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China to launch Shenzhou-8 early NovemberJiuquan, China (XNA) Oct 27, 2011 China will launch the spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in early November at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest deseart area. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to perform China's first space docking with Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, a space lab module that was launched in September from the same launch center. The spacecraft and its carrier rocket, an upgraded Long March-2F, were transferred on Wednesday morning on a 20-meter-wide railway to the launch pad. The launch pad is 1 ... read more |
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 China plans space lab docking China's unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft will be launched early next month for the first docking with the country's space lab module, scientists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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 Russia, China pressuring IAEA on Iran: diplomats Russia and China are urging the UN atomic agency to soften or even not issue an eagerly awaited report detailing Iran's suspected efforts to develop nuclear weapons, diplomats told AFP on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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 Beijing, Washington move to revive NKorea nuclear talks Beijing and Washington attempted Monday to revive long-stalled nuclear negotiations to disarm North Korea, with the two sides holding direct talks in Geneva and China's vice-premier visiting Pyongyang. ... more |
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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
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  EU says bailout fund chief to visit China The head of the eurozone bailout fund will visit China and Japan this week, the European Union said Wednesday, as leaders of the bloc scramble to resolve its deepening debt crisis. ... more | .. |
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 US warns China of growth 'hangover' China's overdependence on cheap exports to fuel its break-neck economic growth has led to a boom that will "leave a financial hangover for years", a senior US government official warned Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 China police detain Internet users Chinese police have begun to detain and punish people for spreading rumours online, the government said Tuesday, as authorities intensify efforts to censor content on the Internet. ... more | .. |
Another Tibetan monk set himself a light in China A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire Tuesday in protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region, rights groups said, the tenth similar incident to occur in the nation's southwest this year. ... more | .. |
China to curb TV entertainment: Xinhua China will replace popular television entertainment with so-called "healthy" programming, state media reported on Tuesday, reflecting regulators' latest move to tighten media control. ... more |
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 Taiwan president's China peace plan triggers fury A call by Taiwan's president for a peace treaty with China, made as he campaigns for re-election, has drawn a stormy response and may fail to either win votes or curry favour with Beijing, analysts say. ... more | .. |
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 Panetta praises China response to Taiwan arms sale US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday praised China for what he said was a restrained response to an arms sale to Taiwan, saying he hoped for improved military cooperation with Beijing. ... more | .. |
 Top China official visits N.Korea amid talk hopes The man widely expected to be China's next premier arrived in North Korea Sunday, amid hopes for progress on restarting six-nation talks on the North's nuclear disarmament, state media said. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong mothers march against mainland babies More than 1000 protesters, including pregnant mothers, marched in Hong Kong Sunday opposing the growing number of mainland Chinese women coming to the city to give birth, organisers said. ... more | .. |
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