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China Launches Fifth Satellite For Its Own Global Navigation NetworkXichang, China (XNA) Aug 02, 2010 China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier rocket. It is the 126th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets. The satellite will join another four satellites in orbit to form a network that will eventually consist of 35 satellites. The system, code named "COMPASS", is a crucial part of the country's spac ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2010Police have arrested four people in connection with a chemical pipeline explosion that rocked a city in eastern China, state media said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 13. More than 300 others were injured in the blast on Wednesday, which occurred on the grounds of an abandoned plastics factory in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, as workers were demolishing the facility. The exp ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2010Beijing on Thursday denied charges by a US business group that its technology transfer rules for foreign firms constitute "theft" on a massive scale, and defended its policies as meeting global rules. "Countries around the world have taken a lot of measures to encourage technology innovation," a commerce ministry official, who declined to be named, told AFP. "The Chinese policies are in ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2010Mining giant Rio Tinto and China's Chalco on Thursday signed a binding agreement to jointly develop a huge African iron ore field, with the Chinese company to invest 1.35 billion dollars in the project. Chalco, a listed subsidiary of state-owned Chinalco, will acquire a 44.65 percent interest in the Simandou project in Guinea and Rio will take 50.35 percent, the Anglo-Australian miner said i ... more |
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More than 30,000 trapped by floods in China's northeastBeijing (AFP) July 28, 2010 More than 30,000 people are thought to be trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China, state media said Wednesday, as torrential rain that has killed over 300 in two weeks continues. China is struggling with its worst flooding in a decade tat has left 1,405 dead or missing since the beginning of the year and caused at least 26 billion dollars in damage, and authorities have warned of more to come. In the central city of Wuhan, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as authoritie ... read more |
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