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Australia, S. Korea create giant telescopeCanberra, Australia (UPI) Apr 3, 2012 Astronomers in Australia have linked radio telescopes in that country with counterparts in South Korea to create a giant instrument almost 5,000 miles across. The linkup, similar to ones Australia has made with telescopes in Japan and China previously, should provide resolving power about 100 times that of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers said. "This is another step in Australia's ongoing collaboration with Asia in the field of radio astronomy," Philip Diamond, astronomy chief at ... read more |
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  Mars missions race, India takes lead India aims at sending an orbiter to Mars in 2013. The race for the Red planet unwinds with NASA planning a launch for the same 2013 fiscal year and China somewhat lagging behind. Earlier this month ... more | .. |
  In candid study, Chinese scholar sees US decline Convinced that the United States is in decline, China's distrust is growing of the longtime superpower which it sees as bent on holding back the Asian power's rise, an influential scholar says. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar, N. Korea in focus as ASEAN summit starts Southeast Asian leaders met Tuesday for an annual summit dominated by Myanmar's historic reforms, North Korea's planned rocket launch and strategic maritime disputes with China. ... 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 grain at risk from climate change China's agricultural security is at risk from climate change and the selling of arable lands. ... more | .. |
  Love is in the air for Britain's giant pandas The clock is ticking, and the heat is on. A giant male panda loaned to Britain by China has just 36 hours to make his move on his female companion or he'll have to wait another year. ... more | .. |
  China arrests 22 ethnic Mongols in land protest: group Chinese authorities have arrested 22 people in Inner Mongolia for protesting over a land dispute, a rights group said Tuesday, in the latest case of ethnic strife to rock the northern region. ... more | .. |
  Quantum information motion control is now improved Physicists have recently devised a new method for handling the effect of the interplay between vibrations and electrons on electronic transport. Their paper is about to be published in EPJ B. ... more |
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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
'Missiles will speak for themselves,' says Zelensky; Biden OKs deeper strikes in Russia
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  Philippines urges united ASEAN stand on South China Sea ASEAN should forge a common position on a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea before talking with China, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  World Bank chief backs BRICS bank idea Outgoing World Bank president Robert Zoellick on Tuesday gave his backing to a new development bank proposed by the leaders of the BRICS emerging countries. ... more | .. |
  Tibet's exiled premier says Myanmar icon offers hope Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay on Monday said Aung San Suu Kyi's by-election victory in weekend polls gave him hope that his troubled homeland would see an end to Chinese repression. ... more | .. |
  Nepal approves hydropower project The government of Nepal has given the green light for China Three Gorges Corp.'s $1.6 billion hydropower project on the West Seti River. ... more |
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  China launches French-made communication satellite China successfully sent a French-made communication satellite, "APSTAR-7," into orbit Saturday evening, using a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch C ... more | .. |
 Some cool to tobacco industry research Health experts in China say they oppose letting the national tobacco company, China Tobacco, vie for the country's annual science prize. ... more | .. |
 China web crackdown shows nerves before power transfer China's move to censor its two main microblogs and arrest people over rumours of a coup reveal a growing nervousness ahead of its first leadership transition in the social media age, analysts said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese fisherman killed in Palau shooting Palau police shot dead a Chinese fisherman and three men in a police spotter plane were feared killed in a dramatic confrontation off the Pacific island, officials said Monday. ... 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 | .. |
 China's Tibetan herders face uncertain future Tibetan herder Gatou used to live a nomadic life on the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau before he was rehoused under a controversial Chinese government scheme. ... more | .. |
ASEAN struggles with South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers wrangled Monday over a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing dangerous maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan doubles quota for solo Chinese tourists Taiwan will double its quota of independent Chinese tourists to allow up to 1,000 visitors a day, the government announced Sunday less than a year after lifting a ban on solo travel from the mainland. ... more | .. |
 Oil higher in Asia on Chinese demand hopes Oil prices were higher in Asia on Monday as dealers were boosted by figures showing a rise in manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. ... more |
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  China vows faster, cheaper Internet China has said it will aim to bring faster and cheaper Internet access to more people, following complaints that a near monopoly by state-backed firms had hurt service. ... more | .. |
  China manufacturing at year high but worries persist China's manufacturing activity rose to the highest level in a year in March, official data showed Sunday, but analysts tempered enthusiasm, saying the world's second largest economy was still slowing. ... more | .. |
 Cardin showcases 'Light Palace' project in China Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is in Beijing this weekend to present his 240-metre-high edifice "Light Palace" planned near Venice and which he hopes to reproduce in China. ... more | .. |
 US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday. ... more |
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Next Starship Flight Test Scheduled for Tuesday with 30-Minute Launch Window
US Russian officials disagree over International Space Station leak severity
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  China's Chalco to buy stake in Mongolian firm China's biggest aluminium producer Chalco said Monday it planned to take a majority stake in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Resources, as China seeks raw materials to fuel its economy. ... more | .. |
  Security firm links cyber spy campaign to Chinese hacker Tokyo-based computer security firm Trend Micro on Friday said it linked a hacker in China to a "cyber espionage" campaign targeting India, Japan, and Tibetans. ... more | .. |
  Chinese timber company Sino-Forest seeks bankruptcy China's Sino-Forest, a forestry firm publicly traded in Toronto and suspected of fraud, on Friday filed for bankruptcy protection and put itself up for sale. ... more | .. |
 Tibetans arrested outside Chinese president's hotel New Delhi police detained another five Tibetan demonstrators on Friday outside the hotel of Chinese President Hu Jintao amid a raging debate over this week's crackdown on the exile population. ... more |
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 US Senate urges China to end 'repressive' Tibet policy The US Senate has urged China to ease restrictions on Tibetans, free prisoners and allow access by foreign media to address grievances following a wave of self-immolation protests. ... more | .. |
 China cracks down on Internet after coup rumours China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogs after rumours of a coup linked to a major scandal that brought down a top politician. ... more | .. |
 Chinese journalist jailed after Bo criticism: group A Chinese journalist was jailed in 2010 after criticising a prominent anti-gang campaign launched by Bo Xilai, the politician at the heart of a major scandal, a rights group said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Laughter clubs catch on in stressed-out Hong Kong Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub's seven million residents laugh. ... more |
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