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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 02, 2008China and Japan have done the unthinkable. For the first time since the end of World War Two, a Japanese warship docked in a Chinese port on June 24 and stayed there until June 28. Several hundred Chinese sailors welcomed the destroyer Sazanami by holding up signs with slogans and chanting praises for bilateral relations as ordered by their commanders. The Sazanami's visit is in ... more China quake was very unusual: US scientists 
Washington (AFP) July 1, 2008The devastating earthquake in China was the unexpected result of a seismological oddity and is likely to occur in the area only about once in every 2,000 to 10,000 years, US geoscientists said Monday. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had studied the region around Sichuan province, where the 7.9 magnitude quake hit on May 12, for more than two decades but found ... more Nearly 2 mln without livelihood after China quake: state press 
Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2008China's devastating earthquake has left nearly two million people without a means to make a living, state press said on Tuesday. The 8.0-magnitude quake in the southwest has left 700,000 people unemployed and deprived 1.15 million farmers of their livelihood, Xinhua news agency said, quoting provincial vice-governor Li Chengyun. The number of jobless jumped after it was determined that ... more Shrinking profits force hundreds of Chinese shoe makers to quit 
Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2008Hundreds of shoe makers in southern China have closed down this year as profits slumped due to the rising yuan, higher costs and a weakening demand overseas, industry insiders said Tuesday. Around 500 shoe factories -- or 10 percent -- in Huidong county in Guangdong province have closed, Mingdanni Shoes Co. owner Ye Hua told AFP. Huidong is on the Pearl River Delta, the world's largest ... more Shanghai knifeman kills five police in revenge attack 
Shanghai (AFP) July 1, 2008An unemployed Chinese man armed with a knife killed five policemen in Shanghai on Tuesday when he went on a stabbing frenzy in what authorities said was a revenge attack. The killer, a 28-year-old Beijing native surnamed Yang, confessed he had wanted revenge after police arrested him in October on suspicion of stealing bicycles. He stabbed nine officers and a security guard at a police ... more |
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Rome (AFP) June 30, 2008Last month's earthquake in Sichuan caused some six billion dollars (3.8 billion euros) in damage to agriculture in the southern Chinese province, the UN food agency said Monday. "Over 30 million people in rural communities have been severely hit, losing most of their assets," the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement. "Thousands of hectares of farmland were destroyed ... more 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 |
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Phnom Penh (AFP) June 29, 2008Hydropower is held up as the beacon of hope for millions of electricity-starved Cambodians, with ten planned hydro-dams set to power up their homes for the first time. But flicking the switch comes at a price as critics say the controversial deals made with mostly Chinese companies to build the dams will create further hardship for Cambodia's poor and ruin the environment. For window ... more China's Hu says 'time is limited' in curbing climate change 
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao urged renewed efforts to curb global warming on Saturday, stressing "time is limited" in finding efficient solutions to the problem, state media reported. "How we cope with climate change is related to the country's economic development and people's practical benefits. It's in line with the country's basic interests," Hu said according to the official Xinhua news ... more China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report 
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
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