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![]() Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010 The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) said on Thursday China plays a large role in providing technical support to national and regional organizations that they will have access to and use space-based information to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change. The UN-SPIDER will officially open its third office in Beijing, China where it will effectively coordinate its entire program in ensuring the access to and ... read more |
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China's exports soar despite Euro-US malaise![]() China said Saturday its exports continued to soar in June, as demand for Chinese-made goods remained robust despite Europe's financial woes and a tepid US recovery. The nation's overseas shipments of items including electronic gadgets, shoes and textiles reached 137.4 billion dollars last month, up 43.9 percent from the previous year. The pace of growth was slower than in May when export ... more China bank lending cools in June ![]() Chinese banks issued 603.4 billion yuan (89.1 billion dollars) in new loans in June, down from May, the central bank said Sunday, as Beijing works to gradually works to cool the economy. Bank lending in May had reached 639.4 billion yuan, but the government has rolled out a series of measures to restrain the supply of credit for fear of an asset bubble in the booming economy. The figures ... more China confirms Google's operating licence renewed ![]() Beijing confirmed Sunday that it had renewed Google's licence to operate in China, the world's largest Internet market, after the company agreed to "rectify" its operations. Google's China website operator, Beijing Guxiang Information Technology Co. Ltd., was on a list of hundreds of companies whose licences were renewed that was posted on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology' ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2010 China announced Thursday it will launch a raft of reconstruction projects in a quake-hit Tibetan region this weekend, nearly three months after the disaster that killed more than 2,700 people. Construction on 200 projects valued at 16 billion yuan (2.36 billion dollars) will begin from Saturday in the Yushu region of the northwestern province of Qinghai, Xinhua news agency said. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the predominantly Tibetan-inhabited region on April 14, flattening thousands of home ... read more |
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