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 Beijing, China (China Daily) Aug 17, 2009 
Ouyang Ziyuan, academician at China Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of China's moon exploration project, talked with China Daily's Ma Chao about Chang'e 1, the first spacecraft sent by China to the lunar orbit as well as the future of China's exploration of the moon. CD: Between October 2007 and March of this year, the Chang'e 1 spacecraft circled the moon for nearly 18 months. ... read more 
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 14, 2009Rescuers in Taiwan Friday battled to reach over 15,000 people still trapped in mountain villages nearly one week after a powerful typhoon triggered the island's worst floods in half a century. More than 50,000 troops were struggling to cross raging rivers and fallen bridges to reach victims across a large swathe of southern and central Taiwan, many of whom have been without food and water ... more
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Pakistan FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India over Kashmir
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, first outside China China, EU suspend Brazil chicken imports over bird flu China suspends chicken exports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak Nvidia plans China research centre as export curbs bite: report Asian markets stagger into weekend as trade rally runs out of legs Chinese EV giant BYD to open European centre in Hungary Trump says urged Apple to manufacture in US not India China first-quarter emissions fell despite rising power demand China urges a 'more fair' business environment in France 
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Liukuei, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 16, 2009Six shoots of bamboo and some string fashioned into a narrow bridge was all that was holding Wang Qiu-liang above the raging flood below. Any misstep and the powerful waters would sweep the 53-year-old away. But a week after Typhoon Morakot destroyed the concrete footbridge that linked her southern Taiwanese village Hsinfa to the outside world, Wang decided she would risk anything ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 16, 2009Taiwan's leader saw last week how quickly a natural disaster can become a political one -- now he must win back political capital he lost during the bungled response to Typhoon Morakot, experts said. Bodyguards had to step in to protect President Ma Ying-jeou from the very people he had come to comfort as he visited survivors of the typhoon that may have left more than 500 dead across centra ... more  
Windhoek (AFP) Aug 14, 2009A Namibian court on Friday extended an asset freeze on three suspects arrested in a graft probe involving a firm linked to the son of China's President Hun Jintao. "The existing rule is extended for another month to 14 September [as] there are more than reasonable grounds for believing that the defendants will be found guilty of the offences under the anti-corruption law," Judge Naomi ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2009Power consumption in China rose for a second successive month in July, official data showed Friday, giving more hope that the world's third biggest economy is recovering from the global slump. The six percent year on year increase, released by the National Development and Reform Commission, followed a 3.8 percent lift the previous month. Before June demand had been falling continuously ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2009The number of children showing lead poisoning blamed on a smelting plant in northern China has doubled to more than 600, state media reported. Tests showed at least 615 children out of 731 living in two villages near the plant in Changqing township, Shaanxi province, had excessive lead levels in their blood, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local Fengxiang county government. A total ... more  
Melbourne (AFP) Aug 16, 2009BHP Billiton on Sunday called for more transparent iron ore pricing, saying it would help prevent situations such as the arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu in China. BHP's chief financial officer Alex Vanselow said the world's largest miner believed iron ore should be a traded commodity, rather than having prices set annually in negotiations between suppliers and major buyers such as ... more |
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