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China To Launch A Telecom Satellite For Venezuela
Beijing (XNA) Oct 29, 2008China will send a Venezuelan telecommunication satellite into orbit on the early morning of October 30, according to a spokesman with the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It will be the first time that China has made a commercial space launch for a Latin American country, said the official. The rocket carrier for the Venezuela 1 Telecom Satellite will be a Long March 3II. ... more China tells Microsoft to rethink 'black-out' anti-piracy tactics: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2008China has told US software giant Microsoft to reconsider controversial new anti-piracy tools that cause computer screens to turn black if a pirated program is identified, state media reported. "Whether the 'black-out' method should be adopted is open to question," said Yan Xiaohong, vice director of the National Copyright Administration, according to a report carried by Xinhua news agency ... more US tech giants join move to protect freedom of speech online 
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Google, Microsoft and Yahoo on Tuesday unveiled a code of conduct aimed at defending online freedoms against attacks by oppressive regimes in China, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. A "Global Network Initiative," bringing together Internet companies, human rights organizations, academics and investors, commits the technology firms to "protect the freedom of expression and privacy right ... more Gates calls for modernization of US nuclear arsenal 
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Tuesday for the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal to strengthen deterrence at a time when Russia and China are upgrading their nuclear weapons. "Currently, the United States is the only declared nuclear power that is neither modernizing its nuclear arsenal nor has the capability to produce a new nuclear weapon," he said in a speech to the ... more Wal-Mart pulls eggs from China stores amid chemical scare 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Wal-Mart said Tuesday it had pulled a major brand of eggs from its stores in China, as concerns rose that an industrial chemical found in Chinese dairy products was in the nation's wider food chain. The announcement by the US retail giant came after authorities in Hong Kong said eggs from the same Chinese producer had been found to contain melamine, the chemical at the heart of a scandal in ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2008China on Tuesday defended its energy policy a day after three influential green organisations criticised its dependence on coal. "The Chinese government attaches great importance to the development and exploration of clean energy," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "It has been making great efforts to increase the share of clean energy in the energy mix." ... more Taiwan to produce 300 cruise missiles: report 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Taiwan plans to manufacture up to 300 cruise missiles, despite warming ties with rival China, it was reported Monday. "President Ma Ying-jeou has given the order for the production of 300 Hsiungfeng 2E cruise missiles," the Taipei-based China Times said, citing what it said was an unnamed authoritative military source. However, the paper said it was not clear when the missiles would be ... more China's Wen leaves for Russia, Kazakhstan 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao embarked on a five-day tour of Russia and Kazakhstan on Monday which is expected to focus on the global financial crisis and energy security. Wen will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as part of the nations' annual prime ministerial meeting, the official Xinhua news agency said as it announced the premier's departure. In Kazakhstan, ... more China knew of tainted eggs in September: official 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Eggs tainted with the industrial chemical melamine were detected last month in the same northeast Chinese city from where contaminated ones sold in Hong Kong originated, an official said Monday. The safety inspector from Dalian city's food and drug department said tests were carried out on eggs for melamine in the wake of the scandal about the widespread use of the chemical in Chinese dairy ... more |
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Frankfurt, Germany (UPI) Oct 27, 2008 The European-Asian summit of Oct. 24 and 25 in Beijing, which called for comprehensive reform of the global financial system, signals the coming of age of a new global financial order in which China takes a leading part. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao stressed that Beijing would play "an active role" at the summit of world leaders now agreed to be held in Washington Nov. 15. ... more Mounting Cost Of Coal Confronts China 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008China's dependency on coal as its major energy source is creating hidden environmental and other costs worth more than seven percent of its annual gross domestic product, green groups said Monday. A report entitled: "The True Cost of Coal", jointly commissioned by Greenpeace, the Energy Foundation and conservation group WWF, said taking into account the real expense was vital to the nation's ... more China Successfully Launches Research Satellites 
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Oct 27, 2008China will project a satellite coded as the 03 Group of the Shijian-6 serial research satellites sometime on Saturday, according to an official with the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket carrier would be a Long March 4B, said the official, noting both the satellite and the rocket were in good condition and all the preparations for the launch had ... more Outside View: Asian missile power 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 24, 2008 China is going to play a major role in the global space exploration program. Soon a new center for space research may emerge in the Eastern Hemisphere and push the current players aside. China's achievements in science and technology, as well as its consolidation of space programs in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, which have a tremendous economic potential, will contribute to ... more
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