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China Sells Comsats To Nigeria, Venezuela and Pakistan
Hong Kong (UPI) April 9, 2009 China has sold three communications satellites to Nigeria, Venezuela and Pakistan that have military capabilities, a service life of 15 years and are equipped with C-band frequency and 18 channels of Ku-band frequency transmitters. The performance characteristics of all three of these satellites were basically the same, and all of them were to be launched by CZ-3B carrier rockets. ... more Major Powers Agree To New NKorea Sanctions 
United Nations (AFP) April 12, 2009Six major powers have agreed a draft statement calling for new sanctions against North Korea over its long-range rocket launch that is expected to be adopted by the full UN Security Council Monday, diplomats said. The non-binding statement was agreed Saturday in closed-door talks among the five permanent members of the council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus ... more Chinese, Russian hackers probing US power grid: report 
Washington (AFP) April 8, 2009Chinese and Russian hackers are attempting to seed viruses in the US power grid that could one day plunge major cities into chaos, a report warned Wednesday. The report in the Wall Street Journal quotes intelligence officials saying that cyber-spies last year repeatedly gained access to the system powering everything from financial institutions to sewage systems. "The Chinese have attemp ... more World powers must accept a nuclear Iran: Larijani 
Tehran (AFP) April 12, 2009Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday world powers must accept the Islamic republic as a nuclear power as top officials vowed no let-up in Tehran's sensitive uranium enrichment drive. Larijani's comments came after the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany offered to hold direct talks with ... more Thai protesters shut down China-Japan-SKorea meet: officials 
Pattaya, Thailand (AFP) April 11, 2009The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea cancelled a meeting at an Asian summit here Saturday after Thai anti-government protesters blockaded their hotel, officials said. Hundreds of demonstrators calling for the resignation of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva prevented the Japanese minister's car from entering the venue in the beach resort of Pattaya, AFP reporters said. ... more |
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Changchun, China, April 9, 2009 Chinese scientists say they have developed a new type of light-emitting diode made from inexpensive, plastic-like organic materials. The researchers said their new LEDs can produce twice as much light as a normal LEDs - including the type of white light desired for home and office lighting. "This work is important because it is the realization of rather high-efficiency white emi ... more China says exports fell in March for fifth straight month 
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2009China's vital exports fell 17.1 percent in March, their fifth straight monthly decline, the government said on Friday, but the drop was not as sharp as the previous month. The customs bureau data could provide hope that the impact of the world financial crisis on China's key export sector may be easing, but it was still too early to make a firm assessment, analysts said. "It certainly sh ... more GM aims to double China sales 
Beijing (AFP) April 9, 2009Embattled US auto maker General Motors said Thursday that it was aiming to double its sales in China over the next five years and had "abundant cash" to finance production expansion to that end. "We are very confident that we can double our sales in five years, as we have got very good plans to introduce new products and (expand) production capacity," Sophia Luan, GM China's Shanghai-based ... more China says NKorea has right to peaceful use of space 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009China said Tuesday that North Korea had the right to peaceful use of space, as it refused to condemn its ally's weekend rocket launch. In its clearest comments yet since the blast off, China's foreign ministry said the United Nations should not overreact and that the most pressing concern was to restart stalled nuclear disarmament talks. "We hope relevant parties can maintain restraint ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009A week after some saw the advent of a new world order at the G20 in London, the idea of a "G2" that would put the United States and China at the head of international affairs is gathering momentum. But analysts say the concept of "Chimerica," meant to reflect a new geostrategic situation created by China's unprecedented rise in power, is neither realistic nor likely to appeal to Beijing. ... more Obama Guantanamo policy may get Supreme Court test 
Washington (AFP) April 7, 2009For the first time since taking office, President Barack Obama will see his Guantanamo policy tested before the US Supreme Court after 14 Chinese Uighurs detained without charge lodged a petition for their release. The nine justices will decide this summer whether to hear the case that was filed Monday by the men asking the country's high court to lift a bar imposed on their release by a fed ... more NKorea-China border trade resumes 
Dandong, China (AFP) April 7, 2009Border trade between China and North Korea resumed Tuesday, indicating business as usual between the two countries as others sought to punish Kim Jong-Il's regime for its weekend rocket launch. Nearly 50 Chinese trucks lined up at the Dandong customs station to transport goods into North Korea, two days after the impoverished nation defied Western warnings and launched what it said was a sat ... more World Bank sees shrinking China exports in 2009 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2009China's exports are likely to shrink in 2009 due to the effects of the global crisis, but the economy as a whole will probably pick up in the second half of the year, the World Bank said Tuesday. The World Bank said in a regional report that the Chinese government was in a good position to increase fiscal spending and loosen monetary policies to make up for the contraction of key markets abr ... more
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