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Analysis: China's fighter planes -- Part 1
Hong Kong (UPI) May 29, 2008 Front-line combat units of China's People's Liberation Army air force will have at least 112 J-10 fighter jets by the end of the year, an analysis of current deployments and in-progress production reveals. There are multiple indications that the 2nd Regiment of the No. 1 Division of the People's Liberation Army air force has received a full complement of the domestic-made, next-generati ... more Earthquakes Are Best Predicted From Space 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 04, 2008China's deadly earthquake in the Sichuan province has again showed that ground-based earthquake prediction methods and systems are not reliable. Traditional seismology does its best, sometimes succeeding, but more often only saying something like, "California will be destroyed in the next 30 years." Remote sensing from space can provide more accurate data about locations, and even dates of ... more Critical moment for China's 'quake lake', Wen warns 
Qinglian, China (AFP) June 5, 2008Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that efforts to drain a dangerously swollen "quake lake" were at a critical juncture, with one million people warned to prepare for the worst. Wen, who has been very visible since the devastating May 12 earthquake in southwest Sichuan province, flew by helicopter to the lake at Tangjiashan soon after arriving in the disaster zone early Thursday, Xi ... more China to import grain as economy grows: environmentalist 
Beijing (AFP) June 4, 2008China could be forced to become a major grain importer to feed its increasingly wealthy population at a time of record global food prices, a leading environmentalist said Wednesday. As one of the world's top grain producers, China imports little wheat or corn, but may soon have to buy from abroad as citizens change their eating habits, said Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institu ... more Taiwan signals diplomatic truce with China 
Taipei (AFP) June 2, 2008Taiwan's new foreign minister said Monday the island would work to strengthen ties with its allies rather than try to lure countries away from China, signalling a major shift in diplomatic strategy. "Taiwan will no longer push to increase the number of countries that establish full diplomatic ties with us," Francisco Ou, who took office last month along with new President Ma Ying-jeou, said ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) June 5, 2008Eleven nations that guzzle nearly two thirds of the world's energy will hold talks in northern Japan this weekend, seeking ways to secure enough supply and reduce consumption as oil prices hit record highs. The June 7-8 ministerial meeting in Aomori, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Tokyo, brings together China, India, South Korea, and the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations. ... more Lockheed Martin Successful In First SCALPEL Flight Test 
Archbald PA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008Lockheed Martin has conducted the first SCALPEL weapon system release in a recent flight test at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake test range in California. This was the first in a series of tests as part of the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps/Lockheed Martin demonstration flight test program. Three inert SCALPEL weapons were captive-carried and released from two AV-8B Harrie ... more Science Of The Sichuan Earthquake 
Fort Lauderdale, FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2008The first detailed portrait of the ground motions generated by the earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12 were presented last week at the AGU 2008 Joint Assembly. Seismic waves calculated by a computer model, and verified by ground-motion velocities measured during the earthquake at Chinese seismological stations, indicate that the ground suddenly jumped, shifted, or ... more US commander senses change in China attitude following quake 
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2008A top US commander said Wednesday he sensed a change in the wind in China following a catastrophic earthquake that has prompted it to embrace outside help, even from the United States and Taiwan. "We are recognizing the obvious," said Admiral Timothy Keating, head of the US Pacific Command. "China's reaction here, in the aftermath of this earthquake, is different than China's reaction has be ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008The death toll from torrential rains in China climbed to 53, state media reported Wednesday, after people were killed by collapsed buildings, floods and landslides in five provinces. A further 28 people were missing, and 4,000 were stranded by floods, Xinhua news agency reported. The southwestern province of Guizhou was the hardest hit, Xinhua said, with 36 people killed by flash floods ... more Japan says may send military aircraft to quake-hit China 
Tokyo (AFP) May 28, 2008Japan is considering sending its first military air mission to China since the end of World War II to transport aid for victims of this month's devastating earthquake, Japanese officials said Wednesday. China has asked Japan's Self-Defence Forces to fly over aid for some of the millions of people left homeless after the devastating quake, said Japan's top government spokesman, Nobutaka Machi ... more Corruption fears as world gives billions for China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008People around the world have reached deep into their pockets to help survivors of China's devastating earthquake, but fears are growing corruption will mean not all donations reach the millions in need. In the two weeks since the quake that rocked southwestern Sichuan province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, a staggering 34.79 billion yuan (five billion dollars) in donation ... more China's Hu calls for peace with Taiwan during historic meeting 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island's ruling party here Wednesday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in 1949. Putting aside decades of tensions that have made the Taiwan Strait one of the world's potential flashpoints, Hu shook hands with Kuomintang chairman Wu Poh-hsiung during a red-carpet welcome at the ... more
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