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China's Pandas face winter food shortages: report
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 11, 2008Giant pandas living in China's southwest quake-ravaged Sichuan province face the risk of starvation this winter due to severe food shortages, state media reported Thursday. One panda had already died despite emergency efforts by the Wolong Panda Breeding Centre, China's best known reserve, and other centres have reported similar cases, the Shanghai Morning Post reported. "Pandas are ... more China quake kills two miners: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 11, 2008Two miners died and three other people were killed in a moderate earthquake that struck near an area of southwestern China devastated by a massive quake in May, the local government said Thursday. The tremor killed two miners in Guangyuan city early Wednesday morning, a staffer at city government headquarters who would give only his surname Huo told AFP by phone. "There are two dead and ... more Sonitel employees call for China's ZTE to sell up 
Niamey (AFP) Dec 11, 2008About a thousand employees of Niger telecom company Sonitel demonstrated in Niamey Thursday calling for main shareholder China's ZTE to sever all ties with them because of "poor management". Protesters marched in the streets of the capital before presenting a petition to government officials calling for the "immediate withdrawal" of ZTE from all Sonitel operations. Chinese-Libyan ... more VIASPACE Plants Biofuel And Animal Feed Grass 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2008VIASPACE has announced that it has planted 1.2 million seedlings of its proprietary fast-growing China Giant King Grass near the IPA factory in Guangdong province in China. Giant King Grass is a natural hybrid perennial grass which is propagated from seedlings rather than seeds. In tropical and subtropical areas such as Southern China, it can yield four crops per year and up to 156 tons of ... more HK, Macao Scientists Expected To Participate In China's Aerospace Project 
Macao (XNA) Dec 11, 2008Scientists in Macao and Hong Kong can participate in the nation's aerospace project in the future, Zhang Jianqi, deputy commander-in-chief of China's manned space engineering program, said here on Wednesday. The Shenzhou VII manned space mission delegation, including three Chinese taikonauts who made the nation's first space walk in a concerted effort, left here on Wednesday, wrapping up ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2008China's top leaders ended the most important economic policy gathering of the year Wednesday, focusing on how to stimulate demand and create jobs in 2009 to ward off the global economic crisis. The annual Central Economic Work Conference, chaired by President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, wrapped up after three days with a macroeconomic policy blueprint for next year, the government ... more Analysis: Indian and Russian energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 The global economic slowdown has focused national economies inward, but one of the more intriguing stories of 2009 will be the economic changes in the so-called BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- especially their growing bilateral relations. Even Washington is tracking their growth. A National Intelligence Council's report titled "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed ... more China's First Moon Probe Lowers Orbit For Further Exploration 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 10, 2008China's first moon probe, Chang'e-1,has successfully lowered its orbit from 200 kilometers away from the moon's surface to 100-kilometers. Scientists did this to conduct more specific observation, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) here on Tuesday. The satellite will remain at the new height before scientists lower its orbit again to gather information for a future ... more 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 |
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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 Public security forces undermine China's HIV fight: rights group 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008The harassment and imprisonment of drug users in China is undermining the country's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, activist group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Police and public security forces are driving drug addicts away from community-based prevention services and denying them access to treatment, the group said in a report. "The government has expanded prevention and ... more China detains prominent dissident ahead of Human Rights Day: wife 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Chinese authorities have detained prominent human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, his wife told AFP on Tuesday, the latest dissident to be arrested ahead of Human Rights Day. "He was taken away yesterday (Monday) evening and he is being held at Beijing's public security bureau," Liu Xia said by phone. She said she was not told why her husband had been detained, but suspected it was related ... more China to launch food safety campaign 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008China will launch a four-month food safety campaign from Wednesday to prevent the toxic chemical melamine and other harmful substances from ending up on the dinner table, the government said. The crackdown, which also targets excessive levels of additives, comes amid a widening scandal over tainted milk that has sickened hundreds of thousands of babies and shocked the nation. ... more
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