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Chang'e-1 Sends Back Verbal Wishes
Beijing (XNA) Sep 16, 2008China's first moon probe satellite Chang'e-1 sent back greetings to earth on Sunday, China's Mid-Autumn Festival. "Let's (all Chinese compatriots) enjoy together the bright moonlight and look forward to our reunion," the verbal wishes said, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. The traditional festival, which falls on the full-moon ... more China evacuates a half million for tropical storm: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China evacuated nearly half a million people from coastal areas as tropical storm Sinlaku bore down, but officials said the mainland was expected to escape the worst, state media reported Monday. Authorities also ordered 30,000 fishing boats to return to harbour in the eastern province of Zhejiang as heavy rains hit, indicating Sinlaku was moving closer, Xinhua news agency said. ... more At least four dead after Typhoon Sinlaku pounds Taiwan 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 15, 2008Four people have been confirmed dead and 11 others are missing after Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and torrential rain, rescuers said Monday. One man drowned and five people are still missing after a bridge in central Taiwan collapsed under the force of the rising waters, sending cars plunging into the river below, the National Fire Agency said. Another man drowned ... more May '08 China Quake Could Trigger Other Big Shocks 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2008Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The magnitude 7.9 quake on 12 May has brought several nearby faults closer to failure and could trigger another major earthquake in the region. Geophysicists used computer models to calculate the change ... more Sabotage cited as toll in China baby formula scandal rockets 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China on Monday reported a second baby dead from drinking tainted milk formula and said the number sickened had soared past 1,200 as it blamed private milk-collecting stations for the worsening scandal. The New Zealand partner to the Chinese company Sanlu at the centre of the storm went further, blaming the contamination on "sabotage". The two deaths came in the northwestern province of ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China has appealed at the World Trade Organisation against a ruling that its tariffs on car part imports were "inconsistent" with established rules, a WTO spokeswomman said on Monday. "China has appealed," a WTO spokeswoman said just hours before the organisation's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) was due to meet to formally adopt the ruling on its car imports. Beijing had already signalled ... more China To Launch Third Manned Space Flight Sep 25 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008China will launch its Shenzhou 7 manned spacecraft at 13:10 GMT on September 25, weather permitting, the Sohu news service reported Friday. For the launch of the Long March IIF rocket to go ahead there must be no rain forecast, wind velocity of less than eight meters per second, and ground visibility of more than 20 kilometers. In a first for China, one of the three astronauts on ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008One worker was killed and two others were missing after an explosion ripped through a petrochemical plant in northeast China Sunday that also caused several injuries, state media said. The blast at the Dengta Jinhang Petrochemical Co., in Jianshanzi village of Liaoning province, occurred around dawn, according to the Xinhua news agency. Windows in buildings near the plant were shattered ... more Art world looks to China to sustain sales boom 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Andy Warhol's pop art portraits, Damien Hirst's kaleidoscopic butterfly wings and Zhang Xiaogang's monochromatic families were on sale this weekend under the Shanghai Exhibition Centre's Soviet spire as the art world looked to China to sustain booming sales. The SH Contemporary art fair, China's largest international exhibition of its kind in its second year, is a front line of the mainland ... more China landslide death toll raised to 254: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town jumped to 254 on Saturday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. State media on Thursday had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun saying "several hundred" people were thought still buried in the mud that swamped the town of Taoshi after a mining waste ... more China Vows Better Food Safety Following Tainted Baby Milk Powder Revelations
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
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