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China To Launch Second Lunar ProbeXichang, China (XNA) Sep 30, 2010 China will launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e II, at an appropriate time between Oct. 1 and 3, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwest China's Sichuan Province announced Wednesday. Fueling of the Long March CZ-3C rocket will begin on Sept. 30. The lunar probe will test key technology for Chang'e III, collect data for future landings of Chang'e III and Chang'e IV, and provide high-resolution photographs of the landing area. The Long March CZ-3C rocket will boost Chan ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2010The suicide rate among the elderly living in China's urban areas has become alarmingly high as they face rising medical bills and relocations from their homes, state media reported Tuesday. The annual suicide rate among those aged 70 to 74 in cities surged above 33 per 100,000 people between 2002 and 2008 compared to 13 per 100,000 people in the 1990s, the official China Daily quoted a socio ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 27, 2010China has begun building a 13.3-billion-yuan (two-billion-dollar) extension to the world's highest railway line, which links Tibet to the rest of the nation, state media reported Monday. The extension linking the Tibetan capital Lhasa to Xigaze - the Himalayan region's second-biggest city - should be completed in four years, the official China Daily said. The building of the 253-kilome ... more  
Panama City (AFP) Sept 27, 2010A Chinese freighter has become the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary, the canal authority said Monday. "The ship 'Fortune Plum,' whose name foreshadowed its good luck, became the one millionth vessel to cross the inter-oceanic canal since it was opened," the Panama Canal Authority said in a statement. The vessel actually cros ... more |
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Pentagon seeks to revive US-China military relationsWashington (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 A Pentagon official is holding talks in Beijing this week in an effort to revive US military relations with China and reduce tensions in the region, a defense spokesman said Monday. Michael Schiffer, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, began a two-day visit Monday to Beijing to hold discussions with Chinese military officials "about re-starting the military-to-military relationship," Colonel Dave Lapan told AFP. Military ties between the two countries have been repeatedly sta ... read more |
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