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 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 20, 2009 
The launch of a Russian Phobos Grunt probe to Mars on October 16 has been delayed until 2011. The delay also affects China's first mission to Mars. The 240-pound Chinese Yinghou-1 spacecraft was to be mounted atop the Russian spacecraft for transport to the Martian orbit, where it was to be released before the Russian spacecraft landed on Phobos. The delay, however, gives us grounds to ... read more 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Taiwan said Tuesday that China had continued its military build-up against the island despite their warming ties, warning that the military balance had tipped in the mainland's favour. "Despite the easing of tensions across the Strait, China has not reduced its military deployment targeting Taiwan," the defence ministry said in its annual report. "China has continued its arms build-up to ... more
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Global stocks mixed as markets eye weekend US-China trade talks
Chinese stocks, dollar rise before trade talks, Fed move China's Xi lands in Moscow to beef up 'no limits' Putin partnership US, Chinese stocks up before trade talks, Fed move Hong Kong loosens rules for harbour reclamation Stocks mixed before Fed decision, China-US trade talks China vows to defend 'justice' in looming trade talks with US Asian stocks rise as China-US trade talks boost optimism China says 'concerned' by India strikes on Pakistan, urges restraint China's Xi heads to Moscow to beef up 'no limits' Putin partnership 
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London (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Two of Britain's top museums said Tuesday they had nothing to hide, after China announced it would dispatch experts to record relics abroad it says were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace. Museums, libraries and private collections in the United States, Britain, France and Japan will be targeted by the initiative, according to the director of Beijing's Yuanmingyuan, or Old Summer Palace ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2009China said Tuesday it was "firmly opposed" to a planned visit by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian region at the centre of a border dispute with China. "China's position on so-called Arunachal Pradesh is consistent and clear and we firmly oppose the Dalai Lama's visit to the region," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters. "China is ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2009China vowed "all-out efforts" Tuesday to rescue a Chinese cargo ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean with 25 crew aboard, bringing to six the number of vessels currently in the hands of Somali pirates. This is the second time that a Chinese ship has been captured by marauding sea bandits in the area, after a fishing boat and its 24-member crew were held hostage for three months before being ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2009China has begun resettling up to 330,000 people to make way for a much-delayed multi-billion dollar project to divert water to meet growing demand in the parched north, state media said Monday. People in the central provinces of Henan and Hubei are being moved to make way for a canal from the Danjiangkou reservoir in Hubei to Beijing, Xinhua news agency said. Under the project, waters ... more  
Oslo (AFP) Oct 19, 2009Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Monday it could sell some US oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico but declined to comment on a report that the prospective buyer would be China's state-owned CNOOC. "We are currently optimising our asset portfolio. To this end, we have opened our data room on some assets bought in 2007 and 2008 so that interested companies can consult it," Kai Nielsen ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2009China will overtake Japan to become the second largest economy in the next two years, giving Beijing greater clout on the world stage and boosting the ruling Communists' stature at home, analysts say. Figures to be released this week in Beijing are expected to show the economy expanded 9.5 percent in the third quarter, further narrowing the gap with Japan which may only post one percent grow ... more |
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