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China has Australia space tracking station: reportHong Kong (AFP) Nov 5, 2011 China has acquired a space tracking station in Australia, its first such facility in a close US ally, a report said Saturday. The station in remote Dongara, about 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of Perth in western Australia, was used during Tuesday's launch of the Shenzhou VIII mission, Hong Kong daily the South Morning China Post reported. The United States and the European Space Agency, have long had tracking facilities in Australia, including the joint US-Australian Pine Gap satellite stati ... read more |
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 China's space industry to see accelerated expansion over next 10 years China's space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday. Lab modules, a space station a ... more | .. |
 Will China's next space mission be manned? An interview with Huang Weifen, deputy chief director of China's astronaut program. b>Reporter: /b>When will Chinese astronauts perform the space rendezvous and docking task? b>Huang ... more | .. |
  China envoy loses cool over Indian map error: report The Chinese ambassador to India told a journalist in New Delhi to "shut up" in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China, newspapers reported on Friday. ... 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 space prowess benefits world China's latest achievements in space exploration symbolize new gains of not only the Chinese but also the mankind. The successful docking of Tiangong-1 space lab module and Shenzhou-8 spacecraft at ... more | .. |
 Space now features more Chinese stars Stargazers across the globe now have one more reason to keep their eyes on the heavens with the successful docking between China's two spacecraft. The Shenzhou-8 docked with China's first space lab ... more | .. |
 Chinese find space docking metaphor for love In the eyes of Chinese media, the country's first space docking is not only rocket science, but also a source of inspiration for an imagined space romance. In the most popular metaphor, Chines ... more | .. |
  Russia's Putin to host China's Wen for security talks Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao will meet Monday to discuss expanding their loose Central Asian security alliance to include Pakistan and Iran. ... more |
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  China web firms vow to curb 'harmful' information The heads of China's largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the "spread of harmful information" on the web after attending a three-day government workshop, state media said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China hits out at US cyber spying accusations Beijing on Friday hit out at a US intelligence agency report accusing the Chinese of extensive cyber spying, saying it was unprofessional and irresponsible. ... more | .. |
  China opens up military space programme China is opening up its military-run manned space programme to foreign nations, seeking its own alliances as US concerns see it excluded from the international space station project, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Call for Australia, US security pact with India Australia and the United States should form a three-way security dialogue with India, in part to help counter any naval aggression from China, a paper released Friday said. ... more |
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 US points finger at China, Russia over cyber spying The Chinese are the world's "most active and persistent perpetrators" of economic espionage, a US intelligence agency said on Thursday in an unusually blunt report on a sensitive topic. ... more | .. |
  Supporters pitch in to help China's Ai pay tax fine Supporters of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei have contributed nearly 1.8 million yuan ($285,000) towards a huge tax fine imposed after he was released from detention this year, a friend said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Biggest spike ever in global warming gases: US Harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels made their biggest ever annual jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy's latest world data released this week. ... more | .. |
  China denies abuses in Zambian mines China on Friday denied abusing workers in Zambian copper mines, after a Human Rights Watch report accused Chinese firms of flouting health and safety laws while demanding up to 18 hours of labour a day. ... more |
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 China urges condemnation of self-immolations China said Friday a recent wave of self-immolations by Buddhist monks and nuns should be condemned, a day after the 11th such incident hit the country. ... more | .. |
  Beijing accuses US embassy of pollution 'hype': report Environmental authorities in Beijing have accused the US embassy of "hype" after its widely-publicised measurements of air quality in the Chinese capital sparked concern, state media said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China hospital disposes of live baby Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive. ... more | .. |
  China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The Jet A-1 biofuel kerosene used in the flight was derived fro ... more |
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  Japan arrests captain of Chinese fishing boat: report Japan's coastguard on Sunday arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that allegedly intruded into Japanese territorial waters, a report said. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea mineral exports to China triple: report North Korea's mineral exports to China this year tripled from a year ago as the impoverished nation was desperate to earn hard currency, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US flying car maker eyes India, Brazil, China A company from the United States that is developing a flying car is eyeing the booming economies of India, Brazil and China as future markets, its co-founder said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 GM says may block Saab sale to Chinese companies US automaker General Motors said Saturday that it may block the sale of Saab to two Chinese companies aiming to buy the insolvent Swedish carmaker and provide it with substantial long term funding. ... more |
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  45 saved in major Chinese mine rescue: state media Forty-five miners trapped underground after a rock blast in a Chinese coal mine were brought to the surface Saturday in a rare successful rescue, CCTV state television reported. ... more | .. |
 China says imports to equal exports over five years China's total imports are expected to almost equal its exports over the next five-year period, the nation's commerce minister said in comments published Friday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan allows banks to buy Chinese bonds Taiwan said Friday it would allow local banks to buy government and corporate bonds issued in China in a bid to help them boost their investment returns. ... more | .. |
 Vietnam diplomat warns of war in South China Sea Territorial tensions in the South China Sea could explode into "full-scale conflicts" unless quarrelling neighbours abide by international law, a Vietnamese diplomat warned on Friday. ... more |
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 China economy 'slowing visibly': Rio Tinto chief China's economy is "slowing visibly", the chairman of mining giant Rio Tinto said Friday, but he expressed confidence that it will prove resilient to any sharp correction in other major economies. ... more | .. |
 Flying to rendezvous with Tiangong-1 About 1.5 km from a launch pad in the deserts of northwest China, crowds of people observed a rocket with reverence, waiting hours through the dark for the moment when the spacecraft departed for th ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou 1 to 8 Chinese spacecraft grow by leaps and bounds over past decade China successfully launched its Shenzhou-8 spacecraft early Tuesday morning, marking a key step toward fulfilling the country's dreams of establishing its own space station. The spacecraft is ... more | .. |
 Rendezvous for Shenzhou The successful docking of the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft with China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is the end of a long saga. The road to a successful rendezvous in space has been tricky for Chin ... more |
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