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  Beijing (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 to a joint statement from the rocket and satellite makers. The Huayi-1 rocket blasted off at 2:30 pm, transporting the Agile Testbed experimental satellite and a biological experimental payload named Sparkle-1 to the space, said the rocket's builder Huayi Spacetime and the satellite's developer Cosats. ... read more |
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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  
Russia ready to 'fight' for space tourism supremacyMoscow (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. ... more |
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Taiwan protests after South Korea disinvites minister from conferenceTaipei (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Taiwan said Tuesday it has lodged a protest with South Korea after a conference invitation to one of the island's ministers was rescinded over "cross-Strait issues". ... more  
China sanctions US religious freedom commission officials over XinjiangBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 China blacklisted four members of a US federal commission on religious freedom on Tuesday in the latest tit-for-tat response to Washington's own sanctions targeting alleged perpetrators of genocide in Xinjiang. ... more 
China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 China blacklisted four members of a US federal commission on religious freedom on Tuesday in the latest tit-for-tat response to Washington's own sanctions targeting alleged perpetrators of "genocide" in Xinjiang. ... more  
G7 condemns 'erosion' of democracy in Hong Kong pollsHong Kong (AFP) Dec 20, 2021 World powers on Monday condemned Hong's Kong tightly vetted legislature vote, saying rules imposed by Beijing that reduced directly elected seats and controlled who could stand had eroded democracy in the Chinese territory. ... more 
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 |
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China's high-flying drone giant DJI in US cross-hairsShanghai (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 Chinese drone-maker DJI is easily the highest-profile company targeted in a new round of US economic sanctions against companies over China's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority. ... 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
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  
US proposes one-year humanitarian aid plan at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 The United States Monday submitted a new draft resolution to the UN Security Council on facilitating humanitarian aid to Afghanistan while keeping it out of Taliban hands, after abandoning an earlier proposal under pressure from China. ... more 
US humanitarian exemptions on Afghan sanctions blocked by ChinaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 China, backed by Russia, blocked a US draft resolution Monday in the UN Security Council that would have provided a system for humanitarian exceptions to economic sanctions imposed on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. ... more |
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