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the second hyperpower |
 Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009 
Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for a crackdown on graft and extravagance in the military, kicking off a campaign to bring discipline to the world's largest army, state press said Monday. In a recent circular he ordered the end to "prominent problems" in the military and reiterated the need to maintain a clean and honest defence force, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported. ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009China said Monday it hoped the new US ambassador would help develop a "new era" of relations between the two nations, two days after President Barack Obama unveiled his pick to the critical post. Obama revealed Saturday he had chosen Jon Huntsman, the current governor of Utah, a rising Republican star and a fluent Mandarin speaker, to take up the posting in Beijing -- one of the most importa ... more
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How the US-China chip conflict is evolving under Trump
US tariff tensions test Southeast Asian leaders at regional summit Rare earth production outside China 'major milestone' Asian stocks bounce back after Treasury-led sell-off Senior US, China diplomats hold phone call Syria and Chinese company sign memorandum on investment At least four killed and 17 trapped in China landslides: state media Xiaomi launches new advanced in-house mobile chip Dutch FM says supports "as free as possible" international trade At least two killed as landslides trap 19 in southwest China: state media 
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Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009Workers at China's biggest Internet search engine postponed a two-week-long strike Monday, despite failing to reach an agreement over compensation issues, a US-based financial newspaper said. Representatives of several hundred employees of Baidu Inc ended meetings here Monday at company headquarters, giving Baidu several days to come up with a "fair response" to their grievances, the Wall St ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009China reported Monday a suspect case of swine flu in its southern Guangdong province involving a man who recently returned to the mainland from Canada and the United States. The man, aged 59, was diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus, as it is officially known, following a preliminary test in the provincial capital of Guangzhou, the health ministry said in a statement on its website. China ... more  
Taipei (AFP) May 18, 2009The leader of Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Monday vowed to launch a referendum in a bid to stop the signing of a major trade pact with rival China. "The DPP will get the endorsement of one million people in order to push for a referendum against the ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement)," DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen told a crowd in front of the pr ... more  
Taipei (AFP) May 18, 2009Taiwan's China Steel said Monday authorities in Vietnam approved its application to set up a joint venture there with Japan's Sumitomo Metal Industries. In a statement, China Steel said it received approval from the Vietnam government on May 12 to establish the joint venture, to be capitalised at 1.15 billion US dollars with Sumitomo Metal Industries and Taiwanese partners. China Steel ... more |
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Rice engineers develop resonant energy system for more efficient solar desalinationLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 Rice University researchers have introduced a novel desalination technology designed to enhance the efficiency and adaptability of solar-powered water purification. The new system, described in a st ... more  
Solestial Secures $17M Series A to Accelerate Space Solar ManufacturingLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 Solestial has closed a $17 million Series A funding round led by AE Ventures, with participation from Crosscut Ventures, Zeon Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's ME Innovation Fund, mana ... more 
Agrivoltaic systems gain public favor over conventional solar parksBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2025 Photovoltaic systems are becoming more common in open landscapes, but public approval often lags. A recent study by the University of Bonn reveals that agrivoltaics-solar panels installed on farmlan ... more
  
SwRI sets new benchmark in high temperature pressure testing for sCO2 turbinesLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 21, 2025 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established a new high mark in materials testing by reaching 1,150 degrees Celsius at 300 bar pressure during supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine deve ... more 
Battery giant CATL ends up more than 16% on Hong Kong debutHong Kong (AFP) May 20, 2025 Chinese battery giant CATL ended its first day on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange more than 16 percent higher Tuesday, having raised US$4.6 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering this year. ... more 
Dongguk University Researchers Develop Scalable Zinc-Ion Battery Technology for Industrial UseTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 13, 2025 A research team from Dongguk University, led by Associate Professor Geon-Hyoung An from the Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, has introduced a promising alternative to traditional lith ... more |
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Beijing on Monday with 240 business leaders for a visit aimed at boosting trade with China and promoting what he called a "new economic order." He was due to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and other leaders during the three-day visit, and promote oil contracts, sales of Embraer aircraft, meat exports and biofuel technology for cars ... more  
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  
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 |
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challengesWashington (AFP) May 21, 2025 US President Donald Trump's plan for a nationwide missile defense system - dubbed "Golden Dome" - faces significant technical and political challenges, and it could cost far more than he has estimated to achieve its goals. ... more 
Israel military says intercepted missile fired from YemenJerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2025 Israel's military said Thursday it had downed a missile fired from Yemen, from where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza. ... more 
Canada discussing joining US 'Golden Dome' as Putin signals no issuesOttawa (AFP) May 21, 2025 Canada has been holding "high level" talks with its southern neighbor about joining US President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. ... more
  
Iran says open to regional nuclear fuel consortiumTehran (AFP) May 19, 2025 Iran on Monday said it was open to establishing a regional nuclear fuel consortium, reiterating that it would not stop enriching uranium. ... more 
Tennessee Valley Authority applies to build first US BWRX-300 reactorLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 21, 2025 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has formally submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in O ... more 
Investment risk for energy infrastructure construction is highest for nuclear power plants, lowest for solarBoston MA (SPX) May 20, 2025 Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every single one of these projects ... more
  
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia's east kills six, 14 missingJakarta (AFP) May 19, 2025 A flood and landslide near a gold mine in remote eastern Indonesia killed at least six people and rescuers were searching for more than a dozen missing, officials said on Monday. ... more 
Syria gives holdout armed groups deadline to join state forcesDamascus (AFP) May 17, 2025 Syria's defence minister on Saturday gave holdout armed groups a 10-day deadline to join the war-torn country's forces, in the latest push to unify ranks following Bashar al-Assad's ouster. ... more 
Reports of Indian navy forcing Rohingyas into sea 'unconscionable': UN expertGeneva (AFP) May 15, 2025 A UN expert said on Thursday he was investigating "credible reports" that Rohingya refugees were forced off an Indian navy vessel into the Andaman Sea, in what would be an "unconscionable" act. ... more |
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