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 Shanghai, China (UPI) May 29, 2009 
China's first Mars probe has completed testing and is on target for launch, the Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology said Friday. The Yinghuo-1 is to be launched later this year by a Russian carrier rocket and will go into orbit around Mars in 2010 after a 10-month, 236-million mile journey, Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, reported Friday.
Yinghuo -- Chinese for "li ... read more 
Singapore (AFP) May 30, 2009The United States warned Saturday it would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea while China called for calm amid signs that Pyongyang was preparing to stage a new long-range missile exercise. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a high-level security forum in Singapore that North Korea's defiant acts, including an atomic bomb test earlier this week, could spark an arms race with serious ... more
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Seoul (AFP) May 29, 2009North Korea fired another short-range missile on Friday and threatened fresh steps to defend itself if world powers impose sanctions for its nuclear test, as tensions persisted on the Korean peninsula. With US and South Korean troops on high alert at the border, Chinese fishing boats were reported to be leaving the area in the Yellow Sea that was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999 and ... more  
Singapore (AFP) May 30, 2009China on Saturday defended its military buildup and called for calm over North Korea as the global community looked to Beijing for a breakthrough in efforts to stop Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, told a top-level security forum here that China will "consistently" adhere to a "military strategy ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2009A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world, British paleontologists announced Thursday, in a report being published this week in the journal Science. The researchers were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the massive eruption thanks to a layer of fossilized rock which showed mass extinction of ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2009Relatives of people killed when China crushed the Tiananmen protests called Thursday for help in finding out what happened to victims unaccounted for, days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown. The "Tiananmen Mothers," a group of 128 relatives, also asked for an investigation into the military's actions on June 3-4, 1989, when tanks rolled towards Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China is ready to strengthen its cooperation with the United States to combat climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao told US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, state media reported. "China will cement policy dialogue with the United States, take the joint tackling of climate change as an important aspect of cooperation and push for positive results in the Copenhagen Climate Change ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China plans to expand its urban rail system nearly fourfold in as it aims to ease traffic congestion and boost economic growth, state media said Wednesday. By 2015, 19 cities will have new rail systems totalling about 2,100 kilometres (1,300 miles), the China Daily said, citing Dou Hao, deputy general manager of China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC). The ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2009Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said global energy demand would leap 44 percent between 2006 and 2030, fueled by a 73-percent rise in demand from non-developed countries. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China will send buying missions to Taiwan with orders worth billions of dollars to boost the island's struggling economy, the mainland government said Wednesday, in a fresh sign of warming bilateral ties. Seven to nine Chinese business delegations are expected to visit Taiwan in the period until September, according to Yang Yi, spokesman of the Cabinet-level Taiwan Affairs Office. ... more |
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