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the second hyperpower |
 Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2009 
A Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday that Kim Jong-Il's third son visited Beijing this month to tell the Chinese leadership that he had been anointed as the reclusive state's next leader. The Asahi Shimbun said that Kim Jong-Un arrived for the secret visit by air around June 10 and met Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese leaders, citing unnamed sources close to North Korean ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009The designers of controversial Internet filtering software that China has ordered shipped with all new computers said Monday they were trying to fix security glitches in the programme. "Yes we are trying to fix it. But this is normal. Any software has bugs," Bryan Zhang, head of Jinhui Computer System Engineering, told AFP. The code problems are the latest blow to the plan to include the ... more
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China slams US 'bullying' over new chip warnings
Oil prices jump on report of Israel prepping Iran strike China slams US 'bullying' over new chip export controls UN body clears China's Minmetals for deep-sea mining testing China says it backs Pakistan in defending 'sovereignty' After quitting WHO, US urges others to 'consider joining us': Kennedy Taiwan says 'willing' to talk to China as island boosts defences China slams 'separatist' Taiwan leader on one year in office: state media Stocks rebound as China cuts rates Chinese weapons get rare battle test in India-Pakistan fighting 
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Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to cement friendly ties with Russia during his state visit starting Wednesday, observers say, but the relationship is still marked by lingering rivalries. During the rule of Mao Zedong, China was under the thumb of the Soviet Union, but today the roles have been reversed -- a rising China is now the world's third largest economy, far ahead of Russia in ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009The city wall that has defended the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an for 1,400 years is being breached from the inside by tiny mites, state media reported on Monday. Experts involved in preservation work told Xinhua news agency they had discovered significant interior damage to the wall, considered one of the best preserved ancient city fortifications in the country. "The mites had lived ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2009Health research agencies from six nations -- including from the United States, China and India -- announced Monday they were joining forces to battle chronic diseases that increasingly affect developing nations. The agencies will focus on the world's most fatal non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases -- mainly heart disease and stroke -- cancer, especially lung cancer, chronic ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Hundreds of furniture makers and businessmen smashed police cars and blocked a highway in eastern China Monday, protesting the implementation of proposed tax measures, officials and state press said. The protesters gathered outside a furniture exhibition centre in Nankang city, Jiangxi province, to demonstrate against the measures when they began blocking traffic on a highway outside the ... more |
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Advanced 3D Satellite Component Layout Optimization Method Developed by Beijing ResearchersSydney, Australia (SPX) May 19, 2025 Researchers at the Defense Innovation Institute, part of the Chinese Academy of Military Science, have developed a novel method for optimizing the three-dimensional layout of satellite components, a ... more 
Ramon.Space Secures Eutelsat OneWeb Contract for Advanced Digital ChannelizersLondon, UK (SPX) May 15, 2025 Ramon.Space has secured a contract from Eutelsat to provide onboard digital communication channelizers for the expansion of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. This significant ... more 
HEO and BAE Systems Forge Partnership for Advanced Space Data AnalysisSydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2025 HEO and BAE Systems have announced a collaboration aimed at delivering a comprehensive geospatial exploitation solution that integrates HEO's resolved Non-Earth Imagery (NEI) with BAE Systems' lates ... more
  
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fallBoston MA (SPX) May 14, 2025 The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country's median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And the number of adults older than 65 is ex ... more 
Teaching Robots Theory of Mind to Boost CollaborationLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 Researchers from Duke University and Columbia University have developed a novel approach to robotic collaboration by integrating Theory of Mind-a uniquely human cognitive trait-into robotic systems. ... more 
US states oppose AI regulation ban in Trump tax billSan Francisco (AFP) May 17, 2025 A mix of Democratic and Republican state attorneys on Friday called on Congress to reject a moratorium on regulating artificial intelligence included in US President Donald Trump's tax bill. ... more
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Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Foreign direct investment in China dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year in May for the eighth straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry said Monday. China attracted a total of 6.38 billion dollars of foreign investment last month, the ministry's spokesman Yao Jian told reporters. The decline compared with a fall of 22.5 percent in April from the same month in 2008, according to ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009China on Monday defended moves to restrict exports of some raw materials, saying it was acting to protect the environment, as it reacted to a report the US and European Union will launch a WTO action. Officials from Brussels and Washington are preparing to take Beijing to the World Trade Organization with the aim of formally seeking consultation on June 22, the first step in opening a case ... more  
Nanjing, China (XNA) Jun 15, 2009China will see the longest total solar eclipse in 500 years on July 22, a scientist said Saturday. The prime time of the total eclipse was expected to begin from 9 a.m. to 9:38 a.m. (Beijing Time), said Wang Sichao, a research fellow with the Nanjing-based Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "The total eclipse will last up to six minutes, or the longest one ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 13, 2009A Chinese submarine collided with an underwater sonar array towed by the destroyer USS John S. McCain off the coast of the Philippines, CNN television said, quoting a US official who said it was an "inadvertent encounter." The array, used to locate underwater sounds, was damaged in the incident, but the military official said the sub and ship did not collide. The US Navy did not consider ... more |
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