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Tiangong Space Station Plans ProgessingSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 7, 2010 In 2012, China will launch her first manned space mission since 2008. The gap between missions has been long, and it will be interesting to see the program continue. Despite the anticipation, we still know little about who will fly on the mission of Shenzhou 9, which is expected to dock with China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1. China has a pool of fully trained but unflown astronauts from its first group of flight candidates, which produced China's first manned space mission in 2003. Recent ... read more |
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  Taiwan confirms mass producing cruise missiles Taiwan has confirmed for the first time that it is mass-producing cruise missiles, despite fast warming ties with China. ... more | .. |
  Mullen promotes US-S.Korea-Japan defence ties to deter North The United States' top military officer said Thursday there is a "real sense of urgency" about building up three-way defence ties with South Korea and Japan to deter North Korea. ... more | .. |
China envoy rejects US pressure to curb N.Korea: report A Beijing envoy rejected calls by the United States and its allies for China to rein in its wayward ally North Korea and urged direct talks with the regime, a newspaper reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
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  Leaked US cable says China has 'no morals' in Africa The United States thinks China is a "pernicious economic competitor with no morals" whose booming investments in Africa are propping up unsavoury regimes, according to a leaked diplomatic cable. ... more | .. |
  Liu Xiaobo: jailed Chinese intellectual sought change Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner to be honoured Friday at an award ceremony in Oslo, has been a vocal champion for greater democracy and human rights protection in China for decades. ... more | .. |
Nobel Peace ceremony in absentia -- the Ossietzky precedent This year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, in honour of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, will mark only the second time in the prize's history that neither the laureate nor a representative will be able to come accept the award. ... more | .. |
China detains family of jailed Mongol activist: rights group Police have taken into custody the wife and son of China's most prominent ethnic Mongol dissident, a rights group said Wednesday, just days before the jailed activist is due to be freed from prison. ... more |
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Sri Lanka to skip Nobel awards amid China boycott calls Sri Lanka, a close ally of China, said Thursday it would not send a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo. ... more | .. |
China on the offensive over Nobel ahead of award ceremony China Thursday labelled US lawmakers "arrogant" for supporting Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and said most of the world was opposed to the Oslo-based committee's decision to honour the dissident. ... more | .. |
Chinese group awards 'peace prize' ahead of Nobel ceremony Brushing aside questions over its political motives, a Chinese group awarded its own "peace prize" Thursday, just a day before the Nobel Committee was set to honour jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo. ... more | .. |
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China paper sees Western 'plot' in Nobel Peace Prize A Chinese state newspaper with ties to the Communist Party on Thursday suggested a Western "plot" against Beijing, saying the Nobel Peace Prize was being used to take aim at Chinese ideology. ... more | .. |
  Top Chinese official says some economic data 'man-made' Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, widely tipped to be the next premier, admitted in 2007 that some of the country's economic data was "man-made" and thus unreliable, leaked US diplomatic cables show. ... more | .. |
 China's property bubble getting worse: state media A Chinese government think tank has warned the country's real estate bubble is getting worse, with property prices in major cities overvalued by as much as 70 percent, state media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China mine blast death toll up to 26: state media The death toll from a gas blast at a coal mine in central China rose to 26 on Wednesday, state media said, after officials confirmed that more workers than previously thought were in the shaft. ... more |
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  Alstom, Bombardier sign rail agreements with China Alstom and Bombardier on Tuesday signed agreements with China's railways ministry to speed up development of rail transport in the vast country and also in overseas markets, the companies said. ... more | .. |
  Brazil's Vale makes Hong Kong trading debut Brazilian mining giant Vale made its Hong Kong trading debut Wednesday, the first South American firm to list in the city, as the company raises its exposure to resource-hungry China. ... more | .. |
 China, Laos to start work on high-speed rail link in 2011 China and Laos will begin construction early next year of the first high-speed rail line between the two countries, a report said Wednesday, as part of a project to link China and Southeast Asia. ... more | .. |
  China's Geely to sell cars online China's Geely Automobile Holdings, the new owner of Swedish car maker Volvo, will start selling vehicles on China's largest retail website Taobao later this month. ... more |
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  Chinese cities can be model for low carbon The low carbon growth successes of some of China's largest and fastest-growing cities can serve as a model for other cities worldwide to reduce greenhouse gases, says a new report. ... more | .. |
Japan's Toyota Tsusho to procure rare earths in India Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho will build a plant for processing rare earth minerals in India, the company said, as Japan scrambles to diversify supply sources beyond dominant producer China. ... more | .. |
Taiwan's AU Optronics to appeal EU fine Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) said Thursday it would appeal against a fine imposed by the European Commission for price-fixing of LCD flat screens for Europe's TVs and computers. ... more | .. |
 China's auto sales accelerate in November China's auto sales, which are already at record levels for the year, accelerated in November as the total for the first 11 months sped past 16 million units, data from an industry group showed Thursday. ... more |
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