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China lays out five-year space plansBeijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2011 China said Thursday cleaner fuel will power its next-generation rockets, which will launch heavy cargoes into space, bringing nearer plans to build a space station and put a man on the moon. In a white paper outlining its ambitious space programme's five-year plan, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said the Long March-5 rockets "will use non-toxic and pollution-free propellant". Speaking at press briefing outlining the paper, CNSA spokesman Zhang Wei said the rockets would be capabl ... read more |
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  China to get 2012 view of Venus transit Parts of eastern and central China will see a complete transit of Venus in June, an event they'll have to wait 105 years to witness again, astronomers say. ... more | .. |
  Orbcomm Prepares For Launch Of Second AIS Satellite LuxSpace, an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite has been successfully completed. The spacecraft has been shipped t ... more | .. |
  China's homegrown navigation satellite network starts providing services China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing operational services to China and its surrounding areas from Tuesday, a spokesman for ... 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's satellite navigation system live: Xinhua China's home-grown satellite navigation system launched a limited positioning service Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said, as the country seeks to break its dependence on foreign technology. ... more | .. |
  Chinese traders hit by death of N. Korea's Kim Truck drivers and traders in China's border city of Dandong said Thursday trade with North Korea had slowed to a trickle following the death of leader Kim Jong-Il earlier this month. ... more | .. |
 Flower sales boom as scores mourn N. Korea's Kim Business was booming for flower sellers in the Chinese border city of Dandong on Wednesday as mourners gathered at the North Korean consulate to pay their respects to late leader Kim Jong-Il. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan navy retires two missile boats Taiwan on Wednesday retired two patrol boats, the navy's first vessels armed with ship-to-ship missiles, that were hailed as "critical" to safeguarding the island, officials said. ... more |
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Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles; Borrell urges EU states to follow US on missile use
Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms
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 S. Korea, China hold talks after Kim's death Senior South Korean and Chinese officials held talks Tuesday to discuss the aftermath of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and ways to revive stalled talks on the North's nuclear disarmament. ... more | .. |
North Korea seen clamping down on defectors Activists helping refugees to flee North Korea fear that the death of leader Kim Jong-Il will lead to a crackdown on people trying to escape repression and hunger in the communist state. ... more | .. |
 Focus on N. Korea as Japan PM meets China's leaders Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Monday held talks with China's president during a visit to Beijing dominated by concerns over nuclear-armed North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il. ... more | .. |
  Latest China food safety scandal widens to oil Chinese authorities have recalled cooking oil products made by three companies after finding they contained the same type of cancer-causing toxin recently found in milk, state media said Thursday. ... more |
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  China police kill seven hostage-takers in Xinjiang China said Thursday a police operation to free hostages in the restive Xinjiang region had left seven "terrorists" dead, but an exile group described the incident as a desperate protest by local Uighurs. ... more | .. |
 China trial of activist couple ends without verdict A Beijing court failed to reach a verdict Thursday after the trial of sickly Chinese rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband, who appeared before judges amid a spreading crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
 China jails six over tainted pork A court in east China has jailed six butchers for selling pork tainted with the carcinogenic chemical clenbuterol, which is fed to pigs to produce leaner meat, state press reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Escaped Siberian tiger shot dead in East China park A rare Siberian tiger escaped from an east China zoo, frightening locals in a downtown public park before she was shot dead by more than 12 police, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Electric field changes signal early warnings of extreme weather
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters
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 China jails activist Chen Xi A Chinese court has jailed democracy advocate Chen Xi for 10 years, the second such sentencing within several days. ... more | .. |
 China to face more Wukan-style protests: official A senior Communist official who helped defuse a rare revolt by villagers in southern China said the country should be ready for more protests as people demand their rights, state media reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
China activist to go on trial this week: family Chinese rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband will go on trial this week after representing victims of land grabs, their daughter said Tuesday, as China cracks down on political dissent. ... more | .. |
  Strike at China LG plant ends after concessions Thousands of workers at a plant in eastern China owned by South Korea's LG Group have returned to work after the firm doubled bonuses to end a three-day strike, a government official said Thursday. ... more |
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 Record mining splurge makes global impact in 2011 The China-driven commodities boom transformed economies and environments across the globe in 2011, a year that saw cashed-up mining giants invest record amounts into extracting Earth's riches. ... more | .. |
  Airlines face EU pollution bill from New Year Airlines will have to buy pollution permits to fly in Europe from January 1 under a disputed EU system to fight climate change, but slumping carbon market prices could make the bill less painful. ... more | .. |
Japan, India strike $15 billion currency swap deal Japan and India struck a $15 billion currency swap deal Wednesday that could support the sagging rupee as Japanese premier Yoshihiko Noda made a lightning trip to New Delhi to push closer ties. ... more | .. |
  China to punish 54 over fatal train crash China said Wednesday that 54 people would be punished for design flaws and poor management it blamed for a fatal July crash on the nation's flagship high-speed rail network that sparked public fury. ... more |
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  Afghanistan signs first major oil deal with China Afghanistan on Wednesday signed an oil deal with China which could earn the war-torn country $7 billion over 25 years. ... more | .. |
Global economic crisis hits China's exporters Wedding dress maker Wang Lujia earns a living making brides happy, but the global economic crisis is casting a chill over her small business in southern China. ... more | .. |
Japan's Noda in India on economic mission Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, for a visit that is expected to unveil a currency swap deal and reopen talks on a civil nuclear pact. ... more | .. |
  China building Asia's biggest thermal power plant China's Shenhua Group will build the largest coal-fired power station in Asia over the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its energy needs. ... more |
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  China seeks steady rare earths exports in 2012 China, the world's largest rare earths producer, said Tuesday that its export quota for the sought-after commodities will remain roughly the same in 2012 as this year. ... more | .. |
 Toxin found in Chinese milk China has discovered excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin in milk produced by one of the nation's leading dairy companies, the firm said, in the latest in a series of food safety alarms. ... more | .. |
South China town unrest cools after dialogue Tenuous calm returned Saturday to a south China town that was the scene of violent clashes between police and protestors this week, after local residents said officials had agreed to a dialogue. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea to use special forces in fisheries crackdown South Korea will use armed military special forces to spearhead its battle against illegal fishing, officials announced Monday following the murder of a coastguard officer by a Chinese boat captain. ... more |
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