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Proliferating Surveillance SatellitesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2011 Almost 50 Earth observing satellites were launched in the past 10 years in addition to military and weather satellites. A further 200 or so are expected to be launched by 2020. Eight countries have explicitly military observation satellites in operation2: China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia and the USA and the underlined countries have an indigenous launcher with which to place the satellites in orbit. The list of countries with civilian observation satellites that have military-c ... read more |
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  Production on major part of China jumbo rocket completed, maiden voyage by 2015 Production on a major part of China's Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket has been completed and its maiden voyage is expected to take place during the country's 12th Five-Year Plan period (201 ... more | .. |
  Key US lawmaker: China 'drunk' with economic might China seeks to match US military might, hacks US government computers "daily," and is "drunk with economic power," a key US lawmaker warned Monday as he warned against new cuts at the Pentagon. ... more | .. |
  US senators seek to force fighter sale to Taiwan Two US senators introduced legislation on Monday demanding President Barack Obama sell Taiwan no fewer than 66 advanced F-16 fighter jets despite Beijing's fierce objections. ... 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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  Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognises NTC A defiant Moamer Kadhafi vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts on Monday, and as Libya's interim government won recognition from China. ... more | .. |
 Fear of rising China unites polarized US politicians With the 2012 election cycle heating up, US politicians this week harnessed worries over a rising China to power support for everything from patent law reform to debt reduction - and their own ambitions. ... more | .. |
  China uses 9/11 to crack down on Xinjiang: group Over the past decade China has used the global "war on terror" to jail thousands of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the far-western and restive Xinjiang region, a minority rights group said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China says "trust" main challenge for relations with EU The main challenge for China-EU relations lies in the lack of trust produced by Europe's "double standards", China's vice minister for foreign affairs Fu Ying said here on Saturday. ... more |
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Fewer Taiwanese want to work or live in China: poll Fewer Taiwanese people intend to work or live in China despite efforts promoting closer trade and tourism links, a survey showed Saturday. ... more | .. |
Highest-level US trip to Taiwan in five years US assistant secretary of commerce Suresh Kumar is scheduled to visit Taiwan next week, the highest-level American official to come to the island in over five years, its mission in Taipei said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Chinese army general under fire for son's violence A Chinese army general has apologised for his son's brutal beating of a couple and offered compensation, state media said Friday, in the latest scandal involving the so-called "rich second generation". ... more | .. |
  China plant resources need additional protections China needs to change where it sites its nature reserves and steer people out of remote rural villages toward cities to protect its valuable but threatened wild plant resources, according to an arti ... more |
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  Satellites improve disaster monitoring efficiency in China Two small disaster monitoring satellites, launched in 2008, have allowed China to more rapidly monitor natural disasters with greater range, said the National Commission for Disaster Reduction Tuesd ... more | .. |
  Nepal arrests 20 Tibetan teens crossing from China Nepal has detained 20 Tibetan teenagers for entering the country illegally from China, police said Monday, weeks after the government assured Beijing that it would crack down on anti-China activity. ... more | .. |
Speeches offer insight into former China premier Zhu Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, considered by many the architect of the country's economic boom, this week published a collection of speeches he gave to party officials. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama addresses thousands in Mexico City Thousands gathered to listen to the Dalai Lama in Mexico City on Sunday, after China complained over Mexican President Felipe Calderon's meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. ... 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 recognises new Libyan authorities China on Monday formally recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's government following the fall of Moamer Kadhafi, after weeks of holding back. ... more | .. |
  China says stabilising prices a priority China's central bank said Monday stabilising prices remained a top priority as the nation's politically sensitive inflation rate was still high, despite a slight easing in August. ... more | .. |
  Westinghouse In Collaborative Effort to Supply Nuclear Power Plants In China and United States Westinghouse Electric reports that the acquisition of Shaw Group's 20 percent ownership stake in Westinghouse by its current majority owner Toshiba Corporation would have no impact on any of the fou ... more | .. |
 China launches offshore safety checks China has launched safety inspections of all its offshore petroleum exploration and production bases, following an oil spill in the nation's northern Bohai Bay, the government said Sunday. ... more |
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  Taiwan's Fubon braves risks of China market For Fubon, Taiwan's second-largest publicly listed financial group, a gamble on the boom time in China is worth taking, even though it comes laden with political risks. ... more | .. |
 China's August trade surplus tumbles to $17.8bn China's trade surplus contracted sharply to $17.8 billion in August, down from $31.5 billion in July, as imports rose to a new record high, according to official data released Saturday. ... more | .. |
  China's Alibaba chief silent on Yahoo stake The head of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, Saturday gave no hint of the future of Yahoo!'s stake in his firm but said he wasn't responsible for the recent ouster of its chief. ... more | .. |
  At least 11 dead in China ferry sinking: reports At least 11 people, including nine schoolchildren, died when an apparently overloaded ferry capsized in a river in southern China, reports said Saturday. ... more |
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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 Islamic group behind Xinjiang attacks A group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed responsibility for the attacks in China's Xinjiang region in July, a security intelligence Web site said. ... more | .. |
 China seeks to ease US worries over tense Pacific The United States should view China's growing role in the Pacific as grounds for cooperation rather than concern, a top Chinese official said Friday, amid anxiety over Beijing's new assertiveness. ... more | .. |
 China veteran rights activist jailed for 9 months Chinese veteran rights activist and doctor Wang Lihong was sentenced Friday to nine months in jail for "creating a disturbance", as part of what campaigners say is a broad crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
 US ambassador Locke put on spot over China censors The new US ambassador to China passed up an opportunity to defend online freedom of speech at his first public address in the country on Friday when an outspoken Chinese professor raised the issue. ... more |
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 Tutu hopes S.Africa defies China over Dalai Lama Activist Desmond Tutu said South Africa's government will "shoot themselves in the foot" if they deny a visa to the Dalai Lama to please key trade partner China, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China auto sales up 4.2% in August China's auto sales rose 4.2 percent in August to 1.38 million units, an industry group said Friday, as the world's largest auto market continues to grow at a modest pace. ... more | .. |
 China ready to help Libya reconstruction China is ready to help Libya rebuild after Moamer Kadhafi's downfall and it supports the United Nations taking a leading role in reconstruction efforts, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said Friday. ... more | .. |
China inflation eases but still a challenge China said Friday its politically sensitive inflation rate softened in August, but analysts warned that price pressures would continue to trouble the government just as world demand slackens. ... more |
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