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Possible Space Wars In The Near FutureMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2010 The U.S. media suspects China and India of developing anti-satellite weapons. An article to this effect has been published the New Scientist magazine. Until recently, only the Soviet Union, its legal successor Russia and the United States were capable of developing anti-satellite weapons. U.S. analysts now think that China and India are acquiring similar capabilities. To what extent are such fears justified? ... read more |
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London (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Britain faces the prospect of a decade of economic pain, after binging on cheap debt, and its recovery will rely on trading more with Asian tigers like China, forecasters warned on Monday. The economy, expected to have escaped recession in the last quarter of 2009, faces a "challenging" 2010, according to the Independent Treasury Economic Model (ITEM) Club economic forecasting group of auditors Ernst and Young. "The UK economy has moved out of a decade of debt and into a decade of painful readjustment," the ITEM Club said in a key report published on Monday. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Japan's Mazda Motor Corp and US giant Ford Motor Company on Monday denied reports they planned to dismantle or restructure their joint venture in China with Chinese partner Changan Automobile. Ted Liu, a Shanghai-based spokesman for Ford, told AFP that reports the partnership would be dissolved were "speculation." Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday that Mazda planned to end its ... more  
Frankfurt, Germany (UPI) Jan 18, 2009 The economic crisis of 2008-09 appears to be over, but along the way it has transformed the shape and dynamics of the global economy. The unexpected and dramatic development has not been the vigor of the Chinese economy nor of the BRIC economies as a whole, but the emergence of a major new force in the global economy. It is time to focus on the 10 middle-income emergent countries, whose joint ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Google said Monday it was "business as usual" in China, after reports that the US Internet giant was stopping some local staff from working following its threat to pull out of the Asian country. The statement came nearly a week after Google's shock announcement that it was considering abandoning its Chinese search engine, and could shut its China offices, over theft of its intellectual prope ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2010China launched an orbiter into space early Sunday, the latest stage in the development of its own satellite navigation system, state media said. The orbiter, launched at about 00:12 am (1612 GMT Saturday) was the third orbiter that China has launched for its Beidou Navigation System, Xinhua news agency said. "(The orbiter) will join another two already in orbits to form a network which will eventually have a total of 35 satellites, capable of providing global navigation service to users around the world around 2020. ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010China is in a rush to build its version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), by planning to launch 10 Beidou navigation satellites between now and 2012, a newly launched official website said. "The Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System, which will be completed in 2020 with 35 satellites, will enable China to shake off its dependence on GPS and achieve huge economic benefits," Pan ... more |
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