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Rocket Plane RouletteHonolulu HI (SPX) Mar 07, 2007 SpaceDaily supports private spaceflight projects for the basic reason that Government space agencies have reached a state of total intellectual stasis with NASA�s plan to redo Apollo 50 years later, China's plan to redo Soyuz/Salyut at about 1/8 the pace managed by the USSR, and Russia's plan to redo Zond with billionares in place of turtles. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2009China's top leaders pledged on Monday to maintain pro-growth economic policies put in place during the global slowdown and continue a push to make domestic demand a new pillar of the economy. The promise came at the end of a key annual economic meeting chaired by President Hu Jintao that sets the policy tone for the coming year, Xinhua news agency said. Typically, few ... more  
Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Dec 7, 2009 As world leaders gathered for the Monday opening of the U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen, a Chinese minister said his country's carbon emissions would peak between 2030 and 2040. Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, told the Guardian he hoped the maximum output of Chinese greenhouse gases would come as soon as possible within that range. While Wan's comments ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2009A court in China's restive Xinjiang sentenced three more people to death Friday for their roles in July ethnic violence, state media said, raising the total condemned to die or executed to 17. The court in the regional capital Urumqi sentenced another person to life in prison, while three defendants were given varying jail terms for the violence that left nearly 200 dead, the Xinhua news age ... more |
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  Melting Himalayan glaciers threaten 1.3 billion Asians   China, World Bank in drive for African factories: Zoellick   China slams foreign banks over derivatives losses |
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Irvine CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009VIASPACE has announced that the first harvest of Giant King Grass has been completed and that a new grass processing and storage facility is under construction on company land in China. Chief Executive Dr. Carl Kukkonen stated: "The grass from this harvest provided seedlings for planting on our new land and is also being used to supply samples for testing and analysis by potential ... more 
Lima (AFP) Dec 6, 2009Peru's government on Sunday ratified a free trade agreement with China, the president's office announced. The measure "favors Peru's interests," a brief government statement said in the office's daily. It did not indicate when the agreement -- made by executive decree, without Congressional input as allowed by the constitution -- would go into effect. The Peru-China free trade ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 4, 2009Chinese plane maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG, the companies said. Xi'an Aircraft and Hong Kong-based private equity firm Advanced Treasure Limited gained a combined 91.25 percent stake in FACC, according to statements released late Thursday. China's state-run Xinhua ... more |
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  GM and China's SAIC to launch India auto venture  China sentences five more to death over riots: state media  Speculation swirls over ICBC's reported Cathay bid: media |
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