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US official questions China space intentionsWashington (AFP) Jan 13, 2010 A senior US defense official on Wednesday voiced doubts about China's insistence that its use of space is for peaceful means as Washington appealed for steady military ties with the rising Asian power. "The Chinese have stated that they oppose the militarization of space. Their actions seem to indicate the contrary intention," said Wallace Gregson, the assistant secretary of defense in in charge of Asia. "We continue to press the Chinese for explanation," Gregson told a congressional hearing. ... read more |
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Beijing (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 China has successfully tested new technology capable of intercepting missiles in midflight, state media reported. The move comes amid increased tensions over Taiwan and repeated complaints by Beijing over the planned sale of American weapons to its hostile neighbor. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was tested ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2010State press splashed a front-page photo of China's first publicly "married" gay couple on Wednesday -- the latest sign of new openness about homosexuality in a country where it has long been taboo. The page-one story in the English-language China Daily featured a photograph of the "newlyweds" arm-in-arm during a January 3 ceremony. Zeng Anquan, 45, and Pan Wenjie, 27, tied the knot at ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2010Six people have died in the fierce cold snap that has gripped China since the start of the new year, and millions of others have been affected, state media reported Wednesday. Police in the northern Inner Mongolia region said two people died from the cold weather. One of them, a student, died from exposure when he got lost in windy weather after school, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Jan 13, 2010Shares in China's top search engine Baidu surged in after-hours trading Wednesday after Google vowed to defy China's Internet censors and threatened to pull out of the country. The Nasdaq-listed Baidu surged to 413.52 dollars per share in after-hours trade at 0100 GMT, up 6.99 percent from Tuesday's market close of 386.49 dollars in New York. The Chinese company declined to comment on Go ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Jan 13, 2009 A Chinese official has said the industrial espionage case against four employees of Rio Tinto will be handled fairly and according to strict legal practices. Police have concluded their five-month investigation into the activities of the men, including an Australian national, and handed the case to the Shanghai public prosecutors to decide if the men have a case to answer. If so, they ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 13, 2010Google has vowed to defy Chinese Internet censors and risk banishment from the lucrative market in outrage at "highly sophisticated" cyber attacks aimed at Chinese human rights activists. China-based cyber spies struck the Internet giant and at least 20 other unidentified firms in an apparent bid to hack into the email accounts of activists around the world, Google said Tuesday. US Secre ... more |
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