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Secure World Foundation Holds Space Debris WorkshopBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 International participants from a dozen universities around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and Japan, along with faculty and graduate students from across China, participated in the 2010 Beijing Space Debris Mitigation Workshop, held on October 18-19 in Beijing, China. Secure World Foundation, along with its partners at Beihang University in Beijing and International Space University in Strasbourg, France, held the 2010 Beijing Space Debris Mitigation Worksh ... read more |
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  N.Korea justifies nuclear 'treasured sword' North Korea said its nuclear arsenal "serves as a treasured sword", amid reports the secretive state could be preparing for a third nuclear test. ... more | .. |
  Japan faces 'more severe' security situation: PM Japan is facing growing security challenges due to China's flexing of its military might and North Korea's missile development programme and nuclear status, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Rising China causes apprehension at Asia summit Behind the official handshakes and smiles at this week's 16-nation Asian summit in Vietnam, China's increasingly assertive behaviour means the region will be in an apprehensive mood, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  S.Korea sends promised flood relief aid to N.Korea South Korea is sending the first dispatch of relief supplies including 5,000 tons of rice to North Korea on Monday, after it was battered by torrential rain this summer, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Rwanda, China boost military ties Kigali and Beijing agreed to enhance their military cooperation during a visit to China by Rwandan Defence Minister James Kaberebe, an army statement said Saturday. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2010A Chinese blogger is tracking violent and sometimes deadly land grabs taking place in the Asian nation and recording them on Google Maps in a bid to try and get people to boycott "blood housing." The anonymous blogger on Sina.com has recorded more than 70 different confirmed and unconfirmed incidents around the country on two so-called "Bloody Maps," which had registered more than 52,000 hit ... more  
Ilan, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 23, 2010At least seven people died when a temple collapsed in Taiwan on Friday as torrential rains unleashed by Typhoon Megi triggered landslides that also left dozens missing and hundreds stranded. Megi, the strongest storm to hit the northwest Pacific in two decades, has already killed at least 36 people in the Philippines and was expected to make landfall early Saturday in Fujian province in sout ... more  
London (AFP) Oct 24, 2010China, the world's second largest economy and its number one energy consumer, is shaking up global commodities markets where its potent growth momentum is also powering a rise in metals prices. "China is now the largest energy consumer by our definition," Nobuo Tanaka, head of the International Energy Agency, said recently. "Probably half of the oil demand increase comes from China. Chin ... more |
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China protecting strategic interests with rare earths policyXiamen, China (AFP) Oct 24, 2010 China's restrictions on exports of rare earths are aimed at maximising profit, strengthening its homegrown high-tech companies and forcing other nations to help sustain global supply, experts say. China last year produced 97 percent of the global supply of rare earths - a group of 17 elements used in high-tech products ranging from flat-screen televisions to iPods to hybrid cars - but is home to just a third of reserves. The United States and Australia have large reserves, 15 and five percent ... read more |
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