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China's "Fantastic Four" Moon PlanSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 3, 2011 Since 2010, this author has pursued the story that China was planning four missions to land on the Moon this decade. The idea was a big change from our earlier understanding of China's Moon plans, which suggested there would be just two landings. Now, more evidence for the "Fantastic Four" has emerged in the Chinese media. The evidence for such a plan is now highly convincing! It's been a long time since we had any substantial updates on China's Chang'e lunar program, which is exploring the ... read more |
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  China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Change-5 In 2017 China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more | .. |
  China To Establish Global Satellite Navigation System By 2020 A senior space technology expert in China said the country's global satellite navigation system, which is composed of more than 30 satellites, is expected to be in place by 2020. China would l ... more | .. |
 China Likely To Launch First Probe To Explore Mars' Surface In 2013 China is likely to launch its first probe to explore the surface of Mars in 2013, a chief scientist said here Wednesday. "Mars is the first choice for mankind's interplanetary explorations as ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Chinese plane maker buys US Cirrus A unit of China's biggest plane maker has agreed to buy US small aircraft builder Cirrus, in what state media said Wednesday was the country's first acquisition of a US or European competitor. ... more | .. |
  Japan reviews aid to new global No. 2 China Japan is reviewing whether to cut its financial aid to China after the population giant overtook the island-nation as the world's number two economy last year, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to relax China high-tech investment limits Taiwan is to relax controls on investments from mainland China in the island's high-tech companies, a senior economic official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Japan, China agree to patch up ties Japan and China agreed Monday to improve ties which were strained to breaking point over maritime collisions near disputed islands in the East China Sea five months ago. ... more |
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Canada willing to join US 'Iron Dome' missile shield: minister
Israeli officers warned against criticising Trump's Gaza plan; Israel hits Hamas weapons facility in Syria
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  Amid wine boom, Chinese buy up Bordeaux chateaux China gained another foothold in the booming wine trade with Bordeaux when a Chinese jewellery magnate added a chateau in the south west of France to his glittering assets. ... more | .. |
  China to raise minimum income tax threshold China said Wednesday it would increase the minimum threshold for income tax as Beijing tries to boost domestic consumption and narrow the country's widening wealth gap. ... more | .. |
China warns journalists on 'Jasmine' rallies Chinese police warned foreign journalists on Wednesday to obey restrictions on covering rallies called by an online protest campaign or face possible loss of their permission to work in China. ... more | .. |
  China says drought eased after snow, rain China has said that snow and rain in the country's northern wheat-growing regions over the past week had helped to ease a crippling drought that had sparked fears about rising global food prices. ... more |
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  Pollution a threat to China's growth China's environment minister warned that pollution in the country poses a threat to long-term economic growth. ... more | .. |
  China files shrimp dispute against US at WTO China has taken the United States to the World Trade Organization over a controversial anti-dumping calculation imposed by Washington against Chinese frozen shrimp, the trade body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Chinese luxury group buys Bordeaux vineyard The Chinese jewelry group Tesiro has bought a French family-owned wine chateau in the world-renowned Bordeaux region, industry officials told AFP on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Data fuels China, India inflation worries Inflation pressures in China and India mounted on Tuesday as data showed manufacturing costs jumped last month, raising the prospect of fresh rate rises. ... more |
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Fukushima nuclear plant operator to dismantle water tanks next week
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  More Chinese from Libya land in Greece, Filipinos to follow More than 2,000 Chinese fleeing unrest-torn Libya landed on the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday and hundreds of Filipinos were due to arrive later in the day, officials said. ... more | .. |
China keen to show it cares about workers in Libya China's all-out efforts to evacuate more than 30,000 workers from violence-hit Libya have highlighted the government's need to show it can protect hundreds of thousands of migrants overseas, experts say. ... more | .. |
  China rail builder suspends Libya projects State-run China Railway Construction said Wednesday that its billions of dollars of projects in Libya were in jeopardy after it was forced to suspend them as the country is rocked by an uprising. ... more | .. |
  China approves BYD-Daimler electric car deal Chinese auto group BYD and German luxury car maker Daimler have received regulatory approval for their joint venture to develop an electric car in China, the companies said Tuesday. ... more |
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  China caps emissions for rare earth miners China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable in making many high-tech products. ... more | .. |
BMW sets sights on emerging markets beyond China BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer said on Tuesday that the luxury German carmaker was looking for expansion around the world in emerging markets such as Russia and Turkey, not only in China. ... more | .. |
  CTDC Signs 20MW PV Module European Sales Contract China Technology Development Group has announced that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a Sales Contract for the Year 2011 (the "Contract") of 20MW solar modules with well-known Itali ... more | .. |
China says media must 'cooperate' after rally clampdown China on Tuesday told journalists they must "cooperate" with police and respect the country's laws, after several foreign reporters were roughed up in a crackdown on calls for anti-government rallies. ... more |
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Perseverance Rover's Groundbreaking Soil and Rock Samples
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Revamped China history museum skips taboo subjects China reopened its main history museum on Tuesday after a three-year facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the country's most momentous - and sensitive - events. ... more | .. |
Gazprom wins TNK-BP's Siberian field Gazprom won an auction Tuesday for a disputed stake held by BP's Russia venture in a massive Siberian field that the state-owned behemoth hopes to use to expand its energy exports to China. ... more | .. |
  Third Greek ferry of Chinese fleeing Libya arrives in Crete A third Greek ferry chartered by China to evacuate its nationals from Libya cast anchor in the port of Heraklion on the southern Greek island of Crete early Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Candid Cameras Give A Chance To See Wildlife As A Scientist Does The new website allows the public to see exactly what scientists see in their research-photos of wildlife captured at close range, from the head-on stare of a jaguar in Peru to inside the mouth of a ... more |
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 Marine 'Networks' Can Protect Fish Stocks University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science faculty were part of an international scientific team to show that strong links between the corals reefs of the South Chi ... more | .. |
  NZ promises Japan, China probe into school tragedy New Zealand Sunday assured Japan and China it would "vigorously" probe the collapse in last week's quake of a building in which dozens of foreign students are thought to have died. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen vows action, police smother 'rallies' Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged on Sunday to tackled a range of hot-button public concerns as an online call for rallies across the country to pressure the government fizzled in major cities. ... more | .. |
 BASIC nations eye next climate meeting The BASIC group of countries - India, China, Brazil and South Africa - called for specific issues to be addressed before December's climate conference in Durban, South Africa. ... more |
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