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Analysis: China reveals new smart weapons
Hong Kong (UPI) May 15, 2009 At the most recent Zhuhai Air Show, China put on open display its FT-5 Global Positioning System-guided bomb. The FT-1 and FT-3 500/250-kilogram-class, or 1,100/550-pound-class, GPS-guided bombs were on display at the previous show in 2006. China also showed off its 500-kilogram-class FT-2 with gliding fins added. The FT-2 has an effective range of 15 to 90 kilometers, a circular error probabi ... more ATK Executes Successful AARGM Firing 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 18, 2009Alliant Techsystems, the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force successfully fired an AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on April 13, 2009. The firing marks the fifth consecutive successful AARGM live fire in the program's System Development and Demonstration (SD and D) phase and continues AARGM's progression toward Independent Oper ... more China reports third confirmed swine flu case: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 16, 2009A third confirmed swine flu case on the Chinese mainland was reported in Beijing late Saturday, state media quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. The official Xinhua news agency said the newly confirmed case of A(H1N1), as the disease is officially known, involved an 18-year-old woman who had been previously reported as a suspected case by the Emergency Management Office of Beijing Munici ... more Japan orders aircraft to join anti-piracy mission 
Tokyo (AFP) May 15, 2009Japan will dispatch two patrol aircraft and about 150 military personnel in coming weeks to beef up its anti-piracy mission off Somalia, the defence minister said Friday. Tokyo in March sent two destroyers with a total of 400 crew to join the United States, China and other countries in the operation against pirates who have attacked ships in the Gulf of Aden near the Suez Canal. "I gave ... more Four dead in China viaduct collapse: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2009At least four people were killed Sunday when a viaduct collapsed in central China, crushing several vehicles including a bus, state media reported citing local officials. The official Xinhua news agency said the death toll was likely to rise as firefighters and armed police searched through the rubble in the city of Zhuzhou in Hunan province for more vehicles and possible victims. Rescue ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2009China may pledge to improve its energy efficiency by a wide margin in the post-Kyoto years rather than commit to direct cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, state media said Friday. This will be the energy-guzzling Asian giant's main contribution to world efforts to curb greenhouse gases from 2013 to 2020 under a new pact currently being negotiated to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the China Daily ... more China electricity use down in April: report 
Shanghai (AFP) May 17, 2009China's electricity consumption fell 3.6 percent year on year in April, a larger drop than in March, the latest sign an economic recovery has yet to take hold, state media reported Sunday. The industrial sector consumes about 70 percent of the power in China, according to the report by the official Xinhua news agency, and the decline is inconsistent with data indicating industrial activity ... more Brazil's Lula heads to Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey 
Brasilia (AFP) May 15, 2009Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves this weekend on a trip to Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey designed to boost bilateral trade, and his country's international profile. The middle leg in China is considered the most important part of the trip, given rapidly expanding exchanges between Brazil and the great Asian nation and Beijing's interest in Brazil's vast natural resources ... more World needs fair and just financial system: China's Wu 
Vienna (AFP) May 16, 2009China's parliamentary head Wu Bangguo held talks with Austria's Economy Minister Josef Proell on Saturday, after having called for a fairer and more just world financial system. Wu, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist Party, is in Austria for a four-day visit to strengthen bilateral ties. He met Austrian President Heinz Fischer and parliamentary president Barbara Pra ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009China hunted for train passengers Thursday who travelled with a man confirmed as the mainland's second swine flu patient, as state media urged citizens to be more responsible to help prevent an epidemic. The health ministry confirmed Wednesday that a 19-year-old student recently arrived from Canada had been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus in east China's Shandong province, where he had trav ... more Taiwan ruling party chief to meet Chinese president: KMT 
Taipei (AFP) May 14, 2009Taiwan's ruling party said Thursday its chief would fly to Beijing to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao later this month, in yet another sign of warming ties between the two former bitter rivals. Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Wu Po-hsiung is scheduled to depart for Beijing on May 25 "at the invitation of Hu," party spokesman Lee Chien-rung said in a statement. It said Wu would stay in Beijing ... more US senators urge release of Chinese rights lawyer 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2009Four US senators on Thursday urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to free prominent human rights lawyer and rights advocate Gao Zhisheng on the eve of the 100th day since he was taken by security forces. "Mr Gao's disappearance appears to be in violation of both Chinese and international law," wrote Democratic Senators Byron Dorgan, Christopher Dodd and Russell Feingold as well as Republican Se ... more US lawmakers push closer ties with China 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2009Members of the US House of Representatives unveiled a sweeping agenda Thursday to foster closer relations with China on matters like trade, climate change, energy and to boost US teaching of Chinese. Lawmakers from the US-China Working Group introduced four bills aimed at helping US firms operate in China, boost bilateral energy cooperation, add US diplomatic missions in China, and bolster ... more
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