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China setting up new rocket production baseBeijing (AFP) March 4, 2011 China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press said Friday. Twenty of the 22 plants that will make up "the world's largest rocket design, production and testing base" have already been completed at the complex in the northern port city of Tianjin, the Global Times said. China's Long March IV and V rockets will be designed and built at the 200-hectare (500-acre) complex, the paper said, cit ... read more |
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 China's "Fantastic Four" Moon Plan 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, w ... more | .. |
 China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Chang'e-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's Tiangong-1 To Be Launched By Modified Long March II-F Rocket The unmanned space module Tiangong-1 that China plans to launch this year will be sent into space by a modified Long March II-F carrier rocket, an expert told Xinhua Thursday. The 8.5-tonne Ti ... 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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  Beijing to trial mobile tracking system: report A system designed to track the location of millions of mobile phone users is to be tested in Beijing, sparking concerns over privacy, state media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
  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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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  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 | .. |
  China will pursue 'powerful' military: Wen Premier Wen Jiabao vowed on Saturday that China would continue building a "powerful" military, one day after Beijing announced a return to double-digit percentage hikes in defence spending. ... more | .. |
Double-digit rise for China's military spending China announced a renewed double-digit hike in military spending on Friday after funding slowed last year, but insisted the nearly $92 billion outlay posed no external threat despite concerns abroad. ... more | .. |
  Indian defense budget gets 'hefty' rise India raised its defense budget by more than 11 percent in the face of China's growing military might. ... more |
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  Business group accuses US of neglecting Taiwan A US-based business association has accused Washington of neglecting its obligation to provide Taiwan with arms to defend itself and warning that Beijing was taking advantage of the situation. ... 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 | .. |
China state media defends military spending hike China's state media on Sunday sought to alleviate fears about a double-digit hike in defence spending in 2011, amid concerns abroad about the nation's military intentions. ... more | .. |
Poll boost for Taiwan's anti-China opposition Taiwan's main anti-China opposition beat the ruling party in weekend parliamentary by-elections its leader said were a crucial indicator for the 2012 presidential polls. ... more |
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China's Wen pledges to address 'great resentment' Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday acknowledged "great resentment" in China over growing income disparity, corruption and other problems, and vowed his government would work harder to meet public demands. ... more | .. |
  N.Korea's heir apparent invited to Beijing: Seoul China has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's youngest son to visit Beijing, Seoul's spy agency has said, after Beijing expressed support for a second father-to-son succession in Pyongyang. ... more | .. |
 Bombardier gets jumbo credit deal from China Canada's Bombardier, the third-largest aircraft maker in the world behind Airbus and Boeing, says it has secured a financing deal worth up to $8 billion from a Chinese leasing firm. ... more | .. |
  Rights groups slam China Jasmine 'repression' Human rights groups on Thursday sharply criticised the Chinese government over what one called a "new wave of frenzied repression" in response to a call for anti-government rallies in China. ... more |
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  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 | .. |
Graft: a perennial problem for China's leaders The political demise of Li Fengchen bizarrely began after he busted more than 30 officials who had purchased jobs in the eastern China county he ruled. ... 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 | .. |
  China's Wen pledges to address 'great resentment' Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday acknowledged "great resentment" in China over growing income disparity, corruption and other problems, and vowed his government would work harder to meet public demands. ... more |
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  Asia rice output threatened by pesticide overuse The unbridled manufacture and use of pesticides in Asia is raising the spectre of "pest storms" devastating the region's rice farms and threatening food security, scientists have warned. ... more | .. |
  China state paper warns against 'Jasmine rallies' China's state media on Saturday warned citizens to ignore calls for weekend anti-government rallies in major cities, saying that similar protests across the Middle East had created "chaos". ... more | .. |
  China lends Angola $15 bn but creates few jobs China has extended almost $15 billion in credit to Angola since the African oil giant's civil war, but has struggled to hire trained locals for reconstruction projects, Beijing's ambassador told AFP. ... more | .. |
Bob Dylan to play first China shows: promoter American music legend Bob Dylan will play in China for the first time in his illustrious career in two April concerts timed to mark his 50 years as a performer, Beijing-based promoters said Friday. ... more |
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  Reining in prices is China's 'top priority': Wen Reining in prices is China's "top priority" in 2011, as it strives for more balanced eight percent economic growth, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a speech Saturday to open the annual session of parliament. ... more | .. |
  Philippine oil survey gets escort amid China spat Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday ordered the coast guard to escort a Filipino oil exploration vessel in disputed waters as Manila complained of harassment by Chinese patrols. ... more | .. |
  From sports cars to slums: China's huge wealth gap Li Fu is 29, owns five cars including a Ferrari and has a diamond-encrusted cell phone. Wang Qingzhan is 44, works as a cleaner and lives with his family in a tiny room that is about to be torn down. ... more | .. |
Philippine military accuses China in sea spat The Philippine military Thursday accused the Chinese navy of entering Manila's waters in the South China Sea and ordering an oil exploration vessel to leave. ... more |
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