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Defense Focus: Russia-China arms slump
Washington (UPI) Feb 10, 2009 Far from rising, as so many Western pundits have predicted for so long, Russian arms sales to China may plummet by at least 75 percent in the immediate future, the CEO of Russia's main official arms exporting corporation warned last Wednesday. Arms exports to China could shrivel from the current 40 percent of the value of annual Russian arms exports to only 10 percent, Anatoly Isaikin ... more Simple Method Strengthens Schools, Other Buildings Against Earthquakes 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 12, 2009Civil engineers using a specialized laboratory at Purdue University have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple, inexpensive method to strengthen buildings that have a flaw making them dangerously vulnerable to earthquakes. The flaw is widespread in China, Latin America, Turkey and other countries. The buildings have too many "partial-height" walls between structural columns and could ... more Saudi and Chinese firms in power and desalination tie up 
Riyadh (AFP) Feb 11, 2009A Chinese electric power giant and a Saudi power company on Wednesday announced an alliance to work together on power and desalinisation projects around the world. Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group (SECPG) and Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power International said in a press conference that they already have two projects to cooperate on, one in Saudi Arabia and the other in a nearby Gulf ... more Death sentence for corrupt China airport chief: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2009A Chinese court has sentenced the former boss of 30 airports including Beijing's to death for bribery and embezzlement totalling around 15 million dollars, state press reported on Wednesday. Li Peiying, former board chairman and general manager of Capital Airports Holding Company, received the sentence Tuesday from a court in east China's Shandong province, the Beijing Times reported. ... more Dalai Situation "very tense", unrest possible in Tibet: Dalai Lama 
Baden Baden, Germany (AFP) Feb 11, 2009The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday of a fresh uprising in Tibet in the "very tense" run-up to the 50th anniversary of the failed rebellion against Chinese rule that prompted his flight into exile. "Today there is too much anger... The situation is very tense," said the 73-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader during a visit to the German spa town of Baden Baden. "At any moment there ... more |
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London (AFP) Feb 11, 2009Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it was still in talks with Chinalco and would make an announcement shortly, after reports it was set to sell a further stake to the Chinese aluminium company. "Rio Tinto notes continued media speculation in connection with a possible transaction with Chinalco and confirms the parties are in negotiations, which may or may not lead to a ... more Mecca monorail deal marks Saudi visit by China's Hu 
Riyadh (AFP) Feb 11, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up his second day in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with a contract to build a monorail in Islam's holiest city and with a pact on oil and petrochemicals supplies under his arm. The 1.8 billion dollar deal for China Railway Corp to build a mass transit system for Muslim pilgrims on the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca served to highlight China's growing role as ... more Drop in China's electricity output deepens in January: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2009China's electricity output fell further in January as demand continued to weaken, state media said Wednesday, in a further sign that the economy is slowing amid the global crisis. Major power producers generated only 250.3 million megawatt hours of electricity last month, falling 13 percent from a year earlier, the China Daily reported, citing the China Electricity Council, an industry assoc ... more Chinese president heads to Africa for whistle-stop tour 
Bamako (AFP) Feb 12, 2009Chinese president Hu Jintao was set to arrive in Mali Thursday, the first stop in his whirlwind tour of four African countries, as Beijing stressed its interest in Africa goes beyond the purely economic. Hu is scheduled to visit Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius as part of his first overseas trip in 2009. Beijing is often criticised for its alleged drive to secure natural resources from ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2009China's exports fell by the steepest margin in more than a decade in January, the government said Wednesday, as the global crisis combined with a major holiday to hit overseas shipments. Last month's exports totalled 90.5 billion dollars, down 17.5 percent from the same month a year ago, customs authorities reported. "Such a steep fall in exports is very rare historically," said Su Chang ... more China, Japan Build Sharp Eyes For Further Space Observations 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2009China and Japan are making prominent contributions to a cutting-edge East Asian radio telescope network by respectively building the world's top-level radio telescope apparatus to be dedicated to further observations into the galaxy and black holes. FAST, short for the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, is the world's largest-aperture radio telescope announced so far ... more Shoe's next? Flying footwear is becoming a trend 
London (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Eggs, custard pies and rotten tomatoes used to be the missile of choice for pelting a politician -- but it seems shoes are fast catching on as the new weapon of humiliation. After a battered sports shoe was hurled at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Britain last week, some politicians around the world must surely be thinking: am I next? A 27-year-old German national, Martin Jahnke, has been ... more Chinese boats avoid Korea sea border: official 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Chinese fishing boats are avoiding the waters near a volatile sea border between South and North Korea amid growing tensions on the Korean peninsula, military authorities said Tuesday. Their absence was noticed after North Korea late last month announced it was scrapping peace accords with the South, including a 1991 pact in which it recognised their Yellow Sea border as an interim frontier. ... more
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