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the second hyperpower |
 Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2009 
Forty years after the United States landed a man on the moon, China's fledgling space programme is racing to get to the lunar surface before an American return and ahead of its Asian rivals. The United States - the only country to have sent men to the moon - is hoping to touch down on the lunar surface again by 2020, almost a generation after it first completed six historic manned lunar tr ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2009China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, state media reported Thursday. Yang Liwei, who in 2003 became China's first astronaut and is now in charge of new recruits for the space programme, said the search for the first woman in space was under way, the China Daily said. "I believe Chinese women will soon be seen in space," said Yang during a webchat, the paper ... more
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Spain says China duties on pork exports 'acceptable'
CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong China to impose anti-dumping duties on EU pork for five years China to impose anti-dumping EU pork duties for five years Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weigh Trump says has asked Xi to release Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges Chinese man who documented alleged Uyghur camps risks removal from US Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr' China sanctions retired Japan general over Taiwan 'collusion' 
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Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2009A moderate earthquake Thursday in southwestern China led to the collapse of more than 10,000 homes, damaged more than 30,000 buildings and injured hundreds, state media and seismologists said. The epicentre of the quake was in Guantun, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, said official news agency Xinhua, citing the China Earthquake Networks Centre. ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jul 9, 2009 China's top leadership addressed the recent ethnic violence in the northwestern province of Xinjiang Wednesday, blaming overseas groups, promising "severe punishment" for instigators and calling stability the "most important and pressing task." The emergency meeting of China's nine-member Politburo Standing Committee was chaired by President Hu Jintao, who cut short his visit to Italy ... more 
Urumqi, China (AFP) July 9, 2009China's leaders vowed on Thursday to severely punish those responsible for bloodshed in the nation's far northwest that left at least 156 people dead and exposed deep ethnic tensions. The warning came as riot police and soldiers maintained a firm grip on Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region, where Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese faced off this week in China's worst ethnic conflict for ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) July 9, 2009China said Thursday it had evidence proving detained Rio Tinto staff stole state secrets, as the affair threatened to boil over into a diplomatic row with Australia summoning the Chinese ambassador. Stern Hu, the Australian head of the Anglo-Australian mining giant's Shanghai office, faces criminal charges for stealing state secrets on foreign countries' behalf, Chinese foreign ministry ... more |
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Life, Culture and AI: Why 'plagiarism' Is Our Default Operating SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 As AI models are accused of stealing the world's creativity, a deeper view emerges: life, culture - and now machines - all run on ceaseless pattern-copying, much like an extreme, accelerated form of reading. The real novelty is that humans invented the idea of "Plagiarism" with a capital P. ... more  
Sivers Semiconductors and Doosan Announce Joint Initiative to Advance Ka-Band SATCOM Antenna TechnologyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Sivers Semiconductors AB has entered a $1.5 million contract with Doosan Corporation to jointly develop scalable electronically steerable array (ESA) antenna panels for Ka-band satellite communicati ... more 
Platinum Crystals Mapped as They Develop Inside Liquid MetalSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the growth of platinum crystals in liquid metal by applying advanced X-ray tomography techniques. This research offers fresh understanding of ... more
  
Redefining AI Creativity Limits Findings Diminish Role of Generative Models in Artistic FieldsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A research team led by Professor David Cropley at the University of South Australia has identified mathematical boundaries that restrict the creative abilities of generative artificial intelligence ... more 
Trump launches 'Genesis Mission' to speed AI-driven researchWashington (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing the "Genesis Mission," a national initiative to harness AI for scientific breakthroughs, comparing its scope to the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb during World War II. ... more 
UN rights chief warns over generative AIGeneva (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster", with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world. ... more
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L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 9, 2009China would like to see the global currency exchange system, currently dominated by the US dollar, become more stable and diversified, a senior official told reporters Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of talks between the G8 powers and major emerging economies here, a Chinese official said that Beijing adviser Dai Bingguo had urged world leaders "to improve the international monetary ... more  
Waregem, Belgium (SPX) Jul 10, 2009The Dunhuang PV Project involves an investment of 200 million yuan (27 mio euro), with an annual power production of 16.37 million kWh, and a franchised operation term of 25 years. In late March 2009, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) planned an open tender to confirm the on-grid electricity price and technical solutions. A total of 13 enterprises including ... more 
Urumqi, China (AFP) July 8, 2009Authorities said the restive Chinese city of Urumqi was "under control" Wednesday following sporadic violence as mobs wielding makeshift weapons roamed despite a massive security presence. President Hu Jintao abandoned a Group of Eight summit in Italy, in what observers said was an unprecedented move, to tackle one of China's worst spikes in ethnic tensions in decades. In Urumqi, the ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 09, 2009Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, shows it may have happened in China ... more |
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