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China Building Large Radio Telescope For Space ObservationShanghai (XNA) Jan 04, 2010 Construction of a 65-meter-diameter radio telescope started Tuesday in Shanghai, an official from one of funders said Wednesday. The telescope, a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy, will be used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes including Chinese astronomical projects like Chang'e lunar probe, YH-1 Mars exploration and other deep space explor ... read more |
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Richmond, Canada (AFP) Jan 3, 2010In a cafe in this western Canadian town, a customer orders a soda from his server. Though both customer and waitress are Chinese, the pair converse easily and comfortably in English. The waitress speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese, so she would have no difficulty understanding the order in either of China's main languages. So why speak in English? "That's what we speak here," she said. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2009China is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom. The country's installed wind power capacity will reach 20 gigawatts this year, said Shi Lishan, vice director of the National Energy Administration's New Energy Department, the Xinhua news agency said Wed ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2009The United States has ratcheted up trade tensions with China by saying it will slap penalty duties on imported Chinese steel pipes to offset state subsidies -- a move slammed by Beijing. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a "final" decision saying that the pipes adversely impacted the US steel industry, paving the way for the Commerce Department to impose countervailing dutie ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum on Monday said it was searching for other Asian buyers after a provisional liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with PetroChina lapsed. Woodside said the agreement, signed in 2007, to sell up to three million tonnes of LNG a year from its Western Australia Browse project expired on December 31 without a firm supply agreement. "Woodside and PetroChin ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Asian markets began the new decade in broadly upbeat fashion Monday with dealers in Tokyo lifted by news of extended credit to Japan Airlines and a strong yen as well as positive Chinese manufacturing data. And the new year saw the introduction of a new trading system in Tokyo as the stock exchange tries to keep ahead of its regional rivals following a series of technical problems in recent ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2010While China has talked up its recent progress in stamping out copyright piracy, the market for fake iPhones and bootleg DVDs still flourishes, and its trading partners say it could do better. Late last month, the United States -- consistently critical of Beijing's failure to stop the illicit production of US brands -- issued an annual report saying piracy in the Asian giant remained at "unac ... more |
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