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In October 2006, the military affairs journal Jane's Intelligence Weekly reported that U.S. Army officials detected a "sudden decline" in the effectiveness of some its spy satellites throughout the fall as they passed over China. Before receiving an explanation from the Chinese military, initial fears were that the country had intentionally aimed ground-based lasers at the U.S. satellites ... read more 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 16, 2009Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan Province. "One of the very fundamental issues for understanding an earthquake is to know how the rupture is distributed on the fault plane, which is directly related to the amount of ... more
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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict set for Monday Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut US, Japan defence chiefs say China harming regional peace Son of MH370 flight victim seeks answers after 11 years 
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Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2009China's second-ranking military officer will travel to Washington later this month on a week-long visit designed to promote trust and avoid "misunderstandings," the Pentagon said Wednesday. General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army central military commission, will hold high-level meetings from October 24-31 and visit military commands and bases across the United State ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Oct 14, 2009Taiwan has carried out its largest-ever missile exercise, less than a fortnight after China showed off advanced ballistic weaponry in a massive National Day parade, local media said Wednesday. The missiles were launched on Tuesday from the secretive and tightly guarded Chiupeng base in southern Taiwan and could strike major Chinese cities, the United Daily News reported. President Ma Yin ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 15, 2009South Korea has deployed new longer-range cruise missiles that could reach not only North Korea but also parts of China and Japan, a news report said Thursday. Munhwa Ilbo newspaper said Seoul began mass-producing the "Hyunmu-3" missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) early this year. The paper, quoting US and South Korean government sources, said the missile was developed ... more |
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London (AFP) Oct 15, 2009Nairobi and Beijing are mulling a huge project to develop a port on the Kenyan coast and a corridor creating a new export route for China's oil in Sudan's secessionist south, the Financial Times reported Thursday. China's involvement would come as an alternative to a project floated last year in which Qatar would have invested 3.5 billion dollars in the port in exchange for a lease on a huge ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Oct 15, 2009 China's vast, deep rock layers have the capacity to store the country's carbon dioxide emissions for at least 100 years, U.S. researchers say. A study released Wednesday by the United States Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says carbon capture and storage (CCS) would allow China to tap its extensive domestic fossil fuel reserves and still efficiently cut CO2 ... more  
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Oct 15, 2009A former Ford Motor Co. engineer was indicted on federal charges of stealing company secrets and trying to sell them in China, officials said Thursday. Xiang Dong, who went by Mike Yu, was charged Wednesday with theft of trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets and unauthorized access to a protected computer. Originally from Beijing, Yu was a product engineer for Ford from 1997 to ... more |
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