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Cluster Helps Deepen Understanding Of Magnetic Reconnection
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Some of the most explosive phenomena in the Universe are due to a physical process known as magnetic reconnection. Fundamental aspects of this process are still not fully understood but new advances, using Cluster data, have recently been reported by a team led by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Understanding magnetic reconnection is key to explaining explosive phenomena ... more NKorea hands over nuclear dossier 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2008North Korea handed over details of its nuclear programmes Thursday, paving the way for its removal from the US terrorism blacklist amid years of efforts to persuade the North to abandon the atom bomb. Six months behind schedule, officials delivered the dossier to China -- the host country for the six-nation talks since 2003 that have worked to entice the North to exchange nuclear weapons for ... more Australia hedges on Chinese mining investment 
Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2008Australia welcomed foreign investment from China but would protect its national interest, the government said Thursday amid speculation that it planned to curb takeovers by state-owned firms. The comments by Treasurer Wayne Swan followed a report in The Australian newspaper that the government planned to limit sovereign funds -- investment bodies owned by foreign governments -- to 49.9 ... more IT waste a 'major challenge' to human health, says UNEP chief 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) June 26, 2008Millions of discarded mobile phones and computers are posing a "major challenge" to human health, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday. Achim Steiner told a UN conference on waste management on the Indonesian resort island of Bali that 20 million mobile phones were thrown away each year in China. Meanwhile, the global number of personal computers was expect ... more HK's clothing industry aims to trim greenhouse emissions 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 26, 2008German and Japanese machines whir endlessly in one of Hong Kong's few remaining spinning mills as the droning sound of raw US cotton being spun into thread for clothing made in China hums 24 hours a day. The mill is one of only two remaining in the city where more than 30 thrived just 20 years ago. This one has only been able to survive the exodus towards cheaper labour over Hong Kong's ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 25, 2008Beijing is reluctant to launch a full crackdown on Chinese firms conducting business in violation of UN Security Council sanctions, the Pentagon's Asia chief said Wednesday. "The US government has asked Beijing to halt commercial transactions by Chinese firms that violate UN sanctions, nonproliferation norms, and PRC (China's) law but our efforts are met with mixed results," said James Shinn ... more Tropical storm soaks flood-weary southern China 
Zhongshan, China (AFP) June 25, 2008Tropical storm Fengshen struck China's southeastern coast Wednesday, bringing torrential downpours to a region reeling from heavy rains and deadly flooding since early June. The storm, which also packed high winds, made landfall in Guangdong province early in the morning, closing schools and disrupting air traffic across the region and in neighbouring Macau and Hong Kong, Xinhua news agency ... more Deadly clicks: Shaolin Temple sets up eBay-style shop 
Shanghai (AFP) June 25, 2008Between perfecting one-finger handstands and single-handedly fending off 1,000 enemies at once, the residents of China's Shaolin Temple are hawking t-shirts, candles and chopsticks online. The temple in central Henan province, famous as the birthplace of kung fu, has established an eBay-style store selling Shaolin branded merchandise on China's TaoBao auction site. The site is operated b ... more China announces death sentences in drug crackdown 
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2008China has executed three convicted drug dealers and sentenced dozens more to death or life in prison in a clampdown ahead of the UN's anti-drug day, state media said Wednesday. The death penalties were among a number of harsh judgments handed down in hundreds of cases and sentencing rallies held nationwide ahead of Thursday's UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jun 24, 2008 China's industry is not developed enough to produce modern aircraft independently. It cannot manufacture a number of important aggregates at the level of the leading aircraft-building powers. Thus, China's engines for combat aircraft are still below their Western and Russian counterparts in economic fuel consumption and overhaul period. In order to close the gap, China will have to ... more Analysis: Shandong buildup -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 24, 2008 China is building up its military forces facing South Korea, possibly to deter South Korea and Japan from aiding Taiwan. Although in many respects the situation in the Taiwan Strait appears to be improving, China's military actions do not reflect this apparent trend. In fact, China has reinforced its troops on the Shandong Peninsula, opposite South Korea, where they would engage U.S. an ... more China welcomes first Japanese warship since WWII 
Zhanjiang, China (AFP) June 24, 2008The first Japanese warship to visit China since World War II arrived Tuesday in a dramatic sign of improving relations between East Asia's two major powers. The 4,650-ton destroyer Sazanami, sailing from Kure in western Hiroshima prefecture and carrying earthquake relief supplies, steamed into the port city of Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Local residents said ... more China quake toll likely to exceed 80,000: government 
Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2008The death toll from last month's massive earthquake in southwest China is likely to exceed 80,000, state media reported Tuesday, citing a vice premier. The estimate on the toll from the magnitude-8.0 quake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12 was provided by Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, the Xinhua news agency said. The latest official death toll from the quake was 69,181 ... more
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