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GMI Commences Shipments Of Actions Semiconductor Chipsets With GPS Function
Zhuhai, China (SPX) Dec 10, 2008G.M.I. Technology and Actions Semiconductor have announced that G.M.I. has commenced initial shipments of products with GPS functions that feature Actions Semiconductor Series 13 integrated circuits (ICs). Actions' ICs utilize best-in-class Linux-based software and navigation system provided by China's leading GPS map provider, Ritu Information Systems, Inc. (Ritu). Last month Actions and ... more Russian, Chinese firms most likely to offer bribes: NGO 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Russian, Chinese, and Mexican firms are most likely to offer bribes when doing business abroad, the anti-graft watchdog Transparency International said in a report out Tuesday. In a survey of 22 leading international and regional exporting countries, Russian firms ranked as most likely to resort to bribery, scoring 5.9 out of a very clean 10, the non-governmental organisation said. ... more Taiwanese official reassures Japan over warmer China ties 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Japan has nothing to fear from Taiwan's warmer ties with Beijing, the visiting head of the ruling Kuomintang party said Tuesday. "Improving cross-strait relations is in the interest of not only Taiwan but also Japan and Asia as a whole," Wu Poh-hsiung, the first leader of a ruling Taiwanese party to visit Japan, told reporters. Ties between China and Taiwan have improved dramatically ... more NKorea talks look at new Chinese proposal 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Delegates from six nations resumed talks Tuesday on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, looking at a Chinese proposal on how to verify the secretive regime's claims about its atomic programme. A dispute over verification has been the latest snag in the long-running negotiations intended to bring an end to North Korea's nuclear activities, which tested an atomic bomb in 2006. The regime ... more 30 years after reform, China farmers once again hope for change 
Xiaogang, China (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Thirty years ago, 18 farmers in this rural backwater of east China entered a pact to carry out a bold economic experiment, and became heroes of reform almost overnight. Now these pioneers, their hair greying, are hoping for a new revolution to once again transform their small community and close a yawning wealth gap with the cities. Some official histories argue that China's market ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Nearly 1,000 workers staged a rare sit-in protest outside a Shanghai factory Tuesday in the latest sign of strain in China's manufacturing industry, which has been hit hard by the economic crisis. The workers were protesting because managers at the computer and telecoms equipment factory had failed to fully pay at least six months' worth of overtime, bonuses and benefits, one of the organise ... more NKorea talks look at new Chinese proposal 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Delegates from six nations focused Tuesday on a Chinese proposal on how to verify North Korea's claims about its atomic programme in talks aimed at ending the secretive regime's nuclear activities. A dispute over verification has been the latest snag in the long-running negotiations over the North's nuclear ambitions. The regime appeared to accept the verification process in October as ... more Fed approves Chinese bank CCB to open office in US 
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2008The US Federal Reserve said Monday it had authorized China Construction Bank, a leading Chinese state bank, to operate in the United States. The proposed New York City branch of CCB "would engage in wholesale deposit-taking, lending, trade finance, and other banking services," the Fed said in a statement. The US central bank recalled that China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is ... more China dismisses Japan criticism over ship incident 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008China has dismissed a Japanese protest over two Chinese ships that entered what Tokyo considers its waters, with Beijing reiterating its own territorial claims to the area, state media reported. Japan said Monday it had lodged a formal protest with Beijing about the "extremely regrettable" presence of the Chinese survey ships near the Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. But a Chinese ... more |
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Beijing (UPI) Dec 6, 2008 China, for the first time, has launched and recovered a hybrid rocket, the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Bejing says. The Beihang-2 was fired Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu province, with the head of the rocket parachuting to the ground for recovery about 15 minutes later, Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, reported Saturday. ... more China To Launch Probe To Mars With Russian Help In 2009 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Dec 08, 2008China will send a space probe to Mars with Russia's assistance in October 2009, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday. Russia and China signed a cooperative agreement on the joint exploration of Mars on March 26, 2007. The project includes the launch of the Yinghuo-1 Chinese-made Mars probe. Yinghuo-1 and the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe will be sent together to Mars on a Russian Zenit ... more China defence chief calls on US to scrap Taiwan weapons deal 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2008China's defence minister called on the United States on Monday to drop a planned weapons sale to Taiwan, saying it threatened Sino-US defence cooperation, state media reported. Minister Liang Guanglie also called on Washington to cease all military ties with Taiwan, during a meeting in Beijing with the visiting former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers, Xinhua news agenc ... more China bans Irish pork imports following cancer scare 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2008China on Monday suspended the import of pork products from Ireland after the discovery of toxic chemicals in Irish pigs and announced increased inspections of other imported European foods. "In accordance with a China-Ireland bilateral agreement, we have provisionally stopped the direct and indirect import of Irish pork products and livestock feed," the General Administration of Quality Insp ... more
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