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Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014Beijing (AFP) Aug 1, 2011 Taiwan IT giant Foxconn - hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants - plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media reported Monday. Foxconn - the world's largest maker of computer components, which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia - plans to use one million robots to do "simple" work, China Business News quoted chairman Terry Gou saying. Gou announced the plan to 10,000 staff at a company event in Shenzhen on Friday, various media repor ... read more |
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  UN, US targets of major cyber spying campaign: report Over 70 organizations including the United Nations and major US defense groups have been targets of a global cyber spying effort, according to security firm McAfee, with analysts pointing to China as the culprit, the Washington Post said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Japan warns of China's growing naval muscle Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in nearby waters and the Pacific and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget. ... more | .. |
  China backs N. Korea call for early nuclear talks China on Tuesday backed calls by North Korea for an early resumption of six-party denuclearisation talks, saying it was "in the common interests" of all the countries involved. ... 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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  Locke sworn in as new US ambassador to China Gary Locke on Monday formally resigned as US commerce secretary and became the new US ambassador China, promising to reap benefits from a difficult and sensitive US-China relationship. ... more | .. |
  China blames unrest on Pakistan-trained 'terrorists' China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist "terrorists" trained in neighbouring Pakistan for an outbreak of deadly violence and imposed heavy security in a bid to prevent further unrest. ... more | .. |
  China launches another experimental satellite China launched an experimental orbiter into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday. The SJ-11-02 orbiter was sent into space at 3:42 p.m. ... more | .. |
  China to explore Indian Ocean seabed: report China has won the right to explore for minerals in part of the Indian Ocean as the energy-hungry country scours the world for resources to fuel its fast-growing economy, state media said Wednesday. ... more |
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  Tensions high after deadly unrest in China Tensions ran high in China's remote Kashgar city Tuesday after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting deadly ethnic unrest and vowed a further crackdown on "religious extremists". ... more | .. |
Migrants to China's northwest live in fear Chinese migrants who have flocked to the country's far northwest lured by government policies to enrich the region say ethnic violence has made them fear for their lives - and their livelihoods. ... more | .. |
  China jails officials over deadly blaze: Xinhua A Chinese court has jailed five officials including the local government head of construction over a fire in Shanghai that left 58 people dead, the Xinhua news agency and Shanghai media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Russian city reels from $3 million tornado damage: official A Russian town on the border with China was on Monday recovering from a rare tornado that killed a man and wreaked havoc that may cost the Far Eastern town up to $3 million, authorities said. ... more |
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Taxi driver protests hit two Chinese cities Thousands of taxi drivers in China's eastern city of Hangzhou went on strike Monday over high petrol prices and traffic congestion, while drivers in Shanghai also protested over benefits. ... more | .. |
  Dissecting the genomes of crop plants to improve breeding potential Scientists on the Norwich Research Park, working with colleagues in China, have developed new techniques that will aid the application of genomics to breeding the improved varieties of crop needed t ... more | .. |
  Peru opts for secure telecom network Peru has opted for secure wireless broadband networks across the country as part of the government's drive to regenerate regions held back by years of underdevelopment and chronic poverty. ... more | .. |
  Obama says austerity bill only a 'first step' US President Barack Obama signed an emergency austerity bill Tuesday that averted a debt default, but warned the contentious plan was "just the first step" on a long road to economic recovery. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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China says US fails to defuse 'debt bomb' China warned Wednesday that tortured efforts to raise the US limit on borrowing had failed to defuse Washington's "debt bomb", and signalled it would further diversify its holdings away from the dollar. ... more | .. |
  Philippines will seek oil in South China Sea The Philippines plans to auction off areas of the South China Sea for oil exploration, despite worsening territorial disputes with China over the area, an official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Beijing-Shanghai ticket sales fall after rail crash Ticket sales on China's new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail are flagging after a deadly accident on the network, with some trains selling as few as 30 percent of their seats, state media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
China lawyers 'told not to take rail crash cases' Legal authorities in China ordered lawyers not to take on cases from the families of victims of last weekend's fatal train crash, it emerged Saturday, as judicial officials apologised for the move. ... more |
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Hong Kong groups protest over China's rail crash Hong Kong activists on Sunday held rallies calling for a thorough and open investigation into a fatal train crash in China on July 23 that killed at least 40 people and injured almost 200. ... more | .. |
 US, Vietnam start first military relationship The United States and Vietnam on Monday opened their first formal military relationship since their war, another sign of growing cooperation amid high tensions between Hanoi and China. ... more | .. |
Japan reports China ship near disputed islands Japan's coastguard on Sunday warned a Chinese marine research ship sailing near a disputed island chain against conducting surveys there. ... more | .. |
China needs at least three aircraft carriers: general China needs at least three aircraft carriers to defend its interests, a general said, days after the state media broadcast footage of its first carrier in a rare public mention of the project. ... more |
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  US, China talk on Taiwan as jet decision nears The United States and China on Friday held top-level talks on Taiwan, with Washington working pre-emptively to avoid a fallout as a decision nears on whether to sell fighter-jets to Taiwan. ... more | .. |
 China to launch experimental satellite in coming days China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday said it will launch an experimental orbiter in the coming days. The orbiter, SJ-11-02, will be carried into space by China's indigenous Long ... more | .. |
 Why Tiangong is not a Station Hub There's been another round of inaccurate reporting in the Chinese media about China's Tiangong space laboratory. Stories have claimed that Tiangong 1, due to be launched within two months, is the co ... more | .. |
China extends journalist's jail sentence A Chinese journalist jailed in 2007 after reporting on corruption and due to be released this year has had his sentence extended, rights activists and his lawyer said Friday. ... more |
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 Deadly violence hits China's restive Xinjiang Knife-wielding attackers killed 13 people in China's Xinjiang region and another five were shot dead by police as a wave of violence swept the ethnically-torn area, state media and officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China train crash payments almost double: Xinhua China has almost doubled the compensation offered to relatives of those killed in a high-speed train crash, state media said Friday, after fierce criticism of authorities' handling of the disaster. ... more | .. |
 Chinese media attack US over debt battle Chinese media attacked the United States over its debt wrangling Friday, warning that lawmakers could depress the value of the dollar, fuel global inflation and plunge the world into another recession. ... more | .. |
 Philippines wants SE Asian unity on sea row The Philippines said Friday it would seek regional backing for a plan on pursuing joint development of disputed areas in the South China Sea amid China's increasingly robust assertions of its claims. ... more |
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