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Shenzhou: A Spacewalk In The Sunlight
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Earlier this month, China suddenly brought forward the launch window for the Shenzhou 7 space mission. The mission was originally expected to lift off in mid-October, but will now take off at some time between September 25 and 30. This flight will produce China�s first spacewalk. Pundits immediately suspected that political factors had intervened to change the mission. The new launch time ... more New Crews For Shenzhou 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 12, 2008Chinese media coverage of the Shenzhou 7 mission is escalating as the launch date approaches. Before the end of September, China will launch its third manned space mission, and produce its first spacewalk. We have been given snippets about emergency rescue drills and the impressive array of cameras that will monitor the flight. Most of this is either predictable or reiterates ... more NKorea's Kim underwent surgery by Chinese doctors: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2008North Korean leader Kin Jong-Il underwent surgery with help from Chinese military doctors following a stroke last month, a Japanese report said Sunday, citing unnamed Chinese sources. Five Chinese doctors were dispatched by China at North Korea's request to perform surgery after Kim suffered a stroke on August 14, Kyodo News reported, amid media speculation over Kim's health after he failed ... more India wary of being US card in China play: analysts 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The US push to end India's status as a nuclear pariah was partly motivated by a desire to counter China's rise, but New Delhi does not want to get sucked into a US-Sino power play, analysts say. "India does share many US concerns regarding China," said Anupam Srivastava, director at the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. But New Delhi has conveyed ... more Typhoon slams into Taiwan, at least two missing 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 14, 2008A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Sunday with fierce winds and torrential rains, leaving at least two people missing and 17 others injured, officials said. Traffic was severely disrupted as Typhoon Sinlaku made landfall in northeastern Ilan county early Sunday, packing winds of up to 173 kilometres (107 miles) per hour, the Central Weather Bureau said. TV reports said two small cars ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2008China's health minister said 432 babies had kidney stones after drinking contaminated milk powder and vowed to punish those responsible as the country's latest product safety scandal escalated Saturday. Gao Qiang said production had been halted at Sanlu Group after industrial chemical melamine, added by farmers and milk sellers to boost protein content, was found in the powder. ... more 51 dead in China bus accident 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008A bus careered off a road in mountainous southwest China and plunged into a valley on Saturday, killing all 51 people known to be aboard, state media reported, citing local officials. The bus, which was travelling from the city of Bazhong in Sichuan province to Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang province, went off the road in a mountainous area, Xinhua news agency quoted a local official as saying. ... more Hong Kong energy giant plans to invest in China power plant 
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 12, 2008Hong Kong's largest energy company China Light and Power (CLP) is looking to invest in a liquefied natural gas processing plant on the mainland, reports said on Friday. The company wanted to invest in a regasification plant in southern Shenzhan planned by PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, CLP commercial director Richard Lancaster told the South China Morning Post. ... more US, China to hold top-level trade talks Tuesday 
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The United States and China hold cabinet-level trade talks in California this week amid tensions over China's massive export surplus and worries about the slowing global economy. The talks come in the sunset of George W. Bush's Republican presidency that has seen trade disputes with China over a host of issues, ranging from copyright infringement, automobile parts and investment barriers to ... more |
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Xiangfen, China (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Several hundred people believed missing after a landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official, as the official toll rose to 151. Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun said "several hundred" people are thought buried in the mud and sludge that came cascading down onto the village after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on Monday, the ... more China studying third West-East gas pipeline: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2008China may build a third west-east gas pipeline in a bid to meet strong demand along its economically vibrant eastern seaboard, state media reported Thursday. The pipeline will start from the western Xinjiang region and is likely to end in Fujian province in the southeast, supplying natural gas to the energy-hungry Yangtze and Pearl river deltas, the China Daily said. A preliminary plan ... more No hope for 'several hundred' missing in China landslide: official 
Xiangfen, China (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Several hundred people believed missing after an industrial landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, with 128 already confirmed killed, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official. Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun said "several hundred" people are thought buried in the mud and sludge that came cascading down onto the village after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on ... more Nearly 200 officials punished over China quake relief: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2008China has received thousands of complaints over misconduct among officials involved in Sichuan earthquake relief work, resulting in the punishment of nearly 200 cadres, state press said Wednesday. Twenty Communist Party officials have been sacked while the other 164 cadres punished received unspecified discplinary measures and "administrative penalties," Xinhua news agency said, citing ... more
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