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the second hyperpower |
 The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 17, 2009 
SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES has announced at CASBAA/CommunicAsia in Singapore that it has concluded a multi-year agreement with TAS to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese television channels to cable housholds in Taiwan. Teleport Access Services (TAS) is the leading cable programming distributor in Taiwan, with a total of 115 channels currently bein ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2009A 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 ... more
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China Eastern says to buy 101 Airbus A320neo planes in $15.8 bn deal
Labubu maker Pop Mart's shares fall 23% despite surging earnings Japan says Chinese embassy break-in 'regrettable' China shipping giant Cosco says resumes bookings to some Gulf countries Crude tumbles, stocks rally on hopes for Iran war de-escalation Exotic pet trade thrives in China despite welfare concerns Rights group warns of 'dystopian' Hong Kong after bookstore arrests CORRECTED: Crude tumbles, stocks rally on hopes for Iran war de-escalation US still deciding how to resume nuclear tests: official Iran, Israel trade strikes as push for talks intensifies 
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Scientists have made the surprising finding that typhoons trigger slow earthquakes, at least in eastern Taiwan. Slow earthquakes are non-violent fault slippage events that take hours or days instead of a few brutal seconds to minutes to release their potent energy. The researchers discuss their data in a study published the June 11, issue of Nature. "From 2002 to 2007 we monitored deformat ... 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  
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 |
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Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009China said on Monday it may undertake an anti-monopoly review on a joint iron ore project between mining giant Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton after Rio rejected a Chinese bid for a massive investment. Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto this month snubbed Chinalco's offer of a 19.5-billion-dollar cash injection in favour of a joint venture in Western Australia with bitter rival BHP Billiton. ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) June 15, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant's economic recovery had yet to find a solid footing and the government would adjust its stimulus package if necessary, state media reported Monday. Unemployment, slumping exports, excess capacity and shrinking fiscal revenues mean a recovery in the world's third-largest economy is fraught with uncertainties, the People's Daily cited Wen as ... more 
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 |
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Japan to deploy counter-strike missiles closer to China
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