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China State media says Tiangong 1 to launch in early SeptBeijing (XNA) Aug 30, 2011 According to an unnamed source in a position of authority in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the remarkable Chinese unmanned space module Tiangong 1 will be launched soon. However, because the experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, which was launched last week, failed to enter Earth's orbit, the launch of Tiangong 1 has been postponed until early September. Tiangong 1, which means "Heavenly Palace" is the name of the first Chinese unmanned space module. After the launch of this aircraft, China will ... read more |
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  China joins antimatter search China has joined the hunt for antimatter with a pair of anti-neutrino detectors deep in a hillside near Hong Kong, particle physicists said. ... more | .. |
 Orbits for Tiangong The impending launch of China's first space laboratory will end years of waiting for this important mission. It will also hopefully begin to answer some of the many questions that remain unanswered ... more | .. |
  Kim returns to N. Korea after Russia, China visits North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il returned to Pyongyang on Saturday, state media said, after a week-long visit to Russia and China where he expressed a willingness to return to six-party nuclear talks. ... 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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  Tropical Storm Nanmadol hits China's coast Tropical Storm Nanmadol lashed China Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of boats back to harbour and causing the cancellation of dozens of flights, officials and state media said. ... more | .. |
  China tycoon to buy part of Iceland: FT A Chinese tycoon is trying to buy a huge tract of land in Iceland for a $100 million eco-tourism project that will include a golf course, the Financial Times said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Rights groups criticise China for jailing monk Rights activists on Tuesday criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death of a young monk who set himself alight, with one calling his prosecution "purely political". ... more | .. |
China urges end to 'cancer' of online rumours China's state news agency called on Internet sites Tuesday to stop the "cancer" of online rumours, in the latest sign of official unease over the rising popularity of social networking sites. ... more |
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  UN agency warns on mutant bird flu in China, Vietnam The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday warned about a new mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus in China and Vietnam, saying there could be a "major resurgence" of the disease. ... more | .. |
Taiwan deploys 50,000 troops as typhoon hits Taiwan deployed more than 50,000 troops on Monday and evacuated thousands of people as Typhoon Nanmadol pummelled some of the island's most densely populated areas. ... more | .. |
  Fire breaks out at China refinery: Xinhua A major fire broke out Monday at a refinery in northeast China owned by state-owned oil giant PetroChina, the official Xinhua news agency reported, in the latest disaster to hit the country's oil industry. ... more | .. |
China jails Tibetan monk for 11 years: Xinhua A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan lama to 11 years in prison on Monday over the death of a fellow Buddhist monk who set himself alight in March, the state Xinhua news agency reported. ... more |
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  China's nuclear power risky? By settling for cheap technology, China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident, claim diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, The Guardian newspaper reports. ... more | .. |
  China pulls 19 from flooded mine in rare rescue Rescue workers on Tuesday saved 19 miners from a flooded Chinese mine where they had been trapped for a week, state media said, in a rare good-news story for an industry in which thousands die each year. ... more | .. |
  China approves Citic Securities for HK listing Citic Securities, China's biggest broker by market value, has received government approval for a listing in Hong Kong, the company said in a statement Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Philippine leader flies to China Philippine President Benigno Aquino flew to China late Tuesday, aides said, on a mission to secure billions of dollars in business deals as the two sides look to move beyond a territorial row. ... 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 blocks Europe moves to free money for Libya: envoys China has held up moves by Britain, France and Germany to get a UN sanctions committee to release five billion dollars of frozen Libyan assets to buy emergency aid, diplomats said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Bank of America to sell shares in China's CCB Troubled US financial giant Bank of America said Monday it would sell roughly half of its 10 percent stake in China Construction Bank for about $8.3 billion in cash. ... more | .. |
Sinopec first-half net profit rises 12% Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, has reported a 12 percent gain in net profit for the first half this year, thanks to strong growth in the world's second largest economy. ... more | .. |
  China expands bank reserve rules: Xinhua China has expanded the deposits that lenders must keep in reserve with the central bank as it struggles to curb inflation, the state Xinhua news agency reported Monday. ... more |
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Norway eyes first ministerial visit to China since Nobel Oslo said Monday its energy minister will visit Beijing next month, the first Norwegian official to visit China since a spat over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident. ... more | .. |
  China's SAIC Motor first-half net profit up 46% China's largest auto maker SAIC Motor said Monday that first half net profit jumped 46 percent but warned of future "uncertainties" in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, China talk trade despite tensions Philippine President Benigno Aquino travels to China this week on a mission to secure billions of dollars in trade deals, with both sides looking to rebuild goodwill amid a bruising territorial row. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers press rich world on CO2 cuts Brazil, South Africa, India and China called Friday on industrialized nations to step up their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a key UN climate summit later this year. ... more |
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  China train maker reports surge in H1 profit A Chinese train maker said Friday its first-half net profit surged 145 percent from a year earlier after the opening of the flagship Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line. ... more | .. |
China road accident kills 18: state media Eighteen people were killed and 16 others injured when a van carrying migrant workers slammed into a trailer truck parked alongside a north China highway early Sunday, state press reported. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers call for extending climate deal Brazil, South Africa, India and China said Saturday that November's UN climate talks should aim to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding global deal to cut greenhouse gases. ... more | .. |
 China considers legalising secret detentions China is considering changes to its criminal law that human rights activists said Saturday would effectively legalise the forced disappearance of dissidents. ... more |
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 China's Sina warns bloggers to ignore rumours A popular Twitter-like service in China has contacted millions of users warning them to ignore false reports, in a sign of growing official unease over the rise of social networking sites. ... more | .. |
 Tutu urges South Africa to give visa to Dalai Lama: report South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu urged his government on Sunday to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend Tutu's 80th birthday party, after it denied a visa request in 2009. ... more | .. |
  Discovery of a 160-million-year-old fossil represents a new milestone in early mammal evolution A remarkably well-preserved fossil discovered in northeast China provides new information about the earliest ancestors of most of today's mammal species-the placental mammals. According to a p ... more | .. |
  New genome sequence could improve important agricultural crops An international team of scientists, funded in the UK by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage variety of a plant called B ... more |
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