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Boeing To Demo Net-Centric Upgrade On AWACS Aircraft
St. Louis MO (AFNS) Jul 15, 2008Boeing has integrated network-centric capabilities into two operational U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for a demonstration at Empire Challenge 2008, a joint military exercise being held July 7 through Aug. 1 in China Lake, Calif. The modifications were completed in early June, followed by operator training and a pre-exercise test flight. The two AWACS ... more Migrant workers riot in east China: rights group 
Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2008Hundreds of workers rioted in eastern China for three days, a rights group and officials said Monday, in the latest example of deep social tensions across the country ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The riots erupted in Zhejiang province after over 100 migrant workers tried to lodge a complaint with police over the beating of a labourer, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights ... more Shenzhou 7 Shipped To Launch Center For October Launch 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2008China's third manned spaceship, Shenzhou VII, set to launch in October, reached the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province on Thursday, a source with the launch center said. The spacecraft was transported to the launch center by air from Beijing early on Thursday morning, the source said, adding the move marked the start of the Shenzhou VII launch mission. ... more Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe 
United Nations (AFP) July 11, 2008China and Russia on Friday vetoed targeted UN sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe over his disputed re-election, prompting an angry reaction from the United States which cast doubt on Moscow's reliability as a G8 partner. The Chinese and Russian envoys joined their colleagues from South Africa, Libya and Vietnam in opposing a US draft resolution in the Security Council which would ... more China trade deficit in food up 14-fold: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2008China registered a 7.57 billion dollar trade deficit in agricultural products during the first five months of 2008, up by more than 14-fold over the same period last year, state press said Sunday. China imported 23.75 billion dollars of agricultural products in that period, up 59 percent over last year, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the agriculture ministry. The nation ... more |
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Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 11, 2008HP has announced it has donated 500 HP iPAQ Travel Companions with GPS technology, valued at approximately $300,000, to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), supporting the establishment and operation of a public health surveillance and evaluation effort in earthquake-affected Sichuan Province. The donation increases the total HP contribution to Sichuan earthquake ... more NKorea returns to nuclear disarmament talks 
Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2008North Korea returned Thursday to international talks on its nuclear activities after a nine-month break, in what host China hailed as a potential turning point in the disarmament process. Envoys from the six nations involved in the long-running talks gathered in Beijing in an effort to capitalise on recent progress that saw the North finally hand over a declaration of its atomic activities ... more Sino-Japan Relations Thaw In Wake Of Sazanami Naval Visit 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 10, 2008 China and Japan have done the unthinkable: For the first time since the end of World War II, 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 was ... more China to urgently boost GM crop development 
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2008China has said it must urgently step up the development of genetically modified crops as it faces mounting challenges to feed its 1.3 billion people due to shrinking arable land and climate change. Newly-approved plans aim to cultivate high-yielding and pest-resistant genetically modified species, the State Council, or cabinet, said in a statement posted on its website late Wednesday. ... more |
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Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 10, 2008Motorola has launched in China the latest members of its popular PDA series - MING A1600, MING A1800 and MOTO A810. The highly-anticipated next generation MING A1600 and A1800, both of which feature stand-alone GPS and a full-package of productivity and multimedia functions, along with the chic entry-level MOTO A810 further expand Motorola's line of PDA handsets and will continue the ... more SKorea arrests Chinese for ship technology theft 
Seoul (AFP) July 9, 2008A Chinese inspector sent by a US ship classification society to a South Korean shipyard has been arrested for allegedly stealing key technology, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 35-year-old unidentified man was arrested on June 27 and indicted for stealing technology to manufacture oil drilling ships and platforms, said the prosecutors' office in the southern port city of Busan. ... more Analysis: Asian navies -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 After 10 years of steady effort, both India and China have made significant qualitative changes in their navies, but in terms of submarine capabilities -- the construction of SSNs and SSBNs -- China is now far ahead of India, however. China has built two 094 class SSBNs and two 093 class SSNs, along with JL2 and JL1M submarine-launched ballistic missiles -- SLBMs -- that are ready to ... more Geologists Study China Earthquake For Glimpse Into Future 
Universoty Park PA (SPX) Jul 10, 2008The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced changes in stress. Around the world, earthquakes like the one in China are associated with triggered aftershocks that are very large. ... more
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