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India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) May 7, 2008India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said. It marked the third test of the Agni-III missile - India's longest-range ballistic missile - and was staged "to establish the repeatability of the missile's performance," defence ministr ... more Defense Focus: High-tech limits -- Part 3 
Washington (UPI) May 7, 2008 The United States, Russia, China, France and Britain have all found that pushing their high-tech capabilities too far has sometimes given them weapons systems that are turkeys instead of eagles. Because the U.S. defense industry sector is the largest and most technically advanced in the world, we focused far more on both its successes and failures than on those of other nations. But in ... more China urges authorities to step up education of deadly disease 
Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2008China on Wednesday urged local health authorities to step up public education of a highly contagious disease that has led to the deaths of 28 children. Despite the numbers of infections surging by thousands more, the Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation insisted there was little cause for alarm, saying the disease would have no impact on the Beijing Olympics. Hand, foot and ... more China has sufficient grain reserves: state economic planner 
Shanghai (AFP) May 6, 2008China's national economic planner said Tuesday grain reserves were sufficient to ensure domestic supplies, adding the rise in global grain prices would only have a limited impact on the country. The supply and demand of grain is basically in equilibrium with adequate state reserves and restrictions on grain exports in place, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement ... more Analysis: Venezuela, China near oil deal 
Miami (UPI) May 7, 2008 China is reportedly preparing to sign a new petroleum deal with Venezuela, this time pledging to invest $2 billion in Venezuela's oil industry. As part of the deal, China's largest oil producer, PetroChina Co., and Venezuela's state-run PDVSA will work together to build a refinery in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Further details about when the refinery would likely go onli ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2008Ten doctors and officials in China have been punished for mishandling a virus that has killed 26 children, state media reported as the number of infected youngsters rose to more than 12,000. The punishments have been meted out in the eastern province of Anhui, where most of the deaths have occurred and local officials have been accused of being too slow to report the disease, Xinhua news age ... more Outside View: Iran and ABMs 
Moscow (UPI) May 5, 2008 On May 2, the foreign ministers of Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany met in London to discuss a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear problem. Sergei Kislyak, a Russian deputy foreign minister who has attended all the meetings on ballistic missile defense and Iran's nuclear problem, said before the meeting they expect progress from each such meeting. ... more Outside View: China's obsolete fighters 
Moscow (UPI) May 2, 2008 Earlier this year reports appeared in the media that China had copied Russia's Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter and that its J-11 version, now manufactured in China, would be sold to third countries, undermining Russia's positions on the global arms market. Although China has made some progress in adapting Russian designs and technology, it is still far from posing either a military or ... more China has secret nuclear submarine base: Jane's 
London (AFP) May 2, 2008China is building a major underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of Hainan Island, defence group Jane's said Friday. Jane's Intelligence Review, a respected defence periodical, said satellite images of the base from imagery provider DigitalGlobe were the first confirmation of its existence. Although Beijing is displaying no overt aggression, the base could mean an increase ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) May 5, 2008A Chinese government watchdog has warned major state-owned enterprises to brace for tough times given the likelihood of a worsening global economic slowdown, state media reported Monday. Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) must pay more attention to their financial position to avoid a potential capital crunch, the Economic Observer reported, citing Li Rongrong, director of the State-owned ... more Analysis: China to get SAMs from Russia 
Hong Kong (UPI) May 2, 2008 Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007. Starting in 1993, China received 12 battalions of S-300 SAMs, four of them S-300PMUs and eight S-300PMU1s. This means there are a total of 20 ... more Virus kills 25 in China, WHO says no cover-up 
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2008The World Health Organisation on Sunday dismissed claims that local authorities in China had covered up the outbreak of an intestinal virus, as the death toll rose to 25. The virus, known as Enterovirus 71 or EV71, has already killed 22 children in the eastern province of Anhui and three others in southern Guangdong province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late Sunday. ... more 'Time to blow whistle' on China: Clinton 
Gastonia, North Carolina (AFP) May 3, 2008Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton warned Saturday it was time to "blow the whistle" on China, accusing it of unfair trade practices. She stood close to a parade of closed shops and pawnbrokers in North Carolina as she vowed to turn the US economy around, despite fears of recession, and promised action to reverse a tide of industrial jobs moving abroad. "We do have to get to ... more
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