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Seoul, Korea (SPX) Aug 06, 2008The satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region is "on the move" with the increasing demand for High Definition Television (HDTV) broadcast and turnaround services, the opening of Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in China and India, and with a number of broadband services via satellite significantly increasing in Asian countries and Australia. Experts from the international satellite ... more 6.0 magnitude quake hits China's Sichuan, one dead 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2008A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit China's southwest Sichuan province on Tuesday, close to the area that was devastated by a quake in May, the US Geological Survey said. One person was killed and 23 others were injured in the tremor in Qingchuan County in Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a local official. The quake's epicentre was 48 kilometres (30 miles) northwest ... more China sets up first environmental exchange 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2008China on Tuesday launched its first environmental exchange in Beijing, aiming to eventually provide a platform for emission quota trading, the parent company and state media said. The Beijing Environmental Exchange will be a trading platform for environmental protection technology as well as sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand emission permits, the China Beijing Equity Exchange said in ... more GyPSii Social Networking Goes Mobile In China On Ramar Phones 
Salo, Finland (SPX) Aug 05, 2008GeoSentric Oyj's has announced an agreement with Chinese mobile handset company Ramar International Co. Ltd. Launching into one of the world's fastest growing mobile marketplaces, Ramar will embed the GyPSii location and social networking application on the forthcoming range of "amsam" Windows Mobile devices, delivering a new range of location-based features and services to consumers. ... more Nine dead, 91,000 flee homes in east China floods: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 4, 2008Nine people have died and more than 91,000 forced to flee their homes after torrential rain lashed eastern China causing severe flooding, state media reported Monday. The downpours killed nine people in Anhui province and affected 2.6 million others there, the Xinhua news agency said. The flooding hit the Chuhe River valley in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces with water levels in some areas ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2008China will release over 700 hours of data sent back by the Chang'e-1 satellite to domestic authorized users and the European Space Agency, according to the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) on Friday. As of 2 p.m. on Friday, the country's first moon probe satellite had sent back more than 700 hours of data to two ground receiving station ... more Yahoo board re-elected after blasting by shareholders 
San Jose, California (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Yahoo executives were resoundingly re-elected Friday after being berated by shareholders over failed takeover talks with Microsoft and for exposing Internet dissidents to Chinese officials. Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang got 85.4 percent of the votes cast by shareholders while board chairman Roy Bostock got the support of 79.5 percent of the shareholders. The weakest support was shown ... more Gasps, nervousness greet total solar eclipse 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Thousands of people gathered across Arctic regions, Siberia and China on Friday to see a total eclipse of the sun, despite Chinese warnings that it could augur bad luck. Tourists and local residents lined the banks of the River Ob in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, screaming with delight as the Moon fully obscured the Sun and the sky went dark, Russian television stations reported. ... more Moderate quake hits southwest China, 231 hurt 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2008A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, close to the area devastated by a massive tremor in May that left nearly 70,000 dead. Chinese state media quoted local officials as saying that 231 people were hurt in the quake, which struck 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of Mianyang, which was severely hit by the 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12. ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 04, 2008Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change. The project represents another first for the CSIRO PCC program - the first capture of carbon dioxide in China using a PCC pilot plant. It begins the ... more Brazil's president consulting with US, China, India over WTO 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 2, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Saturday that he has launched consultations with the United States, China and India to salvage world trade talks that recently collapsed. Lula said he had discussed the issue with US President George W. Bush by telephone and would speak next week with Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during his visit for the Olympic Games and will call ... more Chinese restart full production at British MG car plant 
London (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Full-scale car production resumed at Britain's Longbridge auto plant under its Chinese owners on Friday, reviving the factory in central England which was mothballed when MG Rover went bankrupt in 2005. Full-volume production of the two-seater MG TF LE500 sports car was underway at the facility in Birmingham, Britain's second city, giving a much-needed boost to the country's motor industry. ... more New US defense strategy centers on 'long war' 
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2008A new defense strategy released Thursday places the "long war" against extremism above potential conventional challenges from China and Russia as the top priority of the US military in the coming years. "For the foreseeable future, winning the Long War against violent extremist movements will be the central objective of the US," the strategy paper said. The document encapsulates a shift ... more
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