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Chinese GPS Moves CloserBeijing, China (XNA) Jun 08, 2010 The launch of the country's fourth Beidou orbiter late on Wednesday night signals "a step closer" toward the highly anticipated Chinese-version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a senior official said on Thursday. Beidou, or Compass system, is built to rival the United States-developed GPS, the European Union's Galileo and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System, and is aimed at allowing travelers, drivers and military officials to know their locations. China aims to have 12 Beidou ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 4, 2010Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents on Friday marked the bloody 1989 Tiananmen crackdown with a candle-lit vigil, as agitation against Beijing intensifies in the former British colony. The annual event came after a week of controversy in Hong Kong - thirteen activists were arrested on May 29 after clashing with police in an attempt to erect a "Goddess of Democracy" statue in the Times ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 4, 2010In his celebrated treatise "The Art of War", Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu warned against transparency. Today, China's army is ignoring his advice and has launched a media charm offensive in the hope of calming fears over its growing power. Western countries led by the United States and some of China's neighbours, including Japan, have regularly urged Beijing to show greater openne ... more  
Singapore (AFP) June 5, 2010US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for free access to the resource-rich South China Sea on Saturday, saying Washington objected to any effort to "intimidate" US energy firms in the region. Gates said the South China Sea was of "growing concern" due to territorial disputes that could pose a threat to free navigation and "economic development." In a veiled warning to China, Gates all ... more |
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Death toll from China floods and landslides rises to 38Beijing (AFP) June 3, 2010 The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China climbed to 38 on Thursday, state media reported, as torrential rains moved further west in the country. Rain storm-triggered landslides struck five counties in Guangxi region on Wednesday, leaving 38 dead and another 14 people missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Heavy rainstorms started pounding the region on Monday, triggering the deadly landslides and forcing the evacuation of nearly 80,000 people, it quoted the local ... read more |
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