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  Beijing (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 space contractor. A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 0:09 am and then deployed the Tianlian II-02 satellite into orbit, the State-owned company said in a statement. The mission marked the 401st flight of the Long March rocket family. Developed by the company's China Academy of Space Te ... read more |
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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  
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  
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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Hong Kong university dismantles Tiananmen statue, sparks outcryHong Kong (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 Hong Kong's oldest university removed a statue commemorating the deadly 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy protesters on Thursday, the latest step in China's campaign to silence dissent in its southern city. ... more  
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Tuesday it has lodged a protest with South Korea after a conference invitation to one of the island's ministers was rescinded over "cross-Strait issues".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  
Two Chinese firms to build 1,000 schools in IraqBaghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 Iraq has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools in the country in the space of two years, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday. ... more |
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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  
China locks down city as Covid cases surge around the worldBeijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 China shut down a city of 13 million people on Thursday in a bid to extinguish a tiny Covid-19 outbreak and chase its zero-case goal, as other nations around the globe battled huge infection surges driven by Omicron. ... more  
Fading light halts search for dozens missing after Myanmar landslideYangon (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 Fading light forced Myanmar rescuers to call off a search for dozens of people feared missing after a landslide near a jade mine that killed at least one person, emergency workers told AFP on Wednesday. ... more 
'A week of anxiety': Xi'an residents hunker down for city lockdownBeijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 Taking crucial exams in lockdown, adapting to home-schooling and cancelling family reunions - Xi'an residents are enduring a near-total city closure to curb a tiny outbreak, as China presses on with its zero-Covid strategy ahead of the Winter Olympics. ... more |
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