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JA Solar To Develop New Solar Cell Products
San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008SVTC Technologies has announced that its SVTC Solar business unit has welcomed JA Solar as a customer for its new Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center. JA Solar, a China-based manufacturer of high-performance silicon wafer solar cells, will use the center to develop new products for the solar market. "JA Solar is an established, global manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products ... more China's new turboprop rolls off production line: official media 
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2008China has unveiled a more advanced home-made turboprop aeroplane, moving a step closer to its ambitious goal of becoming one of the world's major propeller plane providers, state press said. The 60-seat "Modern Ark 600" (MA600), comparable to versions from Canada's Bombardier and France's ATR, was launched on Sunday, with deliveries to customers expected to start next year, the Xinhua news a ... more Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race 
London (AFP) June 29, 2008Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States risked falling behind Russia and China in the space race if it did not redouble its efforts. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Aldrin urged US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to "retain the vision for space exploration" and said he would lobby both to ensure they ... more China balks at US calls for Zimbabwe arms embargo 
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Sunday it is time for strong international action to stop political violence in Zimbabwe but China balked at US calls for a UN arms embargo. Rice and her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi met in Beijing to discuss US plans to introduce measures this week at the UN Security Council, including both an arms embargo and a travel ban on President ... more Tropical storm Fengshen kills nine in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008Tropical storm Fengshen killed nine people as it tore across China's south, pounding the densely populated area with torrential rains, state media said Saturday. Fengshen, which means "God of Wind", made rivers swell in most parts of Guangdong province, China's industrial powerhouse, after it made landfall in the middle of the week, Xinhua news agency said. The strong rain affected about ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008One of the towns worst hit in last month's devastating China earthquake has been sealed off to prevent epidemics from spreading, after having been opened just briefly, state media said Saturday. More than 600 police officers have been posted around southwest China's Beichuan town, which was nearly flattened in the May 12 quake, to prevent anyone from entering, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more New Efficiency Benchmark For Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 
Lausanne, France (SPX) Jun 30, 2008In a paper published online in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved a record light conversion efficiency of 8.2% in solvent-free dye-sensitized solar cells. This breakthrough in efficiency without the use of volatile organic solvents ... more China's top court overturns 15 percent of death sentences: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2008China's supreme court overturned 15 percent of all death sentences handed down by lower courts in the first half of 2008, state media said Friday. Gao Jinghong, presiding judge of the supreme court's Third Criminal Law Court, said most of the sentences were overturned because they were "inappropriate" or lacked sufficient evidence, the China Daily reported, without further detail. ... 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 |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 25, 2008Information on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 has been gradually improving in recent months. It's like watching a badly focused image gradually sharpen, while we looked at some imprecise details and wondered exactly what we were seeing. In my previous article, "Two Suits for Shenzhou", I explained that while some details were clearer, China needed to say more about the basic mission plan. Now, we ... more 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 China Deploys Bomber Coverage Of Korea And Taiwan From Shandong Peninsula 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 The JH-7A fighter-bombers of China's No. 5 Attacker Division deployed on the Shandong Peninsula theoretically could cover all the U.S. military bases in Korea and the Taiwan Strait. They also could receive aerial support from the J-11 fighters deployed at the No. 19 Fighter Division at Jining in southwestern Shandong. Jining has the best military airport on the peninsula, where huge ... more US to probe alleged Chinese-made ammunition cover-up 
Washington (AFP) June 24, 2008US and Albanian authorities announced probes Tuesday into allegations that the US ambassador to Albania concealed the Chinese origins of ammunition sent to supply Afghan security forces. The US State Department said its inspector general would conduct a "thorough, fair and transparent" internal investigation of the matter. Department spokesman Tom Casey said the ambassador, John Withers, ... more
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