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China Launches Two Natural Disaster Monitoring Satellites
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 08, 2008China launched two satellites to monitor the environment and natural disasters at 11:25 a.m. here on Saturday. The two satellites, launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province and carried by a Long March 2C rocket, were expected to enhance the country's capacity to forecast natural disasters, according to Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the ... more China space mission set for late September: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2008China's third manned space flight, which will feature China's first attempted space walk, will blast off in late September, state media reported. The launch of the Shenzhou VII will take place "at an appropriate time between September 25 and 30," Xinhua news agency reported late Saturday. Xinhua quoted an unnamed spokesman at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu ... more Japan defence report warns on Russia 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 4, 2008An increasingly assertive Russia is staging more frequent military drills near Japan, including with nuclear submarines, the defence ministry here warned in a report Friday. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet approved the annual "white paper" on defence policy, which also reiterated Japan's longstanding unease about China's rapid military buildup and the threat of North Korea. ... more Japan Sees Opportunity For New Asian Renaissance 
Manipal, India (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 Although Germany shed its "historical guilt" for the 1939-45 war by the 1980s, most Japanese leaders have yet to abandon the cringing tone that they employ in the presence of those coming from countries that collectively defeated Japan. Recently resigned Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was a typical example of this, especially with regard to policy toward China. Most reasonable -- indeed ... more China needs 245 bln dlrs to rebuild after quake: official media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008China has raised or allocated just one quarter of the 245 billion dollars needed to rebuild areas devastated by this year's devastating earthquake, state press said Monday. Southwest China's Sichuan province will need 1.67 trillion yuan (245.6 billion dollars) to fund reconstruction efforts following the May 12 quake, provincial vice governor Huang Xiaoxiang said, according to Xinhua news ... more |
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Beijing, China (UPI) Sep 05, 2008China says Iraqi oil deal still in negotiation. Chinese officials say a 20-year oil contract with Baghdad for the al-Ahdab oil field is still under negotiation, opposing claims from Iraqi authorities. The Iraqi government reported Tuesday it has approved a $3 billion deal with China. An original deal had been brokered in 1997 but was canceled following the 2003 ... more China Hit By Series Of Coal Mine Disasters 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2008A coal mine in central China flooded early Sunday, trapping 18 miners underground, officials and state media said, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining industry. The accident took place in Henan province's Yuzhou city, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety said in a notice on its website. State-run Xinhua news agency said 62 miners were underground ... more China sends report to UN on military spending: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China said Thursday that it had handed over a report on its military spending last year to the United Nations as part of efforts to enhance trust with other countries. "The Chinese government has handed over to the United Nations the 2007 military expenditures report," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said. "This shows again that the Chinese government attaches great importance to ... more China suggests UN role in solving Georgia crisis 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China suggested Thursday for the first time that the United Nations could play a role in solving the Georgia crisis, saying the world body should consider the interests of all parties. "If the United Nations adopts any kind of action, it must be conducive to promoting a resolution through dialogue and consultations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told journalists. "(It should) ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Up to 20 million people living in southwest China's Sichuan Basin could be at risk of flooding for decades following the devastating earthquake there in May, a British expert said Thursday. Ongoing landslides triggered by the deadly 8.0-magnitude quake in China's Sichuan Province will dump rocks and sediment into the river beds, said Alex Densmore, director of hazards research at Durham ... more China unveils plans for huge steel plant: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China has unveiled plans to build one of its largest steel plants at a cost of 30 billion dollars, state media reported Thursday. The plant is to be located in Fangchenggang, a port city in Guangxi region in China's south, the Economic Information Daily said. It will require a total investment of 204.9 billion yuan (30 billion dollars), the report said. "The setup of the steel-making ... more Angola's oil fields fuel economic growth 
Luanda (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Long ignored by foreign investors except China, oil-rich Angola is riding on growing foreign interest, prompting the government to play the competition card and distance itself from Beijing. "Obviously, the Angolans don't want to offend the Chinese who remain an important business partner, but relations between the two countries have cooled," said Lucy Corkin, projects director at the Centre ... more Singapore says free trade talks with China concluded 
Singapore (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Singapore and China have successfully concluded negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, the city-state said in a statement Thursday. It said the bilateral deal builds on a free trade agreement already reached between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to which Singapore belongs. The agreement with Singapore "is the first comprehensive ... more
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