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Good Grades For Shenzhou 7
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2008The completion of the Shenzhou 7 space mission has been a major achievement for China. The principal goal of performing China's first spacewalk was accomplished without major problems. Observers are calling the flight a success, and for good reason. If we look at the mission more closely, China has gained more from the flight than just a spacewalk. China's astronauts and mission planners ... more China spacewalk fires national pride 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2008China's first successful spacewalk triggered an outpouring of national pride on Sunday, with ordinary citizens and state-run media hailing it as a historic national achievement. "Following the Soviets and Americans, the black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese have now left a footprint in space," declared a Beijing Youth Daily commentary, which also evoked the words of US astronaut Neil ... more Beijing Control Center Achieves Real Time Control Of Multiple Space Missions 
Beijing (Xinhua) Sep 29, 2008As China's third manned spaceship Shenzhou-7 moved into orbit on early Friday, the country has unprecedentedly fulfilled a mission of controlling more than one space vessels in real time, namely the Shenzhou-7 and the lunar probe. It marks a major breakthrough in China's aerospace control development, said Zhu Mincai, director of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), the nerve ... more China plans manned trip to moon after successful mission 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2008China set its sights Sunday on a manned trip to the moon and a space station after completing a historic mission that included the country's first space walk. China laid out the ambitious targets after the return to Earth of its third manned mission, a 68-hour voyage hailed as a major boost to its space ambitions. "We believe that as long as we can make further progress in science and ... more Chavez defies US by cozying up to Russia and China 
Caracas (AFP) Sept 27, 2008Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to China and Russia this week and the military and energy cooperation deals he signed put him on dangerous ground in his relations with the United States, political analysts said. "This trip shows he intends not only to break free of the US sphere of influence in matters of defense, but also to strike significant political links with the very powers ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2008The toxic milk scandal in China could never have happened under Mao Zedong or Deng Xiaoping, as dairy products only landed on Chinese dinner tables when the nation began opening up to the outside world. Westerners visiting China 20 or 30 years ago were hard pressed to find dairy products, and were only able to drink yoghurt out of a straw from a stone pot carved with Chinese characters ... more Italian police bust Chinese imports in operation 'Toxic Shoes' 
Rome (AFP) Sept 26, 2008Italian police said Friday they had confiscated some 1.7 million counterfeit shoes made with leather containing illegal toxins, most of them from China. Operation "Toxic Shoes" began in May and 21 Chinese and seven Italians are now being prosecuted for selling counterfeit products and threatening public health, a police spokesman told AFP. Shoes containing hexavalent chromium compounds ... more China's Wen vows to make 'made in China' brand safe 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 27, 2008Prime Minister Wen Jiabao vowed Saturday to ensure the 'Made in China' brand was safe for consumers at home and abroad, as a mounting contamination scandal led to a new European Union import ban. The European Union said Saturday it was banning all imports of Chinese children's products containing milk, such as biscuits and chocolate, with immediate effect. Although Chinese dairy products ... more China tries to reassure public over milk scare 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 27, 2008China on Saturday scrambled to reassure the public over a toxic milk scandal, announcing that nearly 50 Chinese brands which had been tested contained no melamine. The government said it had tested 47 brands of milk and yoghurt and detected no trace of melamine, the industrial chemical discovered in baby milk powder that has sickened 53,000 children and killed four so far. China's General ... more |
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Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 26, 2008Brazilian mining and metals giant Vale said Friday its price talks with China will not affect iron ore exports to that nation, after the company unexpectedly decided to renegotiate its contracts with Asian clients. "If iron ore shipments to China should stop, China's steel industry would come to a standstill," Vale president Roger Agnelli told reporters seeking his comments on rumors that ... more Beijing announces steps to fight smog, traffic 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2008Beijing will implement new traffic control measures aimed at clearing the Chinese capital's notoriously smoggy skies and chronic transport congestion, the city government said on Sunday. However, the measures will not be as tough as the strict curbs on driving that were implemented for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, which were widely credited with clearing the city's skies. ... more Airbus expecting 'large' China order by early 2009: CEO 
Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 28, 2008European aircraft giant Airbus is expecting a "large order" from Chinese airlines by early 2009, the company's chief executive officer Tom Enders said here Sunday. The Chinese aviation market "next year will still see strong growth and we are expecting another large order -- maybe before the end of the year or Chinese New Year," Enders said at the opening of a new Airbus assembly line. ... more China Astronauts Return From Historic Spacewalk Mission 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2008Three astronauts who conducted China's first-ever space walk landed back on Chinese soil on Sunday, footage broadcast on state television showed. The descent capsule of the Shenzhou VII was seen drifting down to a landing in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, state-run CCTV showed in a live broadcast. China's official Xinhua news agency earlier reported the three men were all in go ... more
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