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What Future for Chang'e-2Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 9, 2011 China's Chang'e-2 lunar orbiter has spent most of its mission in relative obscurity. This mission lacks the historical significance of Chang'e-1, which was China's first mission to the Moon. It has also not performed anything substantially different from its predecessor, such as landing on the Moon. As the backup spacecraft for Chang'e-1, Chang'e-2 has been tasked with taking a closer look at some parts of the Moon that are potential landing sites for Chinese spacecraft. It has also flown a differ ... read more |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Chinese military growing fast but concerns 'regional': IISS China is building its military capability at a rapid pace but it remains a "regional power with regional concerns", the think tank IISS said in its annual report on the world's armies Tuesday. ... 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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  Taiwan's leader denies falling into China 'trap' Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has rejected criticism that he has fallen into Beijing's "trap" and vowed to press on with a controversial policy of greater economic integration with the Chinese mainland. ... more | .. |
  Chinese man charged with illegal tech exports FBI agents arrested a Chinese national working for a US technology company Tuesday for exporting information about sensitive military know-how to China, officials said. ... more | .. |
  China's Xinjiang 'still ethnically divided' China's traditionally Muslim Xinjiang region remains ethnically divided but is basically stable nearly two years after the eruption of deadly violence there, the region's top official said Tuesday. ... 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 |
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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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  '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 | .. |
 US Senators mostly warm to new China pick US Senators mostly welcomed word Tuesday that President Barack Obama would pick Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his new ambassador to Beijing, but noted US ties to China would face fresh scrutiny. ... more | .. |
  Tibet won't crumble when Dalai Lama dies: China The eventual death of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, will have no major impact on the stability of the Chinese-ruled region, state media on Tuesday quoted top officials as saying. ... more | .. |
SW China mega-city building huge security system The mega-city of Chongqing in southwest China plans to build a $2.6 billion security system that will be one of the world's largest with 500,000 surveillance cameras, state media said Tuesday. ... 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 | .. |
  Western China the 'Middle East' for coal? Western China's vast coal reserves could make it the "new Middle East," a top coal industry official said. ... more | .. |
  Global Witness wary over China, DR.Congo deal Global Witness Tuesday criticised as opaque a $6 billion infrastructure-for-mining deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and China, saying it could not be monitored. ... more | .. |
  China's State Nuclear Power Technology Selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise The Chinese State Nuclear Power Technology has selected Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to increase productivity and safety and to accelerate project schedules for the engineering, 3D des ... more |
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 Boeing wins hefty plane deals in China US aviation giant Boeing scored multi-billion-dollar deals with China-based airlines on Tuesday in a boost to both its next-generation jumbo jet and to its troubled Dreamliner programme. ... more | .. |
 China stakes claim on disputed islands after spats China on Tuesday reiterated its claim over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam protested to Beijing over its naval activity in contested waters. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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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 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 | .. |
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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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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