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China sends its first woman astronaut into spaceBeijing (AFP) June 16, 2012 China on Saturday launched its most ambitious space mission to date, sending its first female astronaut to the final frontier and bidding to achieve the country's first manual space docking. Shenzhou-9 - China's fourth manned space mission - launched at 6:37 pm (1037 GMT) from the remote Gobi desert in the nation's northwest, state television pictures showed. The crew was headed by Jing Haipeng, a veteran astronaut who had gone to space twice already. Liu Wang, who has been in the space progra ... read more |
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 Liu Yang: China's first female astronaut As a child, Liu Yang once wanted to be a bus conductor and later had her sights set on becoming a lawyer, but decades later she has travelled into space as China's first ever female astronaut. ... more | .. |
 Time Shifts for Tiangong Three astronauts will soon board China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory after the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft docks with it. The first Chinese crew to fly in space in roughly four years includes China's firs ... more | .. |
 Major Liu Yang - a Chinese heroine in waiting? For the last five days Major Liu Yang, a 33 year old Air Force pilot, has been living with five colleagues, and a team of doctors and technical specialists, in a quarantine facility at the Jiuquan S ... 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 to send its first woman into space on Saturday China said Friday a female astronaut will be among the three-person team on board the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft when it launches on Saturday ahead of the country's first manned space docking. ... more | .. |
Media Tonedown for Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 14, 2012 The launch of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is a major step forward for China's astronaut program. It's attracted the attention of the w ... more | .. |
 Tiangong's Big Tasks The flight of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is another step in China's most ambitious human spaceflight project to date. While much of the mission has yet to be completed, Ti ... more | .. |
  Submersible sets new China dive record A manned Chinese submersible set a new record for the country's deepest sea dive Friday, over 6,000 metres, showing Beijing's technological ambitions as it also readies for its first manned space docking. ... more |
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Xi tells Biden support for Taiwan a 'red line' in ties
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  Chavez reveals Venezuela has built first drone President Hugo Chavez has revealed that Venezuela has made its first drone in partnership with Iran, Russia and China, and said Caracas plans to start exporting it soon. ... more | .. |
  US says raised concerns to China on N.Korea missiles The United States said Wednesday it raised concerns to China over allegations it supported North Korea's missile program, after charges that Beijing provided technology to its UN-sanctioned ally. ... more | .. |
China shipped missile vehicles to N.Korea: report China shipped missile launch vehicles to North Korea last year in breach of UN resolutions, but was never rebuked because the US did not want to embarrass Beijing, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan ex-agent jailed for leaking national secrets Taiwan has sentenced a retired senior military intelligence officer to three years and six months in jail for leaking classified national secrets, a court said Wednesday. ... more |
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  China firm recalls baby formula tainted with mercury Chinese dairy maker Yili said it had started recalling batches of baby formula after authorities found they contained high levels of mercury, in the latest food safety scare to hit the country. ... more | .. |
  China hit by another self-immolation: state media A person has self-immolated in a remote Tibetan area in northwestern China, state media said Friday, the latest such incident to hit the Asian nation. ... more | .. |
 Amnesty urges Denmark to press Hu on UN arms treaty talks Amnesty International on Thursday urged Denmark to take advantage of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to push Beijing to stop trying to weaken a UN treaty limiting the global arms trade. ... more | .. |
 EU, China agree on ag sustainability The European Union and China will address food security and sustainability issues through "a stronger and closer relationship" in agriculture, officials said this week. ... 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
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  S. Korea firm wins $1.3 bn Venezuela order South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction said Thursday it has won a $1.348 billion order to expand and upgrade a Venezuelan oil refinery. ... more | .. |
  China to trial energy-saving electricity price scheme China said Thursday that from next month people who use a lot of electricity will have to pay more under a trial scheme aimed at encouraging consumers to save energy. ... more | .. |
  BASF sees China sales more than double by 2020 German chemical giant BASF said Thursday it expects sales in China to more than double within eight years thanks to fast urbanisation in the world's second-largest economy. ... more | .. |
 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more |
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 China boycotts religious event over Tibet presence Chinese delegates taking part in a religious event in South Korea abruptly flew home Wednesday in an apparent protest against Tibetan participation, organisers said. ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou-9 May Face Thunder, High Temps The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft will face tests of thunder, high temperatures and other adverse weather conditions this summer ahead its launch, experts said Monday. The spacecraft will be launched ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou-9 full-system drill a success The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft mission successfully completed its first full-system drill on Tuesday afternoon, and everything went well, an unidentified official with the mission said. The ... more | .. |
 Welcome Aboard Tiangong Soon, three Chinese astronauts on the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will dock with China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1. This will mark the first docking of a crewed Chinese spacecraft with another ve ... more |
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 US military to help Philippines monitor coastal waters The US military said Tuesday it planned to help the Philippines monitor its coastal waters as Manila faces an escalating dispute with China over territorial claims. ... more | .. |
 Germany, most appealing European market for China: study China, already the top foreign investor in Germany last year, sees Europe's top economy as the most attractive country to invest in after the United States, a new study showed on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  China growth could fall below 7.0% in Q2: report China's economic growth could fall below 7.0 percent in the second quarter, state media on Wednesday quoted an economist at an influential government-linked think-thank as saying. ... more | .. |
  Asian investors buy Saab to make electric cars for China Bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab received a new lease on life on Wednesday, with Asian investors aiming to revive the iconic brand to make electric cars for the Chinese market. ... more |
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  Apple fends off Android challenge with maps, Siri Apple said Monday it was revving up the software running its coveted gadgets, training its sights on the China market - and tossing Google Maps aside in the process. ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou 9 crews named in Chinese media Chinese authorities have now confirmed that the country's first manned space docking mission will be launched on the evening of 16th June, and that it will carry two men and China's first female spa ... more | .. |
  China, US smash international arms trafficking ring China and the United States said Tuesday they have busted an international arms trafficking ring and arrested 26 suspects, in a rare instance of law enforcement cooperation. ... more | .. |
 Life Supplies and Manned Docking Tested in Shenzhou-9 Mission NASA space scientist Mark Lee says the manned docking process contains sophisticated technologies and techniques. "The Shenzhou 8 was such a great success that further facilitates the manned mission ... more |
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