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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China. Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurers - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant - to the International Space Station (ISS) in its first launch of tourists in 12 years. Buoyed by the success, firebrand space chief Dmitry Rogozin talked up Russia' ... read more |
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China Pursues Helium-3 on the MoonBethesda MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 Apparently, China sees the Moon as a future source of fuel for terrestrial power and space dominance. At the moment Chinese nuclear scientists are studying lunar surface material samples brought bac ... more  
Preparations underway for moon landingBeijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 China is making preparations for a moon landing that will place its astronauts on the lunar surface, according to a senior official at the China Manned Space Agency. Dong Nengli, head of the a ... more  
New technologies make Chinese astronauts' in-orbit lives easierBeijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 Chinese astronauts live and work more conveniently and comfortably in orbit with the application of advanced information technology, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC ... more  
China's FAST telescope detects over 500 new pulsarsGuiyang (XNA) Dec 17, 2021 Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also dubbed as the "China Sky Eye," scientists have identified over 500 new pulsars since October 2017. Pulsars, or fast ... more |
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On they march as China records 401st flight of Long March rocket familyBeijing (XNA) Dec 15, 2021 China launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's major ... more  
Hong Kong elites pick new 'patriots only' legislatureHong Kong (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 Hong Kong's political elites and residents began voting for new city lawmakers on Sunday under Beijing's "patriots only" rules that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office. ... more  
Huayi-1 suborbital rocket makes debut flightBeijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2021 The debut flight of Huayi-1 suborbital rocket took place on Friday afternoon at a testing field in northwestern China, carrying an experimental satellite to an altitude of 250 kilometers, according ... more  
US blacklists Chinese biotech industry over Uyghur surveillanceWashington (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China's treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and new sanctions slapped on the world's top consumer drone maker. ... more 
Morocco court approves Uyghur extradition to China: lawyerRabat (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 A Moroccan court has ruled that a member of China's Uyghur Muslim minority, Yidiresi Aishan, can be extradited to China for alleged "terrorist acts", his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. ... more |
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Putin hails 'model' Russia-China relations in Xi calMoscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed Russia's "model" relations with China in a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and confirmed he would attend Beijing's Olympics, as both countries face increasing criticism from the West. ... more  
French lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for five-day visitTaipei (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 A delegation of French lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday in the latest sign of increasingly vocal Western support for Taipei having a place on the world stage despite threats from Beijing. ... more 
Lithuania recalls embassy chief from China over Taiwan rowVilnius (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 Lithuania said Wednesday it was recalling its current chief diplomat in China and would operate the embassy remotely, as relations between the two countries suffer over Taiwan. ... more 
China's Long March carrier rocket embarks on 400th missionBeijing (XNA) Dec 10, 2021 A Long March-4B rocket on Friday morning successfully sent a new group of satellites into space, marking the 400th launch mission of the China-developed Long March carrier rocket series. Since ... more 
Biden pressed over Taiwan at democracy summit; French lawmakers arrive in Taipei for visitWashington (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 A leading Republican senator on Tuesday demanded that President Joe Biden make amends over a cut in transmission of Taiwan's speech during last week's democracy summit, in what an official called an "honest mistake." ... more |
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