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China opens missile plant in IranTehran (UPI) Apr 23, 2010 China inaugurated a missile plan in Iran last month, even as the United States and its allies were pressing Beijing to support a new round of tough economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, Jane's Defense Weekly reports. It's a military relationship that goes back two decades and, in light of Russia's reluctance to provide the Iranians with advanced air-defense missile system to counter possible U.S. or Israeli airstrikes, is set to expand. Robert Hewson, edito ... read more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 21, 2010All 45 villages in the quake-stricken Yushu prefecture had contact with the outside world restored Monday after telecommunications resumed in the county seats last week, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Either fixed-line or mobile phone links were available in 42 villages, while villagers had access to satellite communications in the remaining th ... more  
New York (AFP) April 20, 2010Envoys of six major powers huddled behind closed doors at China's UN mission in New York Tuesday for another round of bargaining on new UN sanctions against Iran, but nothing filtered from their deliberations. Ambassadors from the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany have been meeting almost daily since ... more  
Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Apr 13, 2010 Taiwan has made public its first images of a state-of-the-art missile corvette intended to match China's design to acquire an aircraft carrier. Dubbed by local media as a "carrier killer," the vessel is expected to be armed with its domestic Hsiungfeng III ship-to-ship missiles, Taipei's Apple Daily reported. Digital images of the 1,000-ton vessel were made public at Taipei's military m ... more |
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EU chamber says China business climate worseningBeijing (AFP) April 20, 2010 Growing nationalism and lobbying by local firms is making China more protectionist and hostile towards foreign firms, European businesses claimed on Tuesday. Market-opening reforms had unmistakably slowed as Beijing gains more economic clout, Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said, warning it could spark a backlash in Europe. "The pie is getting bigger and the door is getting narrower," Wuttke told reporters at a press briefing, adding, "we are losing out ... read more |
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