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China to explore Mars with Russia this yearBeijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2011 China's first Mars probe is expected to be launched in October this year in a joint operation with Russia after a two-year delay, state media reported Sunday. The probe, Yinghuo-1, was due to blast off in October 2009 with Russia's "Phobos Explorer" from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan but the launch was postponed, the official Xinhua news agency said. Quoting an unnamed expert at the China Academy of Space Technology, the report said the blast-off had been pushed back to October this year ... read more |
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  Taiwan set to lift ban on solo Chinese tourists Taiwan is expected to lift its decades-old ban on visits by individual Chinese tourists from April in yet another sign of the island's fast-warming ties with China, officials and local media said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Hu pledges a peaceful, cooperative China in 2011 Chinese President Hu Jintao said in a New Year's Eve address on Friday China would adhere to the path of peaceful development and would always seek to cooperate when facing global problems. ... more | .. |
  Japan to consider using drones: report Japan is to consider using unmanned aircraft for surveillance flights, a newspaper reported Thursday, at a time of heightened tensions with neighbouring China and North Korea. ... more | .. |
  EU could end China arms embargo early 2011: report A European Union arms embargo clamped on China in 1989 following the Tiananmen crackdown could be lifted in early 2011, Brussels sources told Thursday's edition of France's Le Figaro daily. ... more |
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 Taiwan set to admit Chinese students in September Taiwanese universities are due to admit their first batch of Chinese students in September, the island's education ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Natural disasters killed 295,000 in 2010: reinsurer The Haiti earthquake and floods in Pakistan and China helped make 2010 an exceptional year for natural disasters, killing 295,000 and costing 130 billion dollars, the world's top reinsurer said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Tiananmen leaders plead to attend democracy icon's funeral Two leaders of China's 1989 Tiananmen protests have urged Hong Kong to let them attend the funeral of democracy icon Szeto Wah, arguing it would be inhumane not to do so. ... more | .. |
  China to send observers to Sudan for referendum China said Tuesday it would send observers to its close ally Sudan, where voting on an independence referendum for the south of the country is due to begin at the weekend. ... more |
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China's police use micro-blogs to polish public image Police in China have launched micro-blogs in a bid to counter an image as heavy-handed and to "guide public opinion" through improved communications with tech-savvy citizens, state media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Japan to step up mineral exploration in Pacific: report Japan is to step up its search for undersea mineral reserves in the Pacific, according to a media report on Monday, setting up a likely exploration race with China and South Korea. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: The year ahead Two predictions can be made with confidence about the global economy in the coming year: There will be another crisis for the euro and China's growth rate will be deliberately slowed by government and central bank officials worried by the social and political implications of inflation. ... more | .. |
  Beijing-Shanghai fast rail link to open in June: state media A high-speed railway that will cut travel time between Beijing and Shanghai to around four hours will open in June, a year ahead of schedule, state media said Tuesday. ... more |
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 China backs Spain to emerge from economic crisis China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and will continue to buy Spanish government bonds despite market fears of an Irish-style debt bailout, a top Chinese official said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Macau gaming revenue hits record jackpot in 2010 Casinos in Macau cashed in a record 23.5 billion US dollars last year, according to official figures Monday which analysts said trumped the Las Vegas Strip by about four times. ... more | .. |
  China announces nuclear fuel breakthrough Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
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  Pipeline begins supplying oil from Russia to China The first oil pipeline between Russia and China, feted as a mark of growing ties between the world's biggest oil producer and its biggest energy consumer, started operation Saturday, state media said. ... more | .. |
 Beijing opens five new subway lines amid gridlock woes China's capital Beijing on Thursday opened five new subway lines stretching into the suburbs - additions the city hopes will help ease its infamous traffic jams, deemed the world's worst this year. ... more | .. |
 China's CNPC to invest in city hit by oil spill: report China National Petroleum Corp will invest in a northeastern port city hit by an oil spill last year at facilities it owned, averting paying direct compensation to local fishermen, state media said. ... more | .. |
  GM China sales hit record high in 2010 US auto giant General Motors said Tuesday that its sales in China, the world's largest car market, increased 28.8 percent year-on-year in 2010 to a new annual record of 2.35 million vehicles. ... more |
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  Chinese website selling iPad2 cases, ordered to remove ads Protective cases for the second generation iPad are being sold on Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba - even before Apple has launched the new device - and suggest the next model will have a camera. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan's president calls for democracy in China Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday called for democracy in China, saying the island's experience could serve as a model for the future development on the mainland. ... more | .. |
  Chinese Fossil Site Shows Long Recovery Of Life From Largest Extinction A major new fossil site in south-west China has filled in a sizeable gap in our understanding of how life on this planet recovered from the greatest mass extinction of all time, according to a paper ... more | .. |
 Taiwan investment in China rises sharply in 2010: report Taiwanese companies have invested 13.3 billion US dollars in China this year, up 119.8 percent from the previous year, a report said Friday. ... more |
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