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China Angered By US Interference In Tibet
Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2009China expressed anger Thursday over a resolution passed by the US Congress that condemned Beijing's handling of the Tibet issue, saying that its policy in the region was supported by Tibetans. In a statement issued late Thursday, the National Peoples' Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee called the US resolution "a gross interference in China's domestic affairs," state news agency Xinhua ... more Chinese plastic bag hero takes campaign to parliament 
Yongjia, China (AFP) March 12, 2009It takes something unique for a former peasant from a rural family in China to become a member of the Communist Party's parliament. For Chen Fei his path began with a plastic bag. His crusade to ban plastic bags began in 2000 when he was shocked by seeing trees in his lush countryside hometown in eastern China's Zhejiang province covered with dozens of plastic sacks that had been blown up by ... more Chinese rights leader's family defects to US: activists 
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2009The family of missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been tipped for a Nobel Peace Prize, has defected to the United States, rights activists said Thursday. New York-based Human Rights in China and Radio Free Asia said Gao's wife and children arrived in the United States on Wednesday and were seeking asylum. "It was extraordinarily difficult to get us out of China. The frien ... more Fowl Soil Additive Breaks Down Crude Oil 
Wuhan, China (SPX) Mar 13, 2009It is an unlikely application, but researchers in China have discovered that chicken manure can be used to biodegrade crude oil in contaminated soil. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution the team explains how bacteria in chicken manure break down 50% more crude oil than soil lacking the guano. Bello Yakubu, Huiwen Ma, and ChuYu Zhang of Wuhan University, China, ... more Iraq, China open major oil field 
Kut, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2009Chinese engineers have inaugurated an Iraqi oil field, the first major oil development deal secured by a foreign firm since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein, officials said on Thursday. The project, which follows the signing of a three-billon-dollar contract late last year, revives a deal signed in 1997 that granted China exploration rights to Al-Ahdab oil field in central Iraq. "This pro ... more |
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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 Scholarships Established For Aerospace Research 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2009China Aerospace Science and Industry (CASIC) announced on Sunday the establishment of a scholarship worth 5 million yuan (about 714,280 U.S. dollars) for aerospace research in five prestigious domestic universities. The five universities are Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University. ... more China Able To Send Man To Moon Around 2020 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2009A Chinese astronautics professor said Tuesday the country is capable of sending astronauts to moon around 2020. "The key technology problem is the 'returning'", said Xu Shijie, a professor from the Beijing University of Aeronautics, explaining that the country's three-stage moon mission could be defined as "orbiting", "landing" and "returning". The third stage will last from 2017 to ... more |
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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 Japan warships to go on Somalia anti-piracy mission 
Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2009Japan is expected to deploy two warships Saturday to pirate-infested waters off Somalia as the government tries to push through legislation to allow its forces more scope for armed response. Two destroyers will set sail for the world's most dangerous waters near the Gulf of Aden where US, European and Chinese vessels have already been sent to fend off pirates who attacked more than 100 ships ... more Dalai Lama says Chinese-ruled Tibet 'hell on earth' 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 10, 2009Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama accused China of having brought "hell on earth" to his homeland in a speech Tuesday on the sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising. As Chinese authorities deployed a massive security force across the Tibetan plateau to prevent protests, he demanded "meaningful autonomy" for the region in a speech at his exile base in northern India. ... more
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