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Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 China has traded many manufactured goods for oil from several African nations. Angola has become China's second-largest source of crude oil, followed by Nigeria in third place. In addition, shipments of African copper, zinc and uranium are constantly heading to China. Chinese activities are found in all quarters of the continent. In North Africa, signs of China's crude-oil survey teams ... more China's defence budget to rise 14.9 percent in 2009: govt 
Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2009China announced its latest double-digit rise in defence spending Wednesday but sought to soothe concerns in Asia and the United States by insisting its expanding military posed no threat. The defence budget will grow 14.9 percent for 2009, a parliament official said, maintaining a string of double-figure annual increases, despite a punishing slowdown in the Chinese economy as worldwide deman ... more Japan firm suspected of illicit China exports: police 
Tokyo (AFP) March 4, 2009Japanese police said Wednesday they had arrested employees of a machinery maker on suspicion of illegally exporting to China and South Korea tools that could be used to produce nuclear weapons. One former and three current employees of Horkos Corp., based in the western province of Hiroshima, were arrested for alleged violation of the foreign trade law, a Hiroshima police spokesman said. ... more Farmers protest over Three Gorges Dam relocation: residents 
Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2009Farmers relocated to make way for the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric power project, clashed with police in a protest over alleged corruption, locals said Wednesday. Between 1,000 and 2,000 people protested in Jiangnan township in central China's Chongqing municipality on Monday and Tuesday, leading to clashes with police, they said. "The reason for the protest was be ... more Chinese dairy maker buys scandal-hit milk firm: industry association 
Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2009A leading Chinese dairy brand has bought part of the assets of Sanlu Group, the firm at the centre of a huge contaminated milk scandal that rocked the nation, an industry association said Wednesday. Beijing's Sanyuan Group and one of its subsidiaries paid 616.5 million yuan (90 million dollars) for some of Sanlu's assets at a court auction, the Dairy Association of China said in a statement. ... more |
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Shanghai, China (SPX) Mar 05, 2009The Offshore Wind China 2009 Conference and Exhibition (Offshore 2009 Wind China) will be staged at Shanghai International Convention Center. As China's first offshore wind event, Offshore 2009 Wind China aims to discuss and present related laws and regulations, policies, market, technologies and products based on the prospect and reality of offshore wind development both at home and abroa ... more Long March 5 Will Have World's Second Largest Carrying Capacity 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2009A Chinese space expert said here on Tuesday that China's Long March 5 large-thrust carrier rocket, currently under development and scheduled to be put into service in 2014, uses less fuel for the same load than any other rocket in the world except Boeing's Delta 4 Heavy. The jumbo rocket's "carrying capacity factor" - a key parameter reflecting rocket's performance - was "the world's secon ... more 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 |
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Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2009Chinese courts are now ready to accept lawsuits by families of children sickened in last year's tainted milk scandal, state media said Tuesday, quoting a top official. The report in the newspaper China Daily follows months of delays in which lawyers for plaintiffs told AFP they were warned not to sue over the scandal, which embarrassed China by exposing chronic holes in food-safety mechanism ... more China official denies Tibetan riots: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2009A Chinese official Tuesday denied there had been riots in a Tibetan-populated region of southwest China, state media said, following reports that monks had staged protests there. "There were no such riots as some foreign media have reported," Xinhua news agency quoted Wu Zegang, head of Sichuan province's Aba prefecture, as saying in Beijing. According to Tibet activist groups and reside ... more Taiwan's TMSC and Intel team up on Atom processor 
New York (AFP) March 2, 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and US computer chip maker Intel Corp. announced on Monday that they have forged an alliance that will allow TMSC to use Intel's tiny Atom microprocessors. Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer, and TMSC described the agreement in a joint statement as "an important step in a long-term strategic technology cooperation between Intel and TSMC." ... more Mongolia passes 980-mln-dollar stimulus package: report 
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
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