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Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009The United States, China and negotiating partners are willing to discuss a range of responses, even UN action, if North Korea test fires a missile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. After her talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Clinton said China as well as South Korea, Japan and Russia are committed to dismantling North Korea's nuclear program and to opposing ... more US, China try to defuse tension, focus on economy 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009US President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the White House as both powers tried to defuse military tensions and focus on stabilizing the global economy. Obama is to take the symbolic step of meeting the foreign minister - which is not standard protocol but has been used sparingly by previous presidents - on Thursday after his talks with Secretary ... more US-China naval standoff worst since 2001: Official 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009A tense US-China naval standoff in the South China Sea was the most serious military incident involving the two powers since Beijing held a downed US spy plane and crew in April 2001, a top official said Tuesday. US intelligence director Dennis Blair said China was sending mixed messages by taking a "more aggressive" military stance in Southeast Asia while also deploying ships for anti-pirac ... more China Afloat In The Indian Ocean Part Two 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 China's Sea Lion radar can search for more than 100 targets at once and track 50 of them at the same time. Its search range for combat aircraft appears to be around 500 to 550 kilometers (300 to 330 miles). The design requirements for both Russian and Japanese phased array radar systems are such that even if 10 percent of the elements are lost, the radar system can continue to function ... more 'Peking Man' 200,000 years older than thought: study 
Paris (AFP) March 11, 2009Barrel-chested "Peking Man," the collective name given to the treasure trove of homo erectus fossils found near the Chinese capital in the 1920s, is some 200,000 years older than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday. Using a new dating technique, Chinese and US researchers led by Guanjun Shen of Nanjing Normal University determined that the tool-making "erect man" live ... more |
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Chengdu, China (AFP) March 11, 2009One by one, 13 sick and traumatised Asian black bears squeezed into tiny cages are pulled from a truck, a lifetime of agonising torture now over. The bears, brought to a rescue centre in southwestern China, suffer festering wounds and associated illnesses from having their gall bladders tapped for bile that is used in some Chinese medicines. Yet these animals are the lucky ones. ... more China Hits Back Says Tibet A Paradise 
Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2009China reacted angrily Wednesday to a storm of international criticism over its rule of Tibet, telling the United States to stop interfering and calling the Dalai Lama a whingeing child. As security forces kept a tight grip across the Himalayan region to ensure no anti-Chinese protests, China described Tibet as a paradise in response to the Dalai Lama's claim that his homeland had been made ... more Building collapse kills 11 China rail workers: state media 
Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2009Eleven people were killed and 20 were injured in eastern China on Wednesday after a blast led to the collapse of a former factory that was housing railway workers, state media reported Preliminary investigations revealed the collapse was triggered when leftover aluminium powder in the building in Danyang city, Jiangsu province ignited and exploded just after midnight Wednesday, Xinhua news ... more US House offers strong backing to Tibet 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009The US Congress on Wednesday nearly unanimously urged China to end "repression" in Tibet, ignoring Beijing's warnings just as its foreign minister prepared to meet President Barack Obama. The House of Representatives voted an overwhelming 422 to 1 to approve the resolution, which marks 50 years since a failed uprising in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama into exile. Nine House members did not ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2009China's trade surplus and exports fell off sharply in February, the government said Wednesday, as the world's third-largest economy took a harder than expected hit from the global downturn. The figures took markets in the region by surprise, and analysts said the gloomy data would deepen concern about how China weathers the crisis despite a massive stimulus package aimed at bolstering the ... more Why So Many Spaceports 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Just last week it was reported that China would soon start construction of a new space launch center in the southernmost Hainan Province. Apparently, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new spaceport in late 2008. According to the report this new site will boast high capacity and low costs. One might think this new launch site is badly needed due to high launch ... more China To Launch 15 To 16 Satellites In 2009 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009China plans to launch 15 to 16 satellites this year, Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project, said here Monday. "Though the global financial crisis is taking toll on world economy, it has no impact on China's space programs," Zhang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, told media. China is at present "batch-producin ... more Macao Donates 14 Million Yuan To Mainland Space Program 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009Macao people donated 14.46 million yuan (2.1 million U.S. dollars) to the China Space Foundation (CSF) at a ceremony in Beijing. The donation came from 49 Macao businessmen and the non-governmental Macao Foundation, said a statement from the CSF after the ceremony. Of the fund, 2.5 million yuan would go to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and 1.5 million to Xichang Satellite Launch Ce ... more
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