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Science Team To Study Data From China's First Lunar ProbeBeijing, China (XNA) Jul 19, 2010 China's space agency has set up a committee of 123 leading scientists to consider how the country might apply the vast amount of data acquired by China's first lunar probe. The project had resulted in data about the distribution and content of important elements on the moon, such as uranium, thorium, potassium, aluminum, silicon, iron and titanium, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Friday. China launched its first lunar probe Chang'e-1, na ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2010Chinese customs said they have seized nearly eight tonnes of frozen pangolins - an endangered species of scaly anteater - from a fishing boat off the southern coast. The vessel was intercepted in June carrying the huge haul of animals and nearly two tonnes of their scales, said a statement on the website of customs authorities in Jiangmen in Guangdong province. The pangolin is designat ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 16, 2010Agricultural Bank of China's shares were set to start trading in Hong Kong Friday, one day after the bank's mammoth initial public offering drew a tepid investor response in its Shanghai debut. The last of China's "Big Four" state banks to go public is on track to raise a world record 22.1 billion US dollars in the dual Hong Kong-Shanghai listing which has shone a spotlight on investor confi ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2010The number of Internet users in China, already the world's largest online market, has leapt to 420 million, according to official figures released Thursday. The figure, almost a third of the population, marks an increase of 36 million - more than the population of Canada - since the number of users was last given at the end of 2009. The fresh figures for the world's most populous natio ... more |
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China's growth slows in second quarterBeijing (AFP) July 15, 2010 China said Thursday its economic growth had slowed in the second quarter, as massive stimulus spending was scaled back and moves to rein in soaring property prices started to bite. Gross domestic product maintained its double-digit growth for the third quarter in a row, expanding 10.3 percent in the three months to June, according to the national statistics bureau. The second quarter figure marked a slowdown from the blistering 11.9 percent growth in January-March and 10.7 percent in the last qu ... read more |
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