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Google launches Chinese holiday travel map amid rowBeijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship. "The service is available online now," a spokeswoman for Google China, Marsha Wang, told AFP on Tuesday. The Google Spring Festival Map is based on the company's regular map service but has "more features" targeting users' special needs during this month's holiday, the busiest travel period of the year in China, she said. The ... read more |
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Singapore (AFP) Feb 2, 2010US firms remained bullish on the Asian market as an international aerospace trade show opened Tuesday under the shadow of a US-China spat over Washington's arms sales to Taiwan. More than 100 firms led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin - which are at the heart of the weapons controversy and expected to be hit if Beijing imposes sanctions - are part of the largest contingent at the Singapore Ai ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Feb 2, 2010President Barack Obama's decision not to attend an EU-US summit is a response to Europe's loss of influence and the growing importance for Washington of Asia, particularly China, analysts said. The White House announced Monday that the US president will not be travelling to the normally annual bilateral summit in Madrid on May 24-25. "It is very unlikely that this summit will take place. ... more 
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010The United States has urged China not to slap sanctions on US companies selling arms to Taiwan, as the firms tried to stay out of President Barack Obama's biggest row yet with Beijing. The Obama administration defended the arms sale Monday as preserving the military balance between Taiwan and fast-growing China, which reacted furiously to a US announcement it was selling the 6.4 billion doll ... more |
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China Launches Third Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav SystemXichang, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010 China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling foreign congeneric systems with the successful launch of a new orbiter into space early Sunday morning. Boosted by a Long-March-3III carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, it was the third orbiter China has launched for the network, also known as Beidou, or COMPASS system. It will join another two already in orbits to form a ... read more |
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