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Construction Of World's Largest Radio Telescope Begins In Southwest ChinaGuiyang, China (XNA) Jan 28, 2011 Workers in southwest China's Guiyang Province have started leveling the ground upon which a five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope (FAST) will stand, local authorities said Wednesday. Located in Pingtan County, the telescope will be the world's largest, the size of 30 football fields. Its construction has begun after 14 years of preparation and two years of land surveys and resident relocations, Pingtang County government officials said. The telescope's main spherical reflecto ... read more |
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China PM meets petitioners as govt tamps down discontent Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met with citizens complaining about unpaid wages, home demolitions and land grabs, state media said Wednesday - a rare move as Beijing tries to ease public discontent. ... more | .. |
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 China orders pro-party reporting: rights groups China's Communist Party has issued directives to the nation's media for 2011 ordering them to downplay controversial issues and ensure reporting casts the party in a favourable light, rights groups say. ... more | .. |
 NEC, Lenovo in talks on joint venture: report Leading Japanese and Chinese electronics firms NEC Corp. and Lenovo Group are in the final stages of talks to form a joint venture in the personal computer business, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Oil turns higher on Chinese economic surge Oil prices turned higher in Asian trade Friday as market sentiment was buoyed by strong Chinese economic growth last year, analysts said. ... more | .. |
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 Celanese Signs LoI For Ethanol Production Facilities In China Celanese has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Celanese Far East Limited, has signed letters of intent to construct and operate industrial ethanol production facilities in Nanjing, China, ... more | .. |
Family threatens suicide in Beijing property row Wang Shibo's stricken grandparents sit drenched in petrol next to a coffin in her Beijing shop, poised to light a match in a final, desperate protest against the forced demolition of the store. ... more | .. |
 China's demand for desalination lags China's major desalination project in Tianjin, while seen as necessary to ease water shortages, hasn't generated the expected demand for the desalinated water since operations started there last April, The Guardian newspaper reports. ... more |
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