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Hill says NKorea nuke talks to focus on checking declaration
Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2008US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Tuesday this week's North Korea nuclear disarmament talks would focus on ways to verify a recent declaration of its atomic activities. China announced talks would resume on Thursday in Beijing after a lengthy break, expressing confidence that the drive to end North Korea's nuclear programmes would pick up momentum. "The verification is the most ... more Quarter of Chinese adults are overweight, obese: US study 
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008Declining physical activity and a shift towards a Western diet are driving up obesity rates in China, with more than 25 percent of adults now considered overweight or obese, a study warned Tuesday. Researchers writing in the July/August issue of the journal Health Affairs predicted these rates would double by 2028 unless the Chinese government took action -- with the rest of the developing ... more Analysis: Controlling Tibet Part Three 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 8, 2008 The average load capacity of one Chinese train car is normally 60 tons, with about 20 cars in each cargo train. This would mean each train carrying troops and equipment to Chinese military forces in Tibet could transport 1,200 tons, and thus 11 trains traveling both ways would be enough for each day. In time of war, the actual number of trains running on the railroad could double to roughly 20 ... more China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035: study 
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded. The report by economist Albert Keidel of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said China's rapid growth is driven by domestic demand more than exports, and will sustain high single-digit growth rates well into the 21st ... more China facing electricity crisis, Beijing use hits record: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2008Beijing's electricity use has hit an all-time high, state media reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of serious shortages in China this year as coal supplies at power stations drop to emergency levels. Country-wide power consumption was at its highest level in five years on Friday with Beijing alone draining a record 12.03 million kilowatts, Xinhua news agency said citing State Grid Corp ... more |
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Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jul 07, 2008GPS Industries has announced that its Asian distributor, GPSi Asia Pte has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for China with the Shanghai Hangying Culture Media Ltd. dba GPS Media. GPS Media, based in Shanghai and with offices in Beijing and Shanghai, is a GPS provider to golf courses in China with a unique business model that includes advertising on the GPS units. ... more Iran appears to debate international offer on nukes: US 
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008Iran appears to be gripped in a debate over how to respond to an international offer to stop its sensitive nuclear work, a senior US official said Monday. Iran is sending mixed messages to a package of incentives from Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. It appears ... more Protesters blast plans for Taiwan freeway 
Taipei (AFP) July 6, 2008Environmental activists protested Monday against a government plan to build a freeway in eastern Taiwan, saying it could do irreparable environmental damage to an area known for its lush parks. About 20 demonstrators chanted slogans outside the cabinet office in Taipei, demanding that Premier Liu Chao-shiuan abandon the plan and threatening bigger rallies if he moves forward. On Sunday, ... more Shanghai faces blackouts as temperatures sizzle: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) July 7, 2008Parts of Shanghai faced blackouts Monday as the Chinese economic hub's power network struggles to meet soaring electricity demand boosted by scorching heat, state media said. The city sizzled over the weekend when the mercury hit 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.8 Fahrenheit) on Saturday, the hottest July 5 ever since records began, the Shanghai Daily said. "The city's electrical grid is fully ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) July 3, 2008China faces serious challenges in ensuring it will have enough grain to feed its population in the decades to come, with urbanisation and climate change two major problems, Premier Wen Jiabao said. China's grain supply and demand are basically balanced now but the situation is expected to worsen in the long term, Wen said in a statement published late Wednesday on the website of State ... more Analysis: Controlling Tibet -- Part 2 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Should China-India relations deteriorate to the verge of military confrontation and the riots in Tibet spread extensively, the first combat units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to be called to action would be the No. 52 and No. 53 Mountain Brigades under the Tibet Military Region. The No. 52 Brigade, stationed at Linzhi, is highly mechanized and armed with T-92 wheeled armored ... more Shenzhou VII Research Crew Ready To Set Out For Launch Center 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2008The research team that developed Shenzhou VII, China's third manned space launch, will start final testing after arriving at a northwestern satellite launch center in a few days, said a space mission official here on Tuesday. The research and development team of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) will set out for the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in early July, said ... more China's Shot Heard Around The Galaxy 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008China's counterspace program - punctuated by the January 2007 successful test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon - poses dangers to human space flight and puts at risk the assets of all space faring nations. --U .S. Department of Defense. The United States unquestionably holds the strategic high ground of space today. What is very much in question, however, is who will hold that ... more
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