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The failure to put a satellite into orbit earlier this week is only one bump on a long road of successes, said a space expert. The setback occurred Monday when the third stage of a Chinese-made rocket failed to fire, causing the Indonesian telecom satellite Palapa D that it was carrying to miss its orbit. The rocket, called the Long March 3B, was launched at the Xichang Satellite Lau ... read more 
Mengding County, China (AFP) Sept 1, 2009Disarmed and disheartened, Jin Laowu and his rebel comrades embarked on the long walk home from China to Myanmar, their fate uncertain after their group was crushed by junta forces. "We lost the war. We were defeated," Jin, 32, said as he and eight other dejected former members of the Kokang rebel army -- all teenagers -- walked along a dirt track in remote mountainous Yunnan province toward ... more
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 1, 2009Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, accused by Beijing of fomenting violent unrest in Xinjiang province, said Tuesday she was prepared to hold direct talks with the Chinese authorities. "I'm ready to discuss with the Chinese government the way we can address its policy failures of the past 60 years and seek political reforms," she told a session of the European parliament's human rights committee. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2009North Korea's vice foreign minister has arrived in China for a visit amid international efforts to persuade Pyongyang to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, officials here said Tuesday. Kim Yong-Il was scheduled to meet Chinese foreign ministry officials as part of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2009China said Tuesday it was ready to work with the new Democratic Party-led government in Japan, following weekend elections there that saw a landslide victory for the centre-left opposition. "We are ready to work with Japan to strengthen our bilateral cooperation and keep up the sound momentum of high-level exchanges to... jointly contribute to peace and development in Asia," foreign ministry ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 31, 2009Astronomers from China and the United States are considering cooperating on the world's largest telescope, through which scientists will have a deeper insight into the very early stages of the universe. The Thirty-Meter-Telescope (TMT) was conceived and headed by University of California and California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and is expected to be completed in 2019. ... more  
La Paz (AFP) Aug 31, 2009Bolivia is looking to buy six combat aircraft from China or Brazil after the United States blocked the sale of Czech planes, Defense Minister Walker San Miguel said in remarks published Monday. "They could be Chinese or they could be Super Tucanos from Brazil, one or the other," San Miguel was quoted as saying an in interview with the newspaper La Razon. He provided few details on the ... more 
Washington (AFP) Aug 31, 2009The United States on Monday urged the military junta in Myanmar to halt attacks on ethnic minorities, saying it was "deeply concerned" about the fighting. The plea follows deadly clashes in a largely ethnic Chinese region of Myanmar as well as the junta's offensive in June against ethnic Karen rebels near the Thai border. "We urge the Burmese authorities to cease their military campaign ... more |
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