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  Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 01, 2022 China has successfully launched a Long March (Chang Zheng) 11 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province in the country's north-west on Wednesday and deployed three Tianping-2 satellites into orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said. The launch was carried out at 10:29 a.m. local time (02:29 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch center, CASC said on its official WeChat account. Tianping-2 satellites are designed for identification of the Ear ... read more |
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Astronomers find galactic "fruit, vegetable garden" outside Milky WayBeijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2022 Using China's gigantic optical telescope, astronomers have discovered a record number of small compact galaxies outside the Milky Way where star formation is taking place at a rapid pace. With ... more  
Scientists find Mercury has magnetic stormsFairbanks AS (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. The research by scientists in the United Stat ... more 
Long March 6A blasts off in ShanxiTaiyuan, China (XNA) Mar 30, 2022 China conducted the maiden flight of its Long March 6A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to China Aerospace Science and Technol ... more  
EU to seek China rethink over Russia tiesBrussels (AFP) April 1, 2022 The EU holds a virtual summit with China on Friday amid increasing alarm over Beijing's growing proximity with Moscow and its reluctance to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more |
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Solomons leader rules out hosting China military baseSydney (AFP) April 1, 2022 Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Friday his government would not allow a Chinese military base to be built in his country "under its watch" as he defended a pending security agreement with Beijing. ... more  
How scientists reviewed the process and development of space intelligent robot technology?Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 It is an inevitable choice for the development of space automation technology to use space intelligent robots to realize space exploration and space resource utilization. China started with the succ ... more  
Australian TV anchor has closed China trial on state secrets chargesBeijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 The sentencing of Australian journalist Cheng Lei by a Chinese court over accusations of supplying state secrets overseas was deferred on Thursday, with Canberra decrying the trial of a woman detained for 18 months so far as "closed and opaque". ... more
Australian journalist faces China trial on state secrets chargesBeijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 Australian journalist Cheng Lei faced a closed door trial in China on Thursday after 18 months in detention over accusations of supplying state secrets, with Canberra saying the decision to deny its ambassador access to the hearing was "deeply concerning." ... more |
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'I won't stop talking': Ukrainians in China fight disinformationBeijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 Thousands of miles from a home consumed by conflict, a group of Ukrainians in China have found themselves on the frontlines of an information war, battling pro-Russia bias, trolls and censorship. ... more 
Russian FM hails China as part of emerging 'just world order'Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said Moscow and Beijing are leading the way towards a fairer world order, as he makes his first visit to the key ally since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month. ... more 
Lavrov makes first China visit since Ukraine warBeijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Wednesday in his first visit to the key ally since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine last month. ... more 
Pacific leader urges Solomons to rethink China pactSydney (AFP) March 31, 2022 The president of the Federated States of Micronesia has sent an impassioned plea to the Solomon Islands' prime minister, urging him to reconsider a controversial and "unprecedented" security pact with China. ... more |
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Shanghai residents frustrated by food shortages, prolonged lockdownsShanghai (AFP) April 1, 2022 Shanghai residents voiced growing frustration on Friday at confusion over a week of snap Covid lockdowns, taking to social media to complain about food shortages and bewildering stay-at-home orders. ... more 
Hong Kong calls UK criticisms 'ridiculous'Hong Kong (AFP) April 1, 2022 Hong Kong on Friday rejected "unfounded and ridiculous allegations" after the UK government said China's national security law had "devastated" civil society, stifled political opposition and criminalised dissent. ... more 
Australian journalist to stand trial in China on state secrets chargesBeijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 Australian journalist Cheng Lei will face trial in China on Thursday after 18 months in detention on charges of supplying state secrets, in a case that has sent relations between Beijing and Canberra plummeting. ... more 
Australian, Canadian judges to stay on HK top court as UK judges resignHong Kong (AFP) March 31, 2022 Australian and Canadian judges confirmed Thursday they will stay on Hong Kong's top court after two senior British judges resigned to avoid endorsing China's crackdown on political freedoms in the financial hub. ... more 
Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-motion lockdownShanghai (AFP) March 30, 2022 At home in Pudong district, on reduced pay and playing computer games to lift the gloom, 25-year-old Chinese engineer Terry is in the locked-down half of Shanghai. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2022 
Three astronauts stationed in China's Tiangong space station are preparing for their return trip in the middle of April, packing up personal items, experimental products and other materials, putting equipment into place and exercising to prepare their bodies for Earth's gravity.
The astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, have to tidy up a large number of materials, including ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 
China's factory activity shrank in March, official data showed Thursday, as the country's worst Covid outbreak in two years brought sporadic lockdowns and factory closures.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) - a key gauge of manufacturing activity - slid to 49.5, just below the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
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 Copenhagen (AFP) March 31, 2022 
Denmark will send 800 troops to Latvia in May in response to a request from NATO, the Danish prime minister said Thursday.
Copenhagen had placed the battalion on alert after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and amid rising tensions between the West and Moscow.
Denmark has already sent land and air reinforcements to the Baltic states and Poland.
On Tuesday, the Danish government said it w ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) March 30, 2022 
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi visited a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Wednesday on his first trip to the country since Russia's invasion raised fears of a nuclear accident.
Grossi has repeatedly warned of the dangers of the conflict - the first in a country with a vast nuclear estate.
Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant site - ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 
Thousands of miles from a home consumed by conflict, a group of Ukrainians in China have found themselves on the frontlines of an information war, battling pro-Russia bias, trolls and censorship.
Around 300 volunteer Ukrainian translators, with some also based overseas, are relaying key events from Russia's war on their homeland into Chinese.
Their mouthpieces are a website called "Ukrai ... more |
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) March 30, 2022
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi visited a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Wednesday on his first trip to the country since Russia's invasion raised fears of a nuclear accident.
Grossi has repeatedly warned of the dangers of the conflict - the first in a country with a vast nuclear estate.
Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant site - ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Wind energy relies on efficient wind turbine blades, which act as airfoils, structures akin to an airplane wing. Air flow control accessories similar to those found in aircraft improve the turbine blade's aerodynamic performance.
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by AIP Publishing, scientists from China show a bionic approach combining features of a seagull's wing with an ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
A team co-led team by the University of Surrey has successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometre thick (1um), convert light into electricity more efficiently than others as thin and pave the way to make it easier to general more clean, green energy.
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 Seoul (AFP) April 1, 2022 
Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air Friday, killing four pilots, Seoul's military said.
The KT-1 trainer jets crashed near the city of Sacheon, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, according to military authorities.
"Two KT-1 trainer jets at the Sacheon Air Base collided in mid-air while training and crashed," the defence ministry said in a statement.
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2022 
US President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed "additional capabilities" to help the Ukrainian military, during a telephone call on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement.
Biden also told Zelensky that the United States would provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct aid, as Kyiv battles against invading Russian forces.
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 Washington (AFP) March 29, 2022 
The United States, after imposing sanctions on Russia's defense industry, is considering targeting other sectors involved in Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, a US Treasury Department official said Tuesday.
"We are planning to target additional sectors that are critical to the Kremlin's ability to operate its war machine," said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, according to the text of ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 
It is an inevitable choice for the development of space automation technology to use space intelligent robots to realize space exploration and space resource utilization. China started with the successful launch of the Tianhe Core Module in 2021, and intends to build a large-scale, long-term manned national space laboratory during 2021-2022, and gradually develops into the China's Space Station ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) April 1, 2022 
Despite a fall in emissions due to Covid curbs, nearly all EU urban dwellers in 2020 were exposed to microparticle pollution that breached recommended UN limits, the bloc's environmental watchdog said on Friday.
"Critically for health, 96 percent of the urban population was exposed to concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) above the WHO guideline of 5 micrograms per cubic metre," ... more |
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 New Taipei City, Taiwan (AFP) March 14, 2022 
Hundreds of Taiwanese military reservists carried out training exercises on Monday after the island's president called for "unity" as the Ukraine war rattles nerves over the threat of invasion from China.
Taiwan last year stepped up its training regime for reservists as tensions rise with Beijing, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day, by force if nec ... more |
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 Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) March 27, 2022 
In a provincial town in Kyrgyzstan, the mother of a man who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine wailed as his coffin was carried away by blue-uniformed Russian military men, on its final journey into the ground.
"Cursed Ukraine!" she cried, gently stroking the green, embroidered fabric with Islamic inscriptions draped over the coffin.
"You always wanted to join the Russian army and this ... more |
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