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China To Set Up Independent Satellite Navigation SystemBeijing (XNA) May 24, 2010 China is developing an independent satellie navigation system called Beidou. It's the third country after the US and Russia to have such a system developed on its own. At the first China Satellite Navigation Annual Academic Conference in Beijing, the chief designer says the system will cover the whole world by 2020 and he hopes Beidou will become the most competitive navigation system on earth. According to Sun Jiadong, the system is being completed in 3 stages. The first stage consist ... read more |
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan (SPX) May 20, 2010Radio frequency identification, RFID, could be used in the immediate aftermath of a major earthquake to save lives, according to new research published in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. Yen-Chun Jim Wu of the National Sun Yat-Sen University and Ching-Yuan Hung, of the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, in Taiwan, that there ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2010US legislators condemned Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain on Wednesday for failing to crack down on piracy of movies, music, videogames and other copyrighted works. Theft of intellectual property in the five nations was at "alarming levels," the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus said, placing them at the top of the "2010 International Piracy Watch List" for the second yea ... more  
Baghdad (UPI) May 19, 2010 A Chinese-led consortium has clinched an oil contract with Baghdad to develop the highly prized Missan field, consolidating Beijing's grip on the energy sector in a country that sees itself eclipsing Saudi Arabia in production. The Middle East Economic Survey, a widely respected energy industry newsletter published in Cyprus, reported Monday that Iraq's Oil Ministry expects to boost out ... more |
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Ecuador, China agree on hydroelectric financing after spatQuito (AFP) May 19, 2010 Ecuador 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" that his country's representative endured in the talks with the Chinese, and said that negotiating with China was ... read more |
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