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China eyes Argentina for space antennaBuenos Aires (AFP) June 9, 2010 China is studying plans to install a satellite dish in Argentina for Beijing's space program, a local official said Wednesday. "China sent a delegation to Argentina to study the possibility of constructing an antenna for its space research," said Adolfo Italiano, director of planning and technology for the Neuquen provincial government in southwest Argentina. He said Chinese engineers offered few details but indicated an interest in Argentina for the space program. In addition to Neuquen, th ... read more |
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Lima (UPI) Jun 8, 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched a new initiative to seek consensus on limiting large-scale arms procurement in Latin America and cementing security alliances recently strained by Russian, Chinese and Iranian overtures and Venezuela's rhetoric of U.S. military expansion in the region. Clinton's second trip to the continent this year began with participation in the two-da ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 8, 2010A top South Korean envoy arrived in China on Tuesday to seek Beijing's support for a UN censure of North Korea over the sinking of a warship, but reaffirmed Seoul would not ask for new sanctions. There would be "no practical benefits" to any new Security Council sanctions since such measures were already in place, Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-Woo told Yonhap news agency before departing f ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 8, 2010A group of young Chinese web addicts staged a mutiny at an Internet "boot camp", tying up their instructor and fleeing the facility over its tough military-like techniques, state media said Tuesday. The 14 mutineers, aged 15 to 22, were all caught by police when they failed to pay a taxi fare following their escape from the rehabilitation centre in east China's Jiangsu province last week, th ... more |
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Russia Downplays Chinese J-15 Fighter CapabilitiesMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 08, 2010 China's J-15 carrier-based fighter will not be able to compete with Russia's Su-33 fighter on global markets because it is inferior to the Russian aircraft, a Russian military analyst said on Friday. China since 2001 has been developing the J-15 naval fighter, which is believed to be a clone of Russia's Su-33 Falcon-D. China bought an Su-33 prototype earlier from Ukraine, and used it to develop the new aircraft. The J-15 is expected to be stationed initially onboard the Chinese Varyag aircra ... read more |
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