India Set To Ramp Up Air Force Part One Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 22, 2008 Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be positioned at India's Tezpur Air Base in the state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media. This will be the first time for Su-30MKI fighters to be ... read more
Two years on, face transplant patients can smile: study Paris (AFP) Aug 22, 2008 Two facial transplants -- one on a Chinese man who had half his face ripped off by a bear -- have proved highly successful two years on, opening the way for wider use of the procedure, studies released Friday report. The operations in China and France are among a handful that have pioneered the use of donor tissue to repair severe disfigurement of the face caused by burns, tumours ... more
Tropical storm Nuri hits China, killing three Beijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2008 Tropical storm Nuri slammed into China killing three people and forcing around 160,000 people along the southern coast to flee their homes, meteorologists and state media said Saturday. Nuri, which had been classed as a typhoon until it slowed after ripping through Hong Kong, landed in the southern province of Guangdong at 10:10 pm (1410 GMT) Friday, according to China's National ... more
Analysis: Iraq Energy Roundup Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 Iraq said it planned to sign a $1.2 billion deal with China's state-run oil firm, marking the first major oil deal since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Baghdad officials said the deal with China National Petroleum Corp. could come as early as next week, Abu Dhabi's The National reported. The deal replaced a contract with the Chinese ... more
Australia approves Chinalco stake in Rio Tinto Sydney (AFP) Aug 24, 2008 Australia has approved a move by China's state-owned Chinalco to take a stake in Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. Swan said he had approved the acquisition by the aluminium giant of up to 14.99 percent of the London-listed arm of Rio Tinto - an amount which would equate to about 11 percent in the group. Swan said he had no objections to the purc ... more
Death toll in China coal mine blast rises to 26: state media Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2008 The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China rose to 26 on Friday, state media reported. The blast in the Baijiagou Coal Mine in Liaoning Province occurred Monday morning as 81 miners were working underground, Xinhua news agency reported. Eleven miners were injured in the accident, four of them severely. Rescuers had been working to find four miners trapped ... more
Canada, China grab jackpot on new global Monopoly board Paris (AFP) Aug 20, 2008 Thanks to a popular vote, Canada and China are the most heavily represented nations in a new global edition of Monopoly being released next week that sees 22 cities up for grabs and offers green-friendly utilities and new forms of transport. Three cities each from the two nations are among 22 selected by more than five million fans of the game asked to vote online among 70 towns for the ones ... more
China mulls major stimulus package: economist Shanghai (AFP) Aug 20, 2008 China is considering an economic stimulus package of up to 400 billion yuan (58.4 billion dollars) to boost growth, an economist said as hopes of such steps ignited a stock market surge Wednesday. "The top leadership is carefully considering an economic stimulus package of at least 200 billion yuan to 400 billion yuan, or one percent to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product," JPMorgan Chase ... more
China hopes for stability in Pakistan after Musharraf quits Beijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 China said Tuesday it hoped its traditional ally Pakistan would maintain political stability and economic development following Pervez Musharraf's resignation as president. "As a friendly neighbour, China sincerely hopes Pakistan will maintain its political stability and economic progress," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement posted on the ministry's website. ... more
Floods in eastern China kill six: state media Beijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 Torrential rains and flooding in eastern China have killed six people and destroyed more than 1,200 homes, state media reported Tuesday. Three days of heavy rain in Anhui province over the weekend left one person dead, forced the evacuation of more than 1,200 people and destroyed more than 21,600 hectares (53,400 acres) of crops, Xinhua news agency reported. Five people were killed in ... more
China to raise wholesale power tariffs by five percent Shanghai (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 China said Tuesday it will raise average wholesale power tariffs by five percent to help coal-fired power generators offset losses from rising coal prices. The country will raise average on-grid price by 0.02 yuan per kilowatt hour, or 20 yuan (2.9 dollars) per megawatt hour, starting Wednesday, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement. The higher prices will ... more
China to launch Venezuela's first satellite: Chavez Caracas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008 China is to launch Venezuela's first satellite in November which will serve to relay telecommunications data and television signals over Latin America, President Hugo Chavez said. The orbiter, named "Simon Bolivar" after a 19th century Venezuelan independence hero, was built under contract by a Chinese firm and will be sent into space on November 1, Chavez said in his weekly radio program on ... more
China's First Lunar Probe Satellite Normal After Eclipse Beijing (XNA) Aug 19, 2008 China's solar-powered lunar probe satellite Chang'e 1 stood the test of a partial eclipse on Sunday as scientists altered its orbit and temporarily turning off some facilities. Based on the signals sent by the satellite after the eclipse, the Chang'e 1 was operating as expected, Monday's Beijing News quoted Liu Junze, of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), as saying. ... more
Venezuela To Launch Simon Bolivar Satellite In November Caracas, Venezuela (XNA) Aug 19, 2008 The Simon Bolivar satellite will be launched into the space on Nov. 2, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday. Chavez made the announcement in his latest TV and radio program"Alo, Presidente." The satellite, made in China, was named after "Simon Bolivar," a hero who played an important role in winning Latin America's independence. Chavez said the Simon Bolivar satellite ... more
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Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be positioned at India's Tezpur Air Base in the state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media. This will be the first time for Su-30MKI fighters to be ... read more
