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China to launch spacecraft on Tuesday: XinhuaBeijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2011 China said Monday it will launch an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020. The Shenzhou VIII will blast off from the Gobi desert in China's northwest at 5:58am on Tuesday (2158 GMT Monday), the state Xinhua news agency said. It is due to join with the Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace", experimental module later this year in what would be the first Chinese docking in space. If that succeeds, the module will then dock with ... read more |
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 German-Chinese SIMBOX ready for launch A very special space breakthrough is approaching; on 31 October at 23:00 CET (1 November at 06:00 local time) the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-8 will be launched on board a Long March rocket from the ... more | .. |
 Sweet Dreams for Tiangong At some point in 2012, astronauts will board China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1. This will probably mark the longest Chinese human spaceflight so far, with astronauts expected to live on boa ... more | .. |
 Major moments of China's rocket launches China will launch a Long March-2F/H rocket early next month, carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 which will conduct the country's first space docking with Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, a ... 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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China to launch Shenzhou-8 early November 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 spa ... more | .. |
  Commentary: New world order? Is China now emerging as banker to the rest of the world? ... more | .. |
  S. Korea's new nuclear envoy to visit China South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday its new nuclear envoy would visit China this week to discuss ways to revive long-stalled regional talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. ... more | .. |
 China won't save Europe: Xinhua commentary China's state media Sunday warned that the country will not be a "saviour" to Europe, as President Hu Jintao left for an official visit to the region including a G20 summit. ... more |
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  China beefs up counter-terrorism laws China's parliament passed legislation Saturday beefing up the nation's counter-terrorism laws, while also ordering finger prints to be added to all national identity cards. ... more | .. |
  China-based servers in Japan cyber attacks: report A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
  New drug targets revealed from giant parasitic worm genome sequence Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets to control the devastating parasitic disease. Ascariasis which affects m ... more | .. |
  China to maintain strict 'one child' policy China, the world's most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people, will maintain its strict "one-child" policy, state media said Sunday, despite calls for the rules to be relaxed. ... more |
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 Traffic accident in China sparks violent protest Residents of central China have clashed with police, overturning cars, after a drunk police officer killed at least five people in a traffic accident, media reports and a witness said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China activists clamour for blind lawyer Chinese activists, organised through the Internet, have stepped up efforts to visit a blind rights lawyer who they said Friday has been held under illegal house arrest for over a year. ... more | .. |
 Beijing air pollution 'hazardous': US embassy Air pollution in Beijing reached "hazardous" levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights. ... more | .. |
 China censors web after tax riots China on Friday blocked online access to news of riots by thousands of people who clashed with police in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes. ... more |
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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
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China police detain 72 over tax riots Police in China have detained 72 people after thousands rioted in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes, local authorities said. ... more | .. |
  Air China And Boeing Conduct First Chinese Sustainable Biofuel Flight Air China, Boeing, and Chinese and U.S. aviation energy partners conducted China's first sustainable biofuel flight. The two-hour mainland flight from Beijing Capital International Airport was witne ... more | .. |
  Chinese Wind Market To Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK GBI Research has released its latest research, "Offshore Wind Power Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020 - China's Capacity Investments Position It to Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK ... more | .. |
  S. Korean antitrust agency fines LCD makers $175m Seoul's antitrust agency said on Sunday it had fined 10 of the world's leading flat panel makers in South Korea and Taiwan a total of 194 billion won ($175 million) for price fixing. ... more |
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  China coal mine blast kills 29: state media A gas explosion at a coal mine operating without a proper licence has killed 29 miners in central China, state media said Sunday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit the industry. ... more | .. |
China risks public backlash over EU bailout Europe has set its sights on Beijing as it tries to haul itself out of a debt crisis, but many Chinese people are asking why they should bail out wealthier nations that have lived beyond their means. ... more | .. |
  China's Hu kicks off Europe visit, amid euro crisis China's President Hu Jintao arrived Sunday in Vienna for a state visit ahead of a crucial G20 meeting in France, amid hopes that Beijing may lend a helping hand to the debt-stricken EU. ... more |
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ISS Crew Demonstrates Robotics and Monitors Environmental Conditions
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 China names new heads of financial regulators China has appointed new chiefs of its three main financial regulators, state media reported, in a periodic shuffle of officials by the ruling Communist Party. ... more | .. |
  China Southern Airlines grounds Airbus A380 China Southern Airlines grounded its first Airbus A380 superjumbo on Saturday due to an unspecified mechanical fault, the company said in a statement. ... more | .. |
  Saab escapes bankruptcy again as Chinese firms take over Beleaguered Saab appears to once again have narrowly avoided bankruptcy, announcing Friday that two Chinese companies will buy it for 100 million euros ($142 million), making it the second Swedish carmaker after Volvo to take the road to China. ... more | .. |
 EU bailout fund chief says 'no deal' with China China and the head of Europe's bailout fund dampened hopes Friday that Beijing would come to the aid of the debt-stricken EU, but left the door open for a deal with the world's second-biggest economy. ... more |
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 Thai flooding disrupting hard drive supplies The massive flooding in Thailand is disrupting supplies of hard disk drives (HDDs) for the world's personal computer makers, according to companies and market intelligence firms. ... more | .. |
  Desalination part of solution for China? As China grapples with ever-increasing water shortages, desalination is viewed by the government as part of the solution. ... more | .. |
Saab sold to Chinese investors: statement Saab owner Swedish Automobile said it concluded a deal Friday to sell 100 percent of the struggling carmaker to Chinese partners Youngman and Pang Da for 100 million euros ($141.8 million). ... more | .. |
  China suspect in US satellite interference: report NASA satellites were interfered with four separate times in 2007 and 2008, possibly by the Chinese military, according to a draft of an upcoming report for the US Congress. ... more |
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