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China launches environmental satellites
Beijing (UPI) Sep 6, 2008 Chinese officials say they have launched two natural disaster and environment monitoring satellites. The first of their kind put into space by China, the satellites are expected to enhance the Asian nation's natural disasters forecasting capabilities, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Saturday. "The role of the satellites will be significant when China faces such natural ... more The Politics Of Shenzhou 
Geelong, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2008After a few days of rumours and conflicting stories, China has finally announced the launch timeframe for its next manned space mission. The Shenzhou 7 spacecraft will lift off somewhere between September 25 and 30. It will carry three astronauts into orbit, and stage China's first spacewalk. This is an unusual and somewhat unexpected development. For months, we have been expecting and ... more Top-level China, India talks amid nuclear deal tension 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Asian giants India and China held high-level talks on Monday amid tension over Beijing's purported reluctance to back New Delhi's civilian nuclear ambitions. India has criticised Beijing for being unwilling to support a waiver that would enable New Delhi to trade with the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), which controls global atomic commerce, without signing non-proliferation pacts. ... more Japan, Australia defend backing India nuclear deal 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Japan and Australia on Monday defended giving the green light to a landmark atomic energy deal with India, which critics charged has set back efforts to halt nuclear proliferation. China also voiced support for the agreement after dropping objections at the last minute in weekend talks in Vienna. After intense lobbying from Washington and New Delhi, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group ... more China says little interest in 88 quake orphans up for adoption 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Chinese authorities have reported receiving little response after putting 88 children orphaned in the devastating May earthquake up for adoption, state press said Monday. Despite interest from around the world, only childless mainland Chinese couples aged over 30 were allowed to adopt quake orphans, the China Daily reported. Only one child has been adopted since civil affairs officials ... more |
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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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2008China, Japan, Russia and South Korea plan a joint shipping route around the Sea of Japan, a move expected to boost trade after trial operations next month, Chinese state media said. The four nations signed an agreement on setting up the 800-nautical-mile (1,480-kilometre) route Thursday in the northeast Chinese city of Changchun, the Xinhua news agency reported. The service will run from ... more China says Iraqi oil deal still in negotiation 
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
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