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Destroyed Chinese satellite close to ISS: officialMoscow (AFP) July 23, 2010 Debris from a satellite destroyed in 2007 by a Chinese missile is in the vicinity of the International Space Station and astronauts are ready to take cover if required, a Russian official said Friday. The shooting down of the Chinese weather satellite Feng Yun 1C by a ground missile launched from China at the time sparked international alarm and concern about the creation of dangerous space debris. "If the calculations show that the debris is approaching the station at an unacceptably close rang ... read more |
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Beijing July 22, 2010A strike at a Honda parts supply factory in southern China has ended after more than a week of work disruptions, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, adding that production remained unaffected. The strike was the latest in a series of walkouts by Chinese factory workers - many at foreign-invested firms - over pay and conditions in the so-called "workshop of the world". Honda, Japan's ... more  
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Over the past two decades, the absence of a peer military competitor has tempted US warfighters to seize the ultimate high ground and place weapons in space. The Russians and Chinese have vehemently opposed this effort and recently drafted a space arms control treaty. Although the previous administration disregarded the Russian-Chinese proposal, President Barack Obama expressed the will to ... more  
Paris (AFP) July 21, 2010The head of the US Navy warned Wednesday of China's "opaque" intentions behind its growing naval might as it seeks to use sea power to bolster its strength on the world stage. "The navy is growing to assure the flow of resources" to China's booming economy and is "developing very, very good capabilities," Admiral Gary Roughead, US chief of naval operations, told reporters in Paris. "They ... more |
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US ready to restore dialogue with China's military: GatesSeoul (AFP) July 21, 2010 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday said he stood ready to revive a dialogue with China's military, especially in light of some "worrying" signals from Beijing. Forging relations between the two countries' armed forces was crucial to preventing misunderstandings, Gates, who recently saw a planned visit to China cancelled, told a news conference during a trip to South Korea. The defense secretary acknowledged he was "disappointed" at China's rebuff of his scheduled visit in June, but w ... read more |
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