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 Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 
China's military has made dramatic progress in space over the past decade and the goals of its program remain unclear, a top American general said on Tuesday. Citing Beijing's advances in space, General Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command, said it was crucial to cultivate US-China military relations to better understand China's intentions. "With regard to China's capabilities ... read more 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Taiwan said Wednesday that its giant neighbour China has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said could raise military tensions in the region. The head of Taiwan's National Security Bureau told parliament construction of the carrier had begun, Lin Yu-fang, a legislator of the ruling Kuomintang party, told AFP. However, the security chief, Tsai Teh-sheng said ... more
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Koror (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay were the guests of the president of Palau Wednesday, swimming in tropical waters and enjoying a barbecue lunch at a famous beauty spot. The Uighurs, flown secretly to their temporary Pacific island home on Sunday, spent the afternoon at the Rock Islands, an area dotted with hundreds of foliage-covered limestone isles famed among divers. ... more  
Cairo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009Leaders from China and Africa start a three day summit on Sunday that will again throw the spotlight on Beijing's strategic sweep for energy, minerals and political influence in the continent. China has over the past decade paid for dams, power stations, football stadiums across Africa and scooped up copper, oil and other fuel for its breakneck economic expansion from Algeria to Zimbabwe. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Government scientists in Beijing have been pilloried for inducing a recent heavy snow fall that jammed traffic, delayed air travel and left city residents shivering, state media said Wednesday. Sunday's snowfall dropped more than 16 million tonnes of snow on the Chinese capital, blanketing a city where winter heating services have yet to be switched on and leading to howls of public protest ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2009The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday. The city government signed an accord Tuesday to invest 50 million won (42,000 dollars) in the planting project led by Future Forest, a South Korean environmental group operating in China for the past 10 years. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2009The World Bank Wednesday upgraded its 2009 growth forecast for China to 8.4 percent on the back of huge public spending but said stronger domestic demand was needed to ensure a sustainable recovery. The new prediction by the Washington-based lender in its quarterly update marked a sharp jump from its June forecast for 7.2 percent growth. Economic growth in the Asian giant could hit 8.7 ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009Toyota Motor Corp. will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a research centre in China to develop vehicles for the fast growing market there, a newspaper said Thursday. The world's largest automaker will build a new centre with a full-scale test course near Shanghai, the Nikkei business daily said, adding construction was likely to begin as early as next year. Total investment ... more |
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