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Security tight in Tibetan capital on riot anniversary
Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2009Lhasa was under tight security Saturday, residents said, on a muted first anniversary of anti-Chinese unrest in the Tibetan capital which Beijing says led to the deaths of 21 people by rioters. "There are armed police officers patrolling the streets, 24 hours out of every 24, every day," said an employee of a city centre hotel, speaking by telephone. "We must carry our identity papers ... more Taiwan urges China to abolish invasion law 
Taipei (AFP) March 14, 2009Taiwan on Saturday called on China to abolish a controversial law justifying an invasion of the island if it declares independence as ties between the formerly bitter rivals steadily improve. "The anti-secession law is unacceptable to Taiwanese people and it does not fit the spirit of promoting peaceful development in cross-strait relations," said the Mainland Affairs Council, the island's ... more Iran, China firms sign 3 bln dollar LNG deal: report 
Tehran (AFP) March 14, 2009Iran's state-owned gas company and a Chinese consortium Saturday signed a multi-billion dollar deal to produce liquefied natural gas in the Islamic republic's South Pars field, a report said. The deal, worth 3.39 billion dollars, was signed by Iran LNG company with the Chinese consortium for an annual production of 10.5 million tonnes of LNG, the state media reported. It did not re ... more China can have confidence in US economy: Obama 
Washington (AFP) March 14, 2009US President Barack Obama said Saturday that China could have "absolute confidence" in the US economy, after Premier Wen Jiabao expressed concern about Chinese investments in the United States. "Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the soundness of investments in the United States," Obama said after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ... more Broadband Wireless Research Gets Green Light 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2009Australia's biggest collaboration with China on wireless communications research will focus on making the next generation of wireless networks more environmentally friendly. At the launch of the Australia-China Research Centre for Wireless Communications, the Centre's Director, CSIRO's Dr Jay Guo, said the need to develop 'green' wireless base stations is becoming more pressing as wireless ... more |
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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 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 |
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Xining, China (AFP) March 12, 2009Along remote mountain roads of western China hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the nearest big city, police stand in the snow waiting to stop foreign reporters from going any further. Past the checkpoints are no-go zones for the journalists who are trying to verify the government's portrayal of Tibetans as happy and content under Chinese rule. "This is not an open area," a policeman to ... more 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 Japan orders warships to Somalia anti-piracy mission 
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2009Japan on Friday ordered two warships to join an anti-piracy mission off Somalia in which its armed forces could face combat abroad for the first time since World War II. The United States, European countries and Japan's regional rival China have already deployed naval vessels to fend off pirates behind more than 100 attacks on ships last year in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. ... more
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