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World's Largest Rocket Production Base Takes Shape In North ChinaBeijing, China (XNA) Mar 04, 2011 The world's largest design, production and testing base for rockets is being built in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, told Xinhua Thursday. The first phase of the rocket industrial base in Tianjin's Binhai New Area will be completed within the year. Rocket parts will be designed, manufactured, assembled and tested at the base, Liang said. Twenty of the 22 plants have been completed, and some of them are ready ... read more |
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  China setting up new rocket production base 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. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
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  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'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 | .. |
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 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 |
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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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 |
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What Elon Musk's Twitter tactics may bode for US government
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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 | .. |
  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 richest man says work key to easing poverty China's richest man Sunday rejected criticism that the rich have done little to help the country's millions of poor and said hard work was the key to lifting themselves out of poverty. ... more | .. |
  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 |
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  China pledges 'green' push over next five years Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday pledged that China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, would work harder to save energy and clean up the air as it revamps the economy over the next five years. ... more | .. |
 China's huge labour pool shows signs of drying up As one of the more than 200 million people in China's huge migrant workforce, Lu Jun has had to hustle for jobs his entire life, but suddenly he finds he has more choices and bargaining power than ever. ... 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 | .. |
  Silk protein boosts e-book efficiency: scientists Taiwanese scientists said Sunday they had discovered that a protein created by silkworms in the production of silk can be used to manufacture a component that will make e-books more efficient. ... more |
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Perseverance Rover's Groundbreaking Soil and Rock Samples
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  Ford probing allegations of China worker abuse The US Ford Motor Company on Friday was looking into a graphic report by a human rights group alleging abuse and of workers at a Chinese factory. ... 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 China wants green growth in next five years China, the world's biggest polluter, plans to "go green" in the next five years, emphasising energy efficiency and the battle on its choking pollution in its plans to revamp the economy, experts say. ... more |
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