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Three for TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 The closer we get to the launch of China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft to the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, the more confused space observers have become. We should have a firmer picture of the whole mission by now, but there are still some big unanswered questions. Media reports on the mission have been garbled and contradictory. What is going on? This author believes that planning for this mission has been anything but straightforward. The overall pattern of reportage and disclosure is different from r ... read more |
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  China cyber warfare skills a risk to US military: report China's cyber warfare capabilities would pose a danger to US military forces in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, according to a report by a US congressional advisory panel released Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Activists say China returned 31 N. Korean refugees China has repatriated all 31 North Korean refugees it arrested last month despite international pressure against the move, refugee advocates in South Korea said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Top Chinese leader speaks to media on political drama A high-profile Chinese politician whose rapid rise has been placed in doubt by the detention of a close aide on Friday denied he was himself under investigation, as speculation about his future intensified. ... 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 sending envoy on Syria to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France China said Friday it is sending an envoy to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France to explain its position on Syria, after Beijing called for an end to the year-long conflict in the Middle East country. ... more | .. |
 GCC chief meets Chinese envoy on Syria China's envoy on Syria met with Gulf Cooperation Council head Abdullatif al-Zayani in the Saudi capital on Sunday, the six-nation organisation said. ... more | .. |
  New Research Helps to Identify Ancient Droughts in China Drought events are largely unknown in Earth's history, because reconstruction of ancient hydrological conditions remains difficult due to lack of proxy. New GEOLOGY research supported by China's NNS ... more | .. |
  Tibet exiles blame China 'hardliners' for immolations Tibet's government-in-exile on Saturday blamed China's "hardline" leaders for a string of Tibetan self-immolations as it marked the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's failed revolt against Chinese rule. ... more |
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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
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 'Uprising Day' plans muted by China clampdown As the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile, March 10 has traditionally been a flashpoint for unrest in China's vast Tibetan-inhabited regions. ... more | .. |
 Chinese propaganda hero struggles in Internet age A Chinese government publicity campaign to promote selflessness using the model of soldier Lei Feng, who died 50 years ago, is encountering resistance from an increasingly media-savvy population. ... more | .. |
 China frees 24,000 abducted women, kids in 2011 Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women last year, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away as Angola, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Belgian racing pigeons lure rich Chinese aficionados Rich Chinese pigeon fanciers are offering tens of thousands of euros to buy Belgian champions, to the despair of local pigeon-lovers unable to compete in such sky-high auction bids. ... more |
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  Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-scarce metals - available almost exclu ... more | .. |
  Vietnam forges ahead with nuclear power Vietnam is pressing ahead with nuclear power, a government official said. ... more | .. |
  EADS says EU carbon tax blocking Airbus orders from China China has blocked purchases of Airbus planes by Chinese companies in reaction to a disputed European carbon tax, the head of the Airbus parent company EADS said while announcing strong annual earnings. ... more | .. |
  China says inflation, factory output slowing China's inflation rate slowed sharply in February and factory output eased, data showed Friday, adding to evidence of a slowdown in the economy and giving Beijing more room to relax credit limits. ... more |
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Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique
Eight dead, 17 hurt, in China school knife attack; Police formally arrest car ramming suspect
COP16 biodiversity finance deal for 'early 2025': presidency | .. |
  Commodities falter as China slashes growth outlook Commodity markets faltered this week after an unexpected growth outlook downgrade from key consumer China, but sentiment was soothed by a successful Greek debt swap deal and upbeat US payrolls data. ... more | .. |
  China solar giant faces glare of US trade row In the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, home to the world's biggest maker of solar panels, labour is so cheap that workers carry out jobs by hand while machines designed to perform the same tasks sit idle. ... more | .. |
  Consumers line up to buy Chinese-Venezuelan cars Just weeks after the opening of four Chery dealerships in Venezuela, dozens of people are lining up every day to buy the first Chinese cars being sold in the Latin American nation. ... more | .. |
 China's auto sales up sharply in February Vehicle sales in China, the world largest auto market, rose sharply in February from a year earlier, an industry group said Friday, but were capped by the Lunar New Year holiday. ... more |
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 China cyber warfare skills a risk to US military: report China's cyber warfare capabilities have reached a point where they would pose a danger to the US military in the event of a conflict, according to a report prepared for the US Congress released on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Clinton urges China to prove intentions US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on China to show in "concrete ways" that its rise is in the world's interest, saying that Beijing needs to take greater responsibility. ... more | .. |
  Evidence of iridescent feathers in a tree-hopping dino US and Chinese researchers have found the oldest evidence of iridescent black feathers in Microraptor, a dinosaur the size of a small crow that perched in forest tree branches 130 million years ago. ... more | .. |
 China backs down from legalising secret detentions China has abandoned controversial plans to make it legal to "disappear" criminal suspects following a huge public outcry, in a move hailed as a victory for judicial reformers. ... more |
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Navigating the Digital Skies: How Adtech is Revolutionizing Space Tourism Marketing
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  China's diplomacy juggle in Sudan-S.Sudan oil crisis As former foes Sudan and South Sudan try to break a long running deadlock over a furious oil dispute, economic giant China is forced into a difficult juggling of allegiances between the rivals. ... more | .. |
  Australia approves huge Chinese coal takeover Australia on Thursday cleared the way for China's Yancoal to take over miner Gloucester Coal in a multi-billion-dollar deal that gives Beijing a greater foothold in the resource-rich country. ... more | .. |
 China tells US committed to 'peaceful development' China's foreign minister said Wednesday that the growing Asian power was committed to peaceful development as he warned the United States not to cause "setbacks" in relations over Tibet and Taiwan. ... more | .. |
 Chinese governor lauds clamp down on birth agents China has fulfilled a promise to curb the number of pregnant mainlanders entering Hong Kong to give birth, the governor of southern Guangdong province said Wednesday. ... more |
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  Doctor looks to China for spinal injury 'cure' One of the world's leading researchers into spinal cord injuries says China could hold the key to a cure that he has been searching for since he met late actor Christopher Reeve in the 1990s. ... more | .. |
 Rebel China village revolution unlikely to spread Residents of a Chinese village who voted for new leaders in weekend elections after rising up against corrupt officials are hoping they will become a model of democracy in the one-party state. ... more | .. |
 Chinese consumers becoming more emotional: study Chinese consumers will become more emotional and individualistic this decade, as the Asian giant's economic engine shifts gear from investment to consumption, a new survey showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 US Congress approves China subsidy duties The US Congress voted Tuesday to authorize renewed tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods from China and other countries considered to be state-run economies, a move aimed at countering unfair subsidies. ... more |
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