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NW China Sandstorm No Threat To Launch Of Shenzhou-7 Spacecraft
Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2008The launch of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, set to blast off between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, will not be affected by a strong sandstorm in the area, a meteorological expert said. The sandstorm, which hit central and western Gansu Province from Sunday morning, had started to weaken and move southeast toward the provincial capital Lanzhou, the ... 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 Russia, China Resume Talks On Military Transport Planes 
Gelendzhik, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 10, 2008Russia will continue negotiations on a contract to deliver 34 transport planes and four aerial tankers to China earlier frozen due to a disagreement over prices, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Friday. "We are returning to the contract and renegotiating the price of these planes," Mikhail Zavaliy, a Rosoboronexport official told reporters at an air show in the Krasnodar Region. ... more 56 dead after mudslide sweeps through Chinese town: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2008At least 56 people were killed after an industrial mudslide swept through a small mining town in northern China, state media said late Tuesday, updating an earlier government toll of 34 dead. A market, homes and a three-storey building were buried under tonnes of sludge when the disaster hit Taoshi township, Shanxi province, on Monday, Xinhua news agency said, adding 35 people were also ... more China worried of financial contagion via Hong Kong 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Beijing is worried that an overly liberal financial system in Hong Kong could invite financial contagion into China and disrupt critical economic growth, a government economist said Monday. "China today has a very unique situation -- it is one country with two financial systems -- the Hong Kong system is very open, very liberal, very efficient, very modern" compared with the Chinese system a ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Sept 9, 2008China's passenger car sales fell last month from a year earlier, an industry group said Tuesday, the first monthly drop since early 2005 as the economy slowed and the Olympics deterred car purchases. Sales of the cars, including sedans, multi-purpose vehicles and sports utility vehicles, fell 6.24 percent year on year for August to 451,300 units, the China Association of Automobile ... more Top Chinese economic official to hold talks in US 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2008China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week and will discuss bilateral trade issues with top US officials, the foreign ministry announced Tuesday. Wang, who is in charge of economic and trade matters, will co-chair the Sino-US Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade when it meets in Los Angeles on September 17, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told journalists. ... more China announces spacewalk plans 
Beijing (UPI) Sep 7, 2008 Chinese officials have announced plans for their first space walk to take place later this month. The manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 will lift off sometime between Sept. 25 and Sept. 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. "All the major systems involved in the launching are now in the final ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008At least 26 people were killed Monday in a mud and rock slide triggered by heavy rains in northern China, which led to the collapse of a mine warehouse, officials and state media reported. Several others remained trapped in the debris of the warehouse in the city of Linfen in Shanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local work safety board officials. The exact figure was ... more China welcomes lifting of nuclear trade embargo on India 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2008China said Monday the lifting of a nuclear trade embargo on India reflected the right of all nations to use atomic energy peacefully, while expressing hope it would help non-proliferation efforts. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology, on Saturday lifted the 34-year-old embargo, paving the way for New Delhi to finalise a civilian technology ... more China to make anti-monopoly review of Coca-Cola deal: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008China's commerce ministry has said it will make an anti-monopoly review of Coca-Cola's proposed multi-billion-dollar takeover of Chinese juice producer Huiyuan, state media reported. The US soft drink giant's application for the bid will be reviewed under the anti-monopoly law once the ministry receives it, spokesman Yao Shenhong was quoted as saying by state-run China Central Television ... more 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
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