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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 13, 2008China's state-run media is finally unveiling more details on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 mission. A report from Xinhua, the principal Chinese news agency, has helped to resolve some of the outstanding questions of the mission, but hasn't entirely outlined the mission plan. Shenzhou 7 will make history by carrying out China's first spacewalk. This will be an amazing mission, but, as this writer ... more The Sino-Russia Il-76 Row 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 For some time, military cooperation between China and Russia has been stalled over a failed deal involving China's import of Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. China claims that Russia violated the terms of an agreement involving the sale of 38 aircraft. But Russia says this claim is unfair. Negotiations on the aircraft deal began seven years ago. By the time the contract was ... more Reporters kicked out of China city where schools collapsed 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 12, 2008Police on Thursday kicked foreign journalists out of a city where the collapse of several schools in China's earthquake drew charges of corruption from parents of dead children. The action, which came one month after the May 12 quake, followed a promise the day before by China that foreign reporters would be allowed unfettered access to report on the disaster aftermath. The reporters' ... more Chinese brokerage to launch investment fund in quake-hit city 
Shanghai (AFP) June 12, 2008China's CITIC Securities said Thursday it plans to launch a six-billion-yuan (870-million-dollar) industrial investment fund to serve reconstruction in a southwestern quake-hit city. The country's top listed brokerage said it has incorporated a new fund management company with registered capital of 100 million yuan in Mianyang of Sichuan province, according to a statement with Shanghai Stock ... more China's quake homeless endure with stoicism 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) June 12, 2008His home destroyed and future uncertain, 51-year-old welder Jiang Cheng would seem to be at his lowest ebb as he swelters in a camp for those displaced by China's earthquake. But Jiang and thousands like him are taking the ordeal in their stride, in a testament to the legendary stoicism of China's masses. Many, too, are thankful for the help of the nation's ruling Communist Party. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008A day after China declared victory over a dangerous "quake lake," waters receded further Wednesday, state press said, but authorities warned the danger period was not over due to predicted heavy rains. "More than half of the 250 million cubic metre (8.8 billion cubic feet) volume has been discharged and the number of people under threat had dropped from 1.3 million to less than 50,000," ... more All schools in China to be inspected for quake-resistance
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008China has asked all schools to check the quake resistance of their buildings, an official said Wednesday, after thousands of children died in the Sichuan earthquake. The schools will have to be thoroughly checked by September 1, an official at China's Ministry of Education said, particularly those with concrete and brick structures that were built before 2001. "To improve the quake ... more 'Running' quake teacher sparks fenzied debate in China 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008A teacher who fled a classroom, leaving his students behind when a massive earthquake hit southwest China found himself Wednesday at the centre of a frenzied media debate. Fan Meizhong, a teacher at Guangya school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake, was nicknamed "Running Fan" after he abandoned his students -- who all survived -- in the May 12, 8.0-magnitude quake. Chinese ... more Soaring imports shrink China's trade surplus, stoke inflation 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008Soaring imports caused China's trade surplus to shrink nearly 10 percent as rising global commodity prices stoked inflation in the domestic economy, official figures showed Wednesday. China's trade surplus stood at 20.2 billion dollars in May, down 9.9 percent from 12 months ago, prompted mainly by a 40-percent spike in imports to 100.3 billion dollars, according to customs data. ... more |
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Cupertino CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2008RMI and Horizon Navigation have announced a partnership to deliver the Horizon navigation software incorporated on the RMI Alchemy Au1250 media processor for the PND (personal navigation device) market. RMI and Horizon will demonstrate the combined technologies at Computex 2008, being held in Taipei, Taiwan. The RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor is in full production and offers 700 MHz performance ... more Quake lake pours through devastated Chinese town
Beichuan, China (AFP) June 10, 2008A torrent of muddy, brown water from a breached quake lake poured through the deserted Chinese town of Beichuan on Tuesday, sealing the fate of the already doomed community's destruction. Surging rapids from Tangjiashan lake gushed into the centre of Beichuan and spilled down side streets as previously evacuated locals watched from ridges surrounding the town. "It's really hard for me to ... more China declares victory in quake lake battle 
Beichuan, China (AFP) June 11, 2008China declared victory on Tuesday in its spectacular battle to drain a quake lake that threatened more than one million people, after finally engineering a controlled release of the water. Torrents of muddy water gushed out of the lake throughout the day, sweeping through towns and villages in Sichuan province that were flattened by last month's devastating earthquake which left over 86,000 ... more China quake students focus on studies to ease the pain 
Mianyang, China (AFP) June 11, 2008A month after a powerful earthquake struck southwest China, teenagers from the destroyed Beichuan Middle School are busy preparing for another stern test -- make-or-break college entrance exams. The May 12 quake demolished their school and homes, killing hundreds of schoolfriends and forced surviving students to live in tents. But despite a few extra weeks to prepare, the annual testing ... more
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