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the second hyperpower |
 Shanghai, China (XNA) Jun 01, 2009 
China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, is expected to be launched in the second half of this year, an official of the Shanghai Academy of Space flight Technology (SAST) has said. The probe had passed test of the research phase, Zhang Weiqiang, deputy secretary of SAST Committee of the Communist Party of China, told the third Shanghai International Aerospace Technology and Equipment Exhibitio ... 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  
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2009Authorities in China are bracing for the 20th anniversary of the deadly June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, a pivotal moment that still haunts the nation. The way the government will likely mark the sensitive date on Thursday -- with deafening silence -- shows it is keenly aware of the emotional scars that remain after the army ended six weeks of peaceful rallies ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2009Former top Chinese Communist official Bao Tong was purged for supporting the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, but he says his frustrations with the system started decades before. "China's people have wasted 60 years," Bao, now one of the country's top political dissidents, told AFP recently -- before authorities moved him out of Beijing to wait out Thursday's 20th ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) May 31, 2009Taiwan's pro-independence opposition on Sunday renewed its pledge to hold a referendum aimed at stopping the Beijing-friendly administration from signing a comprehensive trade pact with China. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said it hopes to collect at least 80,000 signatures before the end of August in the first part of a two-step process required by law for the campaign, announced ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) May 31, 2009GM's overall future may look grim, but half a world away from Detroit in Shanghai, business has never been better. The US auto giant is beating sales records in China and may soon be exporting Chinese-made cars to the United States. "I don't think it makes much difference to us. Obviously we'd prefer to have this restructuring done outside the courts," Kevin Wale, GM China's president ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2009China has long been the main ally of North Korea, but as it assumes a greater role in international affairs, Beijing will find it more difficult to defend the isolated regime, analysts say. North Korea's nuclear test this week and its threat to attack US and South Korean ships has infuriated the international community, which leaves China with less room to stand by Pyongyang's side, they say ... 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 |
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