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Rocket Carrying China's Second Lunar Probe Almost Ready For LaunchXichang, China (XNA) Oct 01, 2010 A rocket carrying China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e II, is at its final stage of preparation before launch, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwestern Sichuan Province said Thursday. Fueling of the Long March 3C rocket, the last procedure before its launch, began at 9 a.m. on Sept. 30. Fu Jumei, of the XSLC, said the rocket's first and second stage boosters were fueled with conventional propellents Thursday. The fueling took about five hours. The rocket's thi ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2010China hopes a UN climate conference it hosts next week can help narrow differences on the issue, an official said Wednesday, while casting doubt on major progress at full negotiations later in the year. China will host a final preparatory meeting in the northern city of Tianjin ahead of UN talks opening in November in Cancun in Mexico, with major carbon emitters including the United States a ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Sept 29, 2010Brazil, China and the EU pressed the United States Wednesday to show greater engagement in WTO talks on a global free trade deal amid concerns the world's biggest economy is failing in its leading role. "Many members have taken note that, in the Doha Round negotiations, particularly over the past two years, the US seems to have stepped back from its due leadership role," said Chinese ambassa ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2010China on Wednesday announced it had taken further steps to cool its red-hot property market, ordering banks not to provide loans for third home purchases and above. The new measures are aimed at preventing house prices from rising too fast, the State Council, or cabinet, said in a statement, amid fears of a speculative bubble that analysts say could derail the world's second largest economy. ... more |
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Japan eyes PM talks with China to defuse rowTokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 Japan stuck to its guns Tuesday in a row with China over a disputed island chain but also said it was open to high-level talks to defuse the worst spat in years between the Asian powers. Prime Minister Naoto Kan now plans to attend an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels next week, officials said, making clear that he would be open to talks with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines. Asia's two biggest economies have argued bitterly for three weeks over Japan's arrest of a Chinese sk ... read more |
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