|
 
China Publishes Official Chinese Names For Places On The MoonBeijing, China (XNA) Sep 03, 2010 China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has published the official Chinese names for places on the earth's moon, in a first that eliminates confusion and will help the nation's lunar exploration efforts. The ministry published the Chinese names for 468 places and will publish more at a later date. The International Astronomical Union has given names to more than 9,000 places on the moon, said a ministry official Thursday. The project to standardize Chinese lunar names was initiated by the mi ... read more |
. |
 |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| . | . |
| .. |
 
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2010The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. The non-committal notes from Washington came as a delegation led by China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei met US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and other State Department officials. The Chinese ... more  
Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2010Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday. Publishing in the journal Nature, a team of Chinese scientists say China's climate "has clearly warmed" over the past half century, gaining 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1960. The hotspots were northeastern China with a warming trend ... more  
New York (AFP) Sept 1, 2010Oil prices powered higher Wednesday in the wake of strong manufacturing data from leading energy consumers China and the United States. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October, jumped 1.99 dollars to 73.91 dollars. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in October was up 1.71 dollars at 76.35 dollars a barrel in late London trade. "Weaker dollar and surprising changes on ... more |
.. |
  Chinese manufacturing rebounds in August   US cracks down on Chinese honey smuggling ring   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
.. |
|
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
|
. |
 
Sony Ericsson targeting China's smartphone marketBeijing (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 Sony Ericsson said Wednesday China would become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years, as it moved to grab a bigger slice of the fast-growing smartphone market. The Japanese-Swedish mobile phone manufacturer estimated smartphone use in China would reach 50 percent of all mobile phone users in the country by 2015, as it launched its latest smartphone, called the A8i, in Beijing. Smartphones accounted for 11.2 percent of the mobile phone market in the second quarter, ... read more |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
| Previous Issues | Sep 02 | Sep 01 | Aug 31 | Aug 30 | Aug 27 |
