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US vows to get China ties rightHonolulu, Hawaii (AFP) Oct 28, 2010 The United States vowed Thursday to get its rocky relations with China "right" despite flaring rows, and announced that President Barack Obama would meet President Hu Jintao next month in Seoul. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, en route to an ambitious tour of Asia, meanwhile raised the regional stakes for the administration, saying its bid to engage rising India and China represented a "critical test" of US leadership. The White House announced that Obama would meet Hu for the seventh time b ... read more |
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  China says manned space station possible around 2020 China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme. ... more | .. |
  China expands naval fleet to 'safeguard sea rights': report China is expanding its naval surveillance fleet to better protect its maritime rights, state media reported Thursday, amid bitter deep-sea territorial disputes with neighbouring nations. ... more | .. |
  Fossils double age of humans in Asia New fossil evidence suggests modern humans could have reached East Asia much earlier than previously believed, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  China says rare earths not a 'bargaining tool' China will not use its near-global monopoly on the rare earths trade as a "bargaining tool", an industry ministry spokesman said Thursday, amid a row with Japan over the vital minerals. ... more | .. |
  Twelve killed in China coal mine flood: state media Twelve workers were killed and one injured in a flood in a colliery in southwestern China, state media said Thursday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's notoriously dangerous mining industry. ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Oct 28, 2010China has formally begun its manned space station program, aiming to complete construction of a "relatively large" manned space laboratory around 2020, said a spokesman for the national manned space program. China was aiming to develop and launch the first part of a space laboratory before 2016, focusing on breakthroughs in living conditions for astronauts and research applications, the sp ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2010A northern Chinese city has come up with an innovative way to encourage residents to keep the streets clean - it is paying five fen (just under one US cent) for every used cigarette butt they pick up. Authorities in Shaanxi province's Xianyang city launched the campaign in September and so far enthusiastic residents have handed over seven million butts, the official China Daily said. In ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Oct 27, 2010 The water level in the reservoir of China's Three Gorges dam - the world's largest and most expensive hydroelectric project - this week reached its capacity of 574 feet, Chinese state media reported. Cao Guangjing, chairman of the China Three Gorges Corp., told Xinhua news agency that only by reaching the maximum level would all of the project's 26 power-generating units - each with ... more |
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NASA chief says pleased with 'comprehensive' China visitBeijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 NASA chief Charles Bolden has said his visit to China last week laid the groundwork for future cooperation between the two countries on manned space flight and space exploration. The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a former astronaut and veteran of four space shuttle missions, wrapped up a five-day trip to China on Thursday that included a tour of a major space launch centre. Bolden said in a statement released Tuesday by the US embassy in Beijing that he had been g ... read more |
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