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Shenzhou 9 to be ready for mid-June launch?London, UK (SPX) May 16, 2012 China seems poised to launch three astronauts into space, in the middle of June, onboard Shenzhou 9, the country's fourth, and most ambitious manned spaceflight. Shenzhou 9 is scheduled to rendezvous and complete a manual docking with the orbiting Tiangong 1 module, and will stay in orbit for 13 days, more than doubling China's current endurance record. The Long March 2F rocket was delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 9th May, and it is now being checked and assembled for flig ... read more |
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 China's space women wait for blast-off China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme ... more | .. |
  China pursuing steady military buildup: Pentagon China is exploiting Western commercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military buildup, the Pentagon said Friday. ... more | .. |
  US votes to sell Taiwan 66 new fighter jets The House of Representatives voted Friday to require the United States to sell 66 new fighter-jets to Taiwan, with lawmakers saying the deal would close a growing military gap 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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  Armed North Koreans kidnap Chinese sailors Twenty-nine Chinese fishermen have been kidnapped at sea by unidentified North Koreans who have demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) in ransom, fellow sailors and media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Two US-built minehunters to join Taiwan navy Taiwan is due to receive two coastal minehunters from the United States within months, in a deal aimed at enhancing the island's ability to defend itself against China, the navy said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Chinese firm not paying diamond proceeds to Zimbabwe: FM Chinese diamond firm Anjin failed to remit revenue from its operations in Zimbabwe's controversial Marange fields in the first quarter of this year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days' Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. ... more |
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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
NATO's largest artillery exercise underway in Finland
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 Dalai Lama begins Austria visit The Dalai Lama arrived in Austria Thursday for a visit that will include a meeting with Chancellor Werner Faymann and is likely to irritate China, already angered by his previous stop in Britain. ... more | .. |
China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days' Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. ... more | .. |
 Armed N.Koreans kidnap Chinese sailors: reports Twenty-nine Chinese fishermen have been kidnapped at sea by unidentified North Koreans who have demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) in ransom, fellow sailors and media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China bars lawyers from seeing Chen Guangcheng nephew Lawyers hired by the family of Chen Guangcheng said Friday they had been barred from meeting the blind activist's nephew, who is in police custody facing a charge of "intentional murder". ... more |
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 China embassy in US cold-shoulders Tiananmen leader One of the exiled leaders of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 got the cold shoulder from the Chinese embassy in Washington on Friday when he tried to turn himself in to return home. ... more | .. |
  Beijing keeps busy with maritime disputes As China reiterated to the Philippines its claim to the Scarborough Shoal, officials were working with North Korea to diffuse another fishing crisis. ... more | .. |
  China jails fugitive smuggling king for life A Chinese court on Friday handed a life sentence to Lai Changxing, the head of a vast smuggling operation who spent 12 years on the run in Canada before being deported last year. ... more | .. |
 Philippines stops protest trip to disputed shoal Philippine President Benigno Aquino convinced protesters to abort plans to sail Friday to a disputed South China Sea shoal as he sought ways to resolve a tense stand-off with China. ... 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 posed for carbon emissions scheme The outcome of China's planned carbon emissions scheme could have a transforming effect on efforts to tackle climate change, experts say. ... more | .. |
  US slaps big duties on Chinese solar cells The United States slapped hefty anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar cell makers Thursday in a move likely to heighten trade tensions between the two global economic powers. ... more | .. |
 Philippines to drill at China-claimed reef A Philippine oil firm said Thursday it would start drilling next year at a potentially massive natural gas field at a reef in the South China Sea also claimed by China. ... more | .. |
 Global demand for gold dips 5%: industry report Global demand for gold fell 5.0 percent in the first quarter of 2012 but demand in China hit record highs and outstripped that of megabuyer India, the World Gold Council said on Thursday. ... more |
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  China grants more quotas for rare earth exports China, which is locked in a dispute with major trading partners over its control of rare earth minerals, on Thursday announced additional export quotas for this year. ... more | .. |
 Japan drops charges against China fishing captain A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed charges against a Chinese trawler captain over the 2010 ramming of two coastguard vessels off disputed islands that triggered a diplomatic crisis, reports said. ... more | .. |
  China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21. ... more | .. |
 China urged to move ahead on dissident US lawmakers and activists called for persistent pressure Tuesday until China allows activist Chen Guangcheng to travel overseas, after a showdown between the two nations over his treatment. ... more |
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Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy
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 Hong Kong opens liaison office in Taiwan Hong Kong opened a liaison office in Taiwan Tuesday and announced visitors from the island would no longer have to pay to visit, the latest signs of warming ties between Taiwan and China. ... more | .. |
 China slams British PM's Dalai Lama meeting China said Tuesday British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama was an "affront to the Chinese people", and launched "solemn representations" with London. ... more | .. |
 China wrests back control after Chen debacle More than 10 days after Beijing and Washington reached a tentative agreement on his departure, Chen Guangcheng remains confined to a hospital bed as China seeks to show it controls the blind activist's fate. ... more | .. |
  US launches air pollution data in Shanghai The United States consulate in Shanghai has begun issuing its own pollution statistics, giving a much more pessimistic assessment of the city's air quality than official Chinese data. ... more |
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China dissident tells US of abuse of family A dissident at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington on Tuesday accused Chinese authorities of a pattern of abuse against his family as he again took his case to US lawmakers. ... more | .. |
  Frozen tiger parts among Thai police wildlife haul Thai police on Wednesday discovered the frozen body parts of several tigers and other big cats thought to be destined for buyers in Vietnam and China in a raid on a suburban Bangkok house. ... more | .. |
Jesus and Mary Chain reconnect in China Fighting, drinking, and smashing up their equipment was all part of getting noticed for The Jesus and Mary Chain in their formative days - before the Internet gave everyone a potential audience. ... more | .. |
Communist veterans call for China police czar's ouster A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of a once-a-decade leadership transition. ... more |
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