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 Beijing (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 
China will display five new missiles in its National Day Parade on Oct. 1, although the much-anticipated third generation Dongfeng 41 is not named directly.
Some Chinese media are quoting an unnamed military "leading missile expert" saying that the missiles will be second generation and already in use by the military. Other media are saying that the unveiling of the DF-41 is a ... read more 
Kolkata (AFP) Sept 7, 2009Indian authorities have detained a United Arab Emirates airforce plane that landed in Kolkata on its way to China after discovering arms and explosives on board, airport officials said Monday. The military transport plane was given permission to land in Kolkata on Sunday to refuel on its way to Hanyang, part of the city of Wuhan in China's Hubei province, from Abu Dhabi, but did not declare ... more
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China hands suspended death sentence to ex-chief of state chip giant
Stock markets fluctuate as China-US trade euphoria fades China's Tencent posts forecast-beating Q1 revenue on gaming growth Equity markets swing as China-US trade euphoria fades Baidu plans self-driving taxi tests in Europe this year Colombia joins Belt and Road initiative as China courts Latin America Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89 Bogota hails 'historic' China-Colombia Belt and Road deal Cambodia, China begin largest-ever military drills China, Colombia sign deal on Belt and Road cooperation 
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 Military exercises between Australia, China and the United States can ease diplomatic tensions and stop "misunderstandings" getting out of hand, a think tank has said. Andrew Davies, an analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, welcomed the announcement by Adm. Timothy Keating, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, that the United States and Australia had agreed to approach ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2009Hong Kong has launched a search of ponds in public parks after at least 16 fish of an exotic species that can grow up to three metres (10 feet) long were discovered, apparently dumped by their owners when they grew too big. A metre-long alligator gar was caught Friday in a park pond after reports that visitors feared for their safety, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. ... more 
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 7, 2009Scientists working in a remote Myanmar forest discovered one of the world's rarest turtle species in the wild for the first time, a conservation group said Monday. The "critically endangered" Arakan forest turtles were thought to be extinct until 1994, when conservationists found a few specimens in captivity in a Chinese food market, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Five of the a ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2009China warned other countries Thursday not to provide a platform for Rebiya Kadeer after the exiled Uighur leader called for talks with Beijing, as fresh protests erupted in her native Xinjiang region. "We hope relevant parties can recognise her true nature and not provide a stage for or facilitate her anti-China separatist activities," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. ... more  
Basel, Switzerland (AFP) Sept 3, 2009Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Thursday it had tested a new swine flu vaccine that may work after one dose while health chiefs hailed another one-dose drug developed in China. Novartis said it was ready to produce one million doses of the vaccine before the end of the year in a bid to blunt the spread of swine flu which has already claimed at least 2,185 lives. The drug giant ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2009Up-and-coming Chinese biotech firm Sinovac, already listed in the United States, could get a significant boost abroad after securing government approval to produce its one-dose swine flu vaccine. China's State Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave the company the green light to make the vaccine, which has been shown in clinical trials to be effective against A(H1N1) influenza after ... more |
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