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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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  Asia to be world's biggest aircraft market: Airbus Asia will emerge as the world's biggest aircraft market by 2029, accounting for a third of worldwide plane deliveries as the region's growing middle class drives demand, Airbus said Monday. ... more | .. |
  World's Largest Rocket Production Base Takes Shape In North China 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 Technolog ... 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops as China ties warm Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be offset by more advanced weaponry, an official said Monday. ... more | .. |
  'Spectacular' cyber attack hits French government The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a "spectacular" cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said Monday. ... 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 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 | .. |
 Obama to nominate Locke as ambassador to China President Barack Obama plans to nominate Chinese-American Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his new ambassador to China, to replace Jon Huntsman, who is mulling a White House bid. ... 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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 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 | .. |
  Tibet closed to foreign tourists in March Chinese authorities have closed the troubled Tibetan region to foreign tourists, travel agents said Monday, ahead of the third anniversary of violent anti-government riots there. ... more | .. |
 China FM says no tension despite protest campaign China's foreign minister on Monday dismissed suggestions of heightened domestic tension following calls for anti-government protests inspired by the "Jasmine" uprisings in the Arab world. ... more | .. |
 Chinese police beef up street patrols Chinese security forces increased their presence on Beijing streets amid a third week of calls over the Internet for pro-democracy protests and demonstrations. ... more |
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  'Overweight' Chinese show lowest death risk: study Chinese men and women on the verge of what is considered overweight among Causcasians actually showed the lowest risk of death when compared to their own cultural counterparts, said a study on Monday. ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  JA Solar And MEMC Announce Solar Cell Production Joint Venture JA Solar Holdings and MEMC Electronic Materials have announced a joint venture agreement between JA Solar and MEMC's affiliate, MEMC Singapore, to build and operate a solar cell production facility ... more |
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  Canada, U.S., not China, top mining deals Many experts have warned of China's natural resources buying spree but a new report suggests that North American companies far surpassed their competitors from Asia in mining deals in 2010. ... 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 | .. |
  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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 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 | .. |
 Sun is shining on Asian tourism trade The sun is shining on the tourism trade in Asia-Pacific with double-digit growth notched up in 2010, spurred largely by Chinese and Indian middle classes packing their bags for a break abroad. ... more | .. |
Mattel closes Barbie concept store in China US toy maker Mattel on Monday shut the world's first and only Barbie concept store after just two years, ending an ambitious marketing push to boost the iconic American doll's sales in China. ... 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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