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Solar Cells Business Continue Seeing Rapid Increases In The Chinese Market![]() According to the data from Deep Research Report on China Solar Cell Industry in 2007, the Solar Cell Shipment was 400.9 MW in 2006, compared to 118.7MW in 2005, it got an increase of 237.74%, and in 2007, this figure reached 1021.5 MW, and the increase was 154.8%. In China, the solar cell revenue was 1251.4 Million US dollars in 2006, compared to the 343.3 Million US dollars of 2005, the ... more FiberPatrol Is Intrusion Detection Technology Of Choice For Qinghai-Tibet Railway ![]() Optellios 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 Commentary: Afghan lament ![]() "I don't care if it takes another 10 or 20 years, but we cannot allow Afghanistan to fail." So spoke Frank Carlucci, former U.S. defense secretary and national security adviser, at the Council on Foreign Relations. Failure, said Carlucci, would break the Atlantic Alliance and turn the world stage over to the next two global heavy hitters -- China and Russia. Most of the European members ... more China the dominant force at Mekong region summit ![]() When six Mekong country premiers meet in Laos from Sunday, China will be the elephant in the room, having lavished highways and sports stadiums on its neighbours and expanded its search for resources. Booming China is fast emerging as the biggest economic patron of Laos, host of a two-day Greater Mekong Subregion summit, as well as of Cambodia and Myanmar, and it is a formidable force ... more Fresh Tibet protests reported as diplomats visit ![]() Tibet's government-in-exile reported fresh mass protests in Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats visited the tense city following recent deadly unrest over Chinese rule. As EU foreign ministers called for an end to violence, the exiled Tibet body said "thousands" had joined demonstrations in Lhasa, although a spokesman stressed details were hard to confirm. ... more |
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![]() ![]() While the world focuses on China's crackdown in Tibet, Beijing has shipped its most advanced ground-to-air missiles and fighter aircraft to Sudan, where the government is engaged in a bloody battle against rebel groups in the Darfur region. China shipped its latest version of the FN-6 portable ground-to-air missiles to Sudan, video footage of that country's 2007 Independence Day military ... more 26 arrested, weapons seized from China monastery: state media ![]() Police have arrested 26 people and seized guns and other weapons from a monastery in southwestern China whose Tibetan monks rioted this month, state-controlled Xinhua news agency said. Police found 30 guns, 498 bullets, four kilogrammes (2 pounds) of explosives and a "large amount" of knives on Friday in the Geerdeng monastery in Sichuan province, said the report issued late Saturday, which ... more China's space development can pose military threat: Japan ![]() A Japanese defence ministry think-tank has warned that China's space programme could pose a military threat to other countries. The review, released on Thursday, also said China is likely to continue its space development programme "as a vital means of achieving military competitiveness against the United States." "The organisations engaged in China's space development have strong ties ... more US Army suspends suspect Afghan munitions deal ![]() A 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 |
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![]() ![]() China's State Council, the cabinet, has approved the country's second-phase lunar probe program, the Beijing Times reported on Wednesday. It cited Luan Enjie, the director-in-chief of the China Moon-orbiting Program. "We are organizing people to make detailed plans for the program," Luan told a conference on Tuesday. He also said that investment in the second phase would exceed that for ... more US, China pledge to continue work on North Korean nukes ![]() US President George W. Bush and Chinese leader Hu Jintao agreed during a phone call Wednesday to maintain pressure on North Korea to honor its pledge to dismantle its nuclear weapons, the White House said. Bush and Hu "pledged to continue to work closely with the other six-party partners in urging North Korea to deliver a complete and correct declaration of all its nuclear weapons programs ... more Foreign press visit Tibet as China says 660 surrendered ![]() China moved Wednesday to show it had the situation in Tibet under control, saying more than 660 people had surrendered over deadly unrest and escorting foreign journalists on a tour of the region. The media trip came as Chinese state-run press and online forums ramped up criticism over Western reporting about the unrest, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned he might boycott the opening ... more Tibetan crackdown leaves 135 dead, 1,000 injured: exiled leader ![]() The 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
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