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Astrium signs new Pleiades contractParis, France (SPX) Oct 13, 2011 Astrium Services and Chinese provider of satellite data and value-added services, Beijing Eastdawn Information Technology (Eastdawn), have signed a partnership agreement to give Eastdawn access to Pleiades solutions and technologies. This three year contract (with the possibility to extend for an extra two years) will enable Eastdawn to distribute 50-cm resolution products from the Pleiades constellation, as well as innovative services. These products will support near-real-time applications ... read more |
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  S. Korea still talking to China on fate of refugees South Korea is still talking to China to try to stop it repatriating a group of North Korean refugees, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan seeks to swap jailed spies with China Taiwan has been negotiating with China to swap spy agents jailed on both sides despite improving ties, the island's defence minister said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Russia's Putin holds talks with China's Hu Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with China's president on Wednesday, after saying negotiations to secure a huge gas deal with the world's top energy consumer were progressing. ... 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 seeks new compensation over France arms deal Taiwan said on Wednesday that it was seeking nearly $100 million in compensation from France, in the latest twist to a long-running kickback scandal over the 1991 sale of warships to the island. ... more | .. |
  China invests billions to avert water crisis China is to invest up to 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) over the next decade to overcome a huge water shortage that threatens the country's economic growth, a senior official said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan monastery a 'virtual prison': exiled monk The exiled head of a Tibetan monastery in China has described it as a "virtual prison", saying monks are taking their lives in despair after two men set themselves alight over alleged repression. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong chief vows to tackle housing woes Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang pledged Wednesday to tackle the city's soaring property prices, which are squeezing the middle class and fuelling popular anger at his administration. ... more |
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  Assad again promises Syria reforms as China presses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad plans to create a new constitution, a top ruling party official said on Tuesday, as China joined long-time ally Russia in pressing for prompt reforms in a country riven by a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters. ... more | .. |
  China to help small businesses access credit China said Wednesday it will make it easier for smaller businesses to get bank credit, amid growing concern at the number of cash-strapped companies turning to private lenders for financing. ... more | .. |
  China, Vietnam agree 'friendly' approach to sea dispute China and Vietnam have agreed to settle peacefully a dispute over maritime territory in the South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan, China to sign nuclear safety pact Taiwan and China have agreed to cooperate more closely on nuclear power safety and disaster preparedness in the wake of Japan's atomic crisis this year, Taipei authorities said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Russia's Putin ends China trip with no gas deal Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin left China Wednesday after a visit that yielded $7 billion in trade pacts but no breakthrough on a long-delayed gas deal with the world's top energy consumer. ... more | .. |
China, Vietnam hold 'candid' talks on disputed seas China and Vietnam on Tuesday held "candid" talks about who controls the islands in potentially oil-rich waters claimed by both nations, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Pass the China currency bill The China Currency Bill is the most significant jobs bill the U.S. Congress could pass. It enjoys the bipartisan support of nearly 80 Republican and Democratic U.S. senators, yet U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, oppose it, illustrating both are out of touch with the problems besetting the American economy. ... more | .. |
China to lead in new nuclear reactors? While most of the world takes a step back from nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in northern Japan, China is continuing on a path of nuclear power expansion. ... 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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  13 bodies found after China boat raid: Thai official Thai authorities on Tuesday said the bodies of 13 people had been recovered after a raid last week on two Chinese cargo boats on the Mekong thought to have been carried out by a notorious drug gang. ... more | .. |
One year after contested Nobel, Norway reaches out to China Norway's foreign minister on Tuesday lamented the icy relations between his country and China since last year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a jailed Chinese dissident, and called on Beijing to turn the page. ... more | .. |
Iran takes one gas field from China to push it on another Iran has suspended a $16 billion gas field contract with China in the Gulf to push it to meet its obligations in another nearby field that is already being tapped by Qatar, the Mehr news agency reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Russia, China nearing agreement on gas: Putin Moscow and Beijing are nearing the "final stage" of agreeing a huge gas deal delayed for years by disputes on price, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday during a visit to Beijing. ... more |
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 China takes oil, gas sales tax nationwide China has said it will roll out a tax on crude oil and natural gas sales nationwide from next month as Beijing looks to save energy and cut emissions, while doubling the maximum levy on rare earth metals. ... more | .. |
China, Russia ink deals worth over $7bln China said Tuesday it had signed trade and economic deals worth more than $7 billion with Russia, ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's planned visit to Beijing. ... more | .. |
  Sundance says 'no reason' to doubt Hanlong deal Australia's Sundance Resources on Tuesday said China's Hanlong Mining had assured it there was "no reason" to doubt its Aus$1.65 billion (Aus$1.65 billion) takeover despite an insider trading probe linked to the deal. ... more | .. |
Rumsfeld urges Taiwan to make known defence needs Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. ... 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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Palin visits South Korea, takes aim at elites Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin took aim Tuesday at the political elite in the United States, Europe and China, as she brought her criticisms of big government and "crony capitalism" to South Korea. ... more | .. |
  China should have own ambitions for space development The launch of the Tiangong-1 spacecraft has attracted the attention of the world and some TV viewers in some foreign countries even watched the live broadcast in late September. The public opinion i ... more | .. |
  Chinese rocket sends French telecom satellite into space China's Long March-III2 rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon, marking the first time for China to provide launch s ... more | .. |
  Eutelsat's W3c Satellite Successfully Launched and on its Way to 16 Degrees East Eutelsat Communications has announced the successful launch of its W3C satellite by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China. Partial deployment of the satellit ... more |
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 Putin visits China in first trip since Kremlin comeback Vladimir Putin will travel to China next week to cement long-standing ties with the world's top energy consumer, the prime minister's first trip abroad since he announced his planned Kremlin comeback. ... more | .. |
 As China Republic turns 100, centenarians look back Liu Peng-hua is as old as the Chinese Republic, which celebrates its 100th anniversary on Taiwan Monday, having lived through some of the most tumultuous changes in world history. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama pokes fun at China slurs, slams censorship The Dalai Lama on Saturday slamed censorship in China as "immoral" and poked fun at denunciations of himself in a video chat with Desmond Tutu after he was not granted a visa in time to travel to South Africa. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar risks Chinese anger to woo the West Myanmar's suspension of a controversial mega-dam project is the latest glimmer of change from a regime reaching out to the West at the expense of ties with traditional ally China, experts say. ... more |
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