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Make outer space safe for allBeijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2011 Gregory L. Schulte, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, recently told reporters that the United States has proposed to establish regular dialogue with China in an effort to create rules and reduce the risk of accidents and miscalculations in outer space. Security in outer space has long been an issue of concern in the global arms control process. Since the late 1990s, China, Russia and some other countries have urged the international community to hold multilateral dialogue ... read more |
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  Vietnam to get sub fleet in six years: state media Vietnam will have a submarine fleet within six years, the defence minister confirmed in reports on Thursday, as China's increasing maritime assertiveness causes regional concern. ... more | .. |
  China says Japan defence paper 'irresponsible' China has hit out at rival Japan over a Japanese defence paper that criticised Beijing's military build-up, branding the accusations "irresponsible". ... more | .. |
  Huge cyber spying effort revealed, China suspected The United States, United Nations, defense contractors and the International Olympic Committee were targets of a massive global cyber spying campaign, a computer security firm said Wednesday, with China seen as the likely culprit. ... 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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 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 | .. |
  China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives, the government said, after a wave of contamination scares. ... more | .. |
 China allows cooking oil prices to rise China has allowed cooking oil producers to hike prices to cover the rising cost of raw materials, companies and state media said Thursday, despite its struggles to curb already high inflation. ... more |
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  Genetic evidence clears Ben Franklin The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn't do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow ... more | .. |
  Striking Chinese taxi drivers back at work Thousands of Chinese taxi drivers who went on strike over pay in the eastern hub of Hangzhou returned to work on Wednesday after accepting a government deal, the city's biggest taxi company said. ... 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 | .. |
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 |
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  Japan warns of Beijing's maritime policies China's maritime activities are "overbearing" and arouse "anxiety about its future direction," Japan's annual Defense Ministry white paper states. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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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 | .. |
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 |
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  Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014 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. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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Mobix Labs Secures Defense Funding to Advance SATCOM SoC Innovation
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 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 | .. |
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 |
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