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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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Hanoi (AFP) Dec 8, 2009Vietnam voiced concerns on Tuesday over regional tensions in the South China Sea but said they will not lead to conflict, in line with a new defence document that stresses international cooperation. The White Paper released Tuesday is only the third since 1998 and for the first time included details of the communist nation's military budget and armed forces strength, said Lieutenant General ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2009China's central bank Tuesday said it wanted to maintain credit expansion at a "reasonable pace" in 2010 to support recovery but curb potential risk after record lending this year, state media reported. Lending should be focused on supporting employment and industries of "strategic importance," Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, was quoted as saying by official news ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 8, 2009Stronger Chinese auto sales have lifted the prospects of German luxury car makers which were left behind in an earlier rush to buy cheaper models with 'cash-for-clunkers' subsidies, analysts say. Audi, BMW and Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, all reported better sales in November on a 12-month basis, with China clearly the fastest growing market for all three. "China is standing out ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2009China's auto output and sales exceeded a record 12 million units each in the first 11 months of the year, state media said Monday, cementing the Asian giant's status as the world's largest car market. Citing the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the official Xinhua news agency said sales and production of vehicles for the whole year were expected to both exceed 13 million units. ... more  
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 |
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