy Project 
Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 27, 2008China Holdings has executed a Development and Construction Agreement with Huaxian Government, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. The breakthrough brings the Company's total potential power capacity up to 320 MW in Alternative Energy Power Generation Plant/Projects Development Pipeline. The Company is establishing longstanding strategic relationships with other power operators ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2008The vast majority of Chinese media on Tuesday ignored a protest at the ceremony to light the Olympic flame, which put new pressure on Beijing over its handling of the ongoing unrest over Tibet. Amid reports of new bloodshed during a major crackdown by Chinese forces, the demonstration in Greece on Monday underlined international anger over Tibet and a determination to keep harassing China's ... more China to bring foreign media to Lhasa but on short leash 
Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2008China said Tuesday it would escort foreign media to the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week but indicated journalists would be restricted to seeing only Beijing's version of deadly recent unrest there. "We have organised a trip for more than 10 foreign journalists to understand the incidents there," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters, adding that the media delegation would depart ... more OECD favours strong ties with China: chief 
Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2008OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria on Tuesday called for greater cooperation with China, and even suggested full membership of the organisation, although he insisted talks were not ongoing. "We do not see the OECD as important, pertinent for the world's development without having China very, very close to us, as a full member perhaps," Gurria told a press conference. "It depends on what ... more China to spend more on cutting pollution: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2008China plans to spend 27 billion yuan (3.8 billion dollars) this year on reducing pollution and saving energy, state media said Tuesday, a rise of 14.9 percent from a year ago. In addition, the central government will earmark 14.8 billion yuan for environmentally friendly construction projects, the China Daily said, citing a statement by the finance ministry. "This year is crucial for ... more
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