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China Launches Third Fengyun-2 Series Weather Satellite
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 23, 2008China has successfully orbited its third meteorological satellite, the Fengyun-2-06, the country's central television CCTV reported on Tuesday. The satellite was launched from the XiChang Satellite Launch Center, in southwest China at 08:54 a.m. local time (00:54 a.m. GMT) on board a Chang Zheng-3A carrier rocket. The Fengyun-2-06 weather satellite will collect meteorological data fr ... more Islamabad Calls For Calm As Indo-Pak Military Hotline Lights Up 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Pakistan's powerful army chief called Monday for an easing of tensions with India, the military said, one month after the Mumbai attacks sent ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a tailspin. General Ashfaq Kayani made the call during a meeting with visiting Chinese vice foreign minister He Yafei, who was dispatched by Beijing to Islamabad as part of an international effort to resto ... more China 'seriously' considering building an aircraft carrier: spokesman 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2008China will seriously consider building an aircraft carrier to ensure the nation's maritime security and safeguard the sovereignty of its coastal waters, a defence official said Tuesday. "An aircraft carrier is a symbol of overall national strength and a symbol of the competitiveness of the nation's naval force," defence ministry spokesman Huang Xueping told journalists. "The Chinese gov ... more China adds 32 deaths to dismal work safety statistics 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Thirty-two people died in two separate accidents in China Saturday, as a blast ripped through a rural area while a lift crashed on an urban building site, highlighting the nation's poor work safety record. In the first of the incidents, an explosion erupted at 1:12 am (1712 GMT Friday) in the village of Donggancheng, in central China's Henan province, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... more China toughens school quake standards: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 28, 2008China has toughened construction standards for schools after the May earthquake in southwest China damaged nearly 14,000 schools and killed an untold number of students, state media reported Sunday. The National People's Congress also passed ammendments calling for a national earthquake emergency rescue team and penalties for anyone who hides information about quake damage, the Southern Dail ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Chinese dairy firms whose products contained the toxic chemical melamine have agreed to pay compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill from tainted milk, state media said Saturday. The 22 companies will pay a lump sum to victims of the melamine scandal, which has shocked China since it erupted in September and has left six babies dead while sickening nearly 300,000, the Xin ... more Over 95,000 affected by southwest China quake: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008China said Saturday that over 95,000 people have been affected by two earthquakes that rattled southwest China's Yunnan province one day earlier. Nineteen people were injured, including four seriously, in Friday's twin quakes, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Yunnan provincial civil affairs administration. Nearly 10,000 people were evacuated and were unable to return to their home ... more Chinese navy off on historic anti-piracy mission 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008An anti-piracy task force of the Chinese navy set sail Friday for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries. The three vessels, decorated with coloured ribbons and flowers, weighed anchor at the Yalong Bay naval base on south China's tropical Hainan island at 1:50 pm (0550 GMT), heading for Somalia, the Xinhua news age ... more Analysis: Rivals in Africa -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 24, 2008 The People's Republic of China is increasingly challenging Russia in the African arms trade, offering lower prices on weapons that, ironically, are often made in China with Russian technologies. Chinese products are less expensive than Russian and Western systems. They are similar to the Russian systems that many African countries are familiar with, and they are also easy to maintain an ... more |
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Madrid (AFP) Dec 23, 2008Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa said on Tuesday it had received an order for 347 units from China's renewable energy group Longyuan Electric Power. The company did not reveal the cost of the turbines, which represent 294 megawatts of power. They will be produced in Gamesa's factory in Tianjin, China and will be installed next year at various sites in the Asian country. ... more China says 2008 crude production up 1.6 pct: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 28, 2008China is expected to produce a total of 189 million tonnes of crude oil in 2008, an increase of 1.6 percent over last year, state media reported Sunday. etroChina, the nation's leading oil producer, released figures saying China had found more than 20.7 billion tonnes of proven oil deposits in the past 30 years, the Xinhua news agency reported. China produced 186 million tonnes of crude ... more China opens road tunnel under Yangtze: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 28, 2008The first road tunnel beneath the Yangtze River opened to traffic on Sunday in central China, state media reported. The 3.6-kilometre (2.2-mile) four-lane tunnel has begun a three-month trial, the Xinhua news agency reported. The 1.7-billion yuan (250 million dollar) project began in November 2004 as part of efforts to relieve traffic congestion in the central city of Wuhan, which has ... more China to offer incentives to scrap old cars: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008China plans to offer incentives for car owners to scrap their old models in favour of new ones, in a bid to lift the auto industry as it enters a period of crisis, state media said Saturday. The measure is part of a new package being prepared in Beijing aimed at avoiding a US-style collapse of the local auto sector, the Xinhua news agency reported. "Details of the plan will be announced ... more
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