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China Ready For Another Lunar EncounterSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 27, 2010 China could launch its second lunar probe within days. The Chang'e 2 spacecraft was originally built as a back-up to China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, which was launched successfully in 2007. Rather than mothballing the spare spacecraft, China has sensibly planned a follow-up mission that will examine the Moon even more closely than the first. Chang'e 2 has been fairly camera-shy for the media, and we have received only a basic disclosure of its mission. We can expect that it will look prett ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2010Coal mine managers in China, who have to go underground with workers under new rules aimed at improving safety, have been banned from tasking assistants to take their place, state media said Thursday. "Coal mining companies are not allowed to send promoted assistants in place of the managers," Huang Yi, spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety, was quoted as saying by the offici ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Sep 23, 2010 In the latest effort in China's feverish pace of space exploration activities, it has successfully launched a secret military payload, authorities said. It was the fifth launch in less than two months for China and the second launching in that time period of a clandestine Yaogan reconnaissance satellite, SPACE.com reported Thursday. China's recent rush to space includes a mysteri ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 24, 2010China blocked rare earth exports to Japan days before Tokyo's decision Friday to free a Chinese boat captain whose detention sparked the worst diplomatic row between the sides in years, traders said. Beijing denied reports it had prevented shipments of the rare minerals that many of Japan's top exporters, such as the world's biggest automaker Toyota, rely on to make cutting-edge products ra ... more |
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China hints missiles targeting Taiwan could be axed: mediaTaipei (AFP) Sept 24, 2010 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has suggested that mainland missiles pointing at Taiwan could one day be removed, Taipei-based media reported Friday. "I believe the issue you mention will eventually be realised," Wen said according to the United Daily News and other newspapers, when asked about withdrawing Chinese missiles targeting Taiwan. Wen made the remarks in New York while meeting Chinese-language media, the paper said. Taiwanese experts estimate that the Chinese military has more than 1,60 ... read more |
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