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Chinese Volunteer Chosen For Mars TestBeijing, China (XNA) May 21, 2010 Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project co-funded by Russia and Europe. Another five volunteers include space lovers from Russia, Italy and France. It will take about 500 days to travel to Mars from the day of the launch to the return landing, so the test will take about 520 days. The volunteers will be living in a simulated space condition during the whole process. Wang Yue says he is very happy to be chosen and experience a ver ... read more |
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Quito (AFP) May 19, 2010Ecuador and China have reached an agreement in principle on a 1.7 billion dollar line of credit to build a hydroelectric plant, a government news agency said Wednesday. The agreement followed difficult negotiations that at one point prompted complaints by President Rafael Correa about the Chinese negotiators. Correa said in March he was upset about "the mistreatment and the rudeness" tha ... more  
Hampton VA (SPX) May 19, 2010The air we breathe doesn't always come from our own backyard. In fact, sometimes it doesn't even come from our neighbors. On April 22, 2010, a NASA satellite captured the appearance of a large dust cloud over the eastern coast of United States that originated on the other side of the world - in China. "Dust can stimulate the production of more clouds, altering local weather and potentially ... more  
Tsuoying, Taiwan (AFP) May 18, 2010Taiwan on Tuesday put into service its first missile boats featuring what the navy described as "stealth" technologies, aimed at boosting defence capabilities against rival China. The squadron of 10 guided-missile boats, seen by top brass as a major improvement on Seagull vessels which have been in service for the past 20 years, joined the navy at the Tsuoying naval base in the south of the ... more |
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Chinese duo convicted in US of illegal electronics exportWashington (AFP) May 17, 2010 A jury found two Chinese nationals guilty of illegally conspiring to break US export laws and illegally exporting electronic equipment from the United States to China, the Justice Department announced Monday. A number of Chinese military entities were among those that received the equipment, the department noted. Capping a five-week trial, a federal jury in Massachusetts found Zhen Zhou Wu (aka Alex Wu), Yufeng Wei (aka Annie Wei) and Chitron Electronics Inc. (Chitron-US) guilty of illegally exp ... read more |
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