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Shenzhen To Build 4 To 5 Satellites Every Year
Beijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2009The aerospace industry is expected to one day become the new growth engine of Shenzhen's economy with the establishment of a satellite manufacturing company on Sunday. Upon completion, Shenzhen Aerospace Spacesat Co. Ltd. is expected to develop six to eight types of satellites and produce four to five satellites every year. The satellites will be used for global navigation, telecommunicati ... more Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas 
Austin TX (SPX) Mar 04, 2009Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two percent of current annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, a new study shows. Mudslides wipe away plants and topsoil, depleting terrain of nutrients ... more Tensions as China's annual parliament season begins 
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2009China's annual parliamentary season was to open in Beijing Tuesday under tight security with lawmakers focused on easing social pressures amid the global economic crisis and tensions over Tibet. China's ruling Communist Party has made it clear that it wants to use this year's gatherings to showcase its ability to fend off the worst impacts of the downturn, which has already thrown millions ... more Sudan inaugurates massive Nile dam 
Merowe, Sudan (AFP) March 3, 2009Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir inaugurated a massive hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has displaced tens of thousands of people and is the largest to be built on the Nile in 40 years. The more than two-billion-dollar (1.590-billion-euro) Chinese-engineered Merowe Dam will eventually double Sudan's power capacity to about 1,250 megawatts. Two of its 10 turbines, which were built by Fr ... more Praise and criticism for Chinese collector 
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2009An antiques collector who apparently sabotaged a Paris auction of two Chinese relics earned praise in China Tuesday as a patriot but also criticism for sullying the nation's reputation. In the state-controlled media and on the more liberal Internet, debate raged over 44-year-old Cai Mingchao's decision to bid for the bronze animal heads, only to declare that he would not pay for them. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2009The Mongolian parliament on Tuesday approved a 1.5-trillion-tugrik (980-million-dollar) stimulus package to help the landlocked nation through the global crisis, Chinese state media reported. The money will be spent on stabilising the financial sector, creating jobs and promoting agriculture, the Xinhua news agency reported from Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, quoting Prime Minister Sanjaagii ... more China To Land Probe On Moon At Latest In 2013 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2009China plans to land Chang'e-3 on the moon at latest in 2013, Ye Peijian, chief designer of Chang'e-1, the country's first moon probe, said here Monday. The mission of Chang'e-3 is to make soft landing and probe the moon, said Ye, a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body. Before the ... more New Space Launch Center To Be Built In China's Southernmost Hainan 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2009China will start the construction of a new space launch center in the southernmost Hainan Province in the near future, according to military sources. The State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the new space launch center at the end of 2008. It features high carriage efficiency, high launch capacity, and low launch costs, said the sources. The new space launch cent ... more China's New Geo-Stationary Weather Satellite Finishes Testing 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2009China's new geo-stationary meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2E, finished in-orbit testing at the end of February, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said Monday. "Fengyun-2E demonstrated stable operation and successfully performed all its functions, including image capture and broadcast, data collection and space environment monitoring," said CMA official Zhao Licheng. ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) March 2, 2009Chinalco's proposed 19.5 billion US dollar investment in Rio Tinto could help Australia fend off the global financial crisis, the Chinese firm's president said Monday. Visiting Australia to sell the deal, Chinalco president Xiong Weiping also sought to ease concerns about a state-owned Chinese entity taking such a huge stake in the country's resources assets. If approved, the deal will b ... more India lifts Chinese toy ban, demands safety guarantees 
New Delhi (AFP) March 2, 2009India's government lifted a ban Monday on imports of Chinese toys that had stoked trade tensions between the world's two biggest emerging economies. But it imposed strict demands for product safety guarantees. India announced the six-month ban in January, prompting Beijing to warn that "bilateral trade relations could be seriously impacted". The Indian trade ministry, which had made ... more China Faces Severe Year For Foreign Trade As Manufacturing Crashes 
Shanghai (AFP) March 2, 2009China's deputy commerce minister has warned the country's exporters face a severe situation in the year ahead as the global financial crisis deepens, state media reported Monday. Zhong Shan, deputy commerce minister, said protectionist policies in other countries could further hurt sales of Chinese exports, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "The financial crisis has not bottomed ... more China's Lunar Probe Chang'e-1 Impacts Moon 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 02, 2009Chang'e-1, China's first lunar probe, impacted the moon at 4:13 p.m. Beijing Time (0813 GMT) Sunday, said sources with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The satellite ended its 16-month mission Sunday when it hit the lunar surface at 1.50 degrees south latitude and 52.36 degrees east longitude. Chang'e-1 began to reduce its speed at 3 ... more
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