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Two missiles miss targets in Taiwan drillChiupeng Military Base, Taiwan (AFP) July 9, 2012 Two of 26 missiles missed their targets when Taiwan's military carried out a live-fire exercise Monday, but officers in charge said they were happy with the result. More than 2,300 soldiers were mobilised in the drill held in Chiupeng, a tightly-guarded missile base facing the Pacific Ocean in Pingtung county in the island's south. The two missiles that missed their targets were a Hsiungfeng II (Brave Wind II) - an improved version of the Hsiungfeng ship-to-ship missile - and a Tien Chien I (S ... read more |
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  Ashton heads for EU-China talks in Beijing EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton left Sunday for Beijing where she will hold talks on foreign affairs and security issues on the first leg of a five-day Asian tour. ... more | .. |
  French FM Fabius discusses Syria with China French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Monday, with the two discussing the bloodshed in Syria among a range of international issues. ... more | .. |
  Atmospheric scientists release first "bottom-up" estimates of China's CO2 emissions Atmospheric scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Nanjing University have produced the first "bottom-up" estimates of China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ... 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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  Tibetan sets himself alight in China protest: group A young Tibetan man set himself on fire near Tibet's capital of Lhasa on Saturday, a rights group said, the latest in a series of protests against Chinese rule. ... more | .. |
Vatican excommunicates 'illicit' Chinese bishop The Vatican on Tuesday said it was excommunicating a Chinese bishop ordained last week by state-sanctioned Church authorities in northeast China without Pope Benedict XVI's consent. ... more | .. |
  Yak genome provides new insights into high altitude adaptation An international team, led by Lanzhou University, comprising BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, Institute of Kunming Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as the other 12 institu ... more | .. |
Compensation sought in China forced abortion: activist The husband of a Chinese woman whose forced abortion triggered outrage has headed to Beijing and is working with lawyers to seek compensation, a human rights activist said Monday. ... more |
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Xi tells Biden support for Taiwan a 'red line' in ties
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  Apple to release latest iPad in China on July 20 Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin selling the latest version of its market-leading iPad in China on July 20. ... more | .. |
  Romney lays into 'outsourcer-in-chief' Obama Republican Mitt Romney, facing a Democratic assault over his business record and charges that he helped ship US jobs overseas, hit back Tuesday by pegging President Barack Obama as "outsourcer-in-chief." ... more | .. |
  ASEAN wants UN law to settle South China Sea row Southeast Asian states want a UN maritime convention to be the basis for settling competing claims in the South China Sea, a draft document showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
World oil prices slide as Norway strike ends World oil prices sank on Tuesday, with Brent sliding back under the $100 level after the Norwegian government acted to end an oil workers' strike, while sentiment was also hit by weak Chinese data. ... more |
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  China to focus on reviving economic growth: PM Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that stabilising growth was a "top priority", after fresh data raised more worries of a slowdown 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 | .. |
 China Beats Russia on Space Launches For the first time in the history of space exploration, China beat Russia on the number of space launches in a given period of time, a rocket engine manufacturer said on Wednesday. China condu ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou mission sparks 'science fever' The launch and safe return of the Shenzhou IX spacecraft has ignited an outbreak of "popular science fever" in China, which provides an excellent opportunity to boost science awareness, according to ... 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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  Chinese factories shut amid lead poisoning fears Twelve factories in eastern China were closed down after children living nearby were found to have high levels of lead in their blood, state press reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 China overtakes Japan in Fortune 500 ranks China overtook Japan on the Fortune Global 500 for the first time on the list of the world's biggest companies by revenue, the US business magazine said Monday. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN reaches out to Beijing over South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday said they were ready to open talks with Beijing over easing friction in the South China Sea, after agreeing key points of a pact aimed at preventing maritime disputes. ... more | .. |
 China's inflation slows to 29-month low China's inflation slowed in June to its lowest level in 29 months, official data showed Monday, giving the government more flexibility in its efforts to reboot the world's second-biggest economy. ... more |
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  China vows to fight terrorists in Uighur On the anniversary of major ethnic violence, the top communist official of China's ethnic Uighur region vowed to strike down terrorists and separatists with "iron fists." ... more | .. |
 China pledges financial aid to Cuba's Castro China on Thursday pledged financial aid to Cuba as it undertakes historic economic reforms, promising visiting President Raul Castro a new credit line as well as help in health care and technology. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan probes missing secret naval maps: report Taiwan's military prosecutors were investigating the disappearance of two maps containing secret information on the island's naval deployments, reports said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 World powers pile pressure on Assad as general defects A world meeting on Syria urged the UN Friday to use the threat of sanctions to force change in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad was rocked by the defection of one of his most senior generals. ... more |
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Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy
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 China coal mine blast kills seven: media A gas blast at a coal mine in China's central province of Hunan killed seven people on Sunday, state media said, the latest in a string of accidents in the country's dangerous mining industry. ... more | .. |
  France's Areva to bid for British nuclear plant venture France's nuclear power group Areva and other companies including China's CGNPC will bid for the British joint venture dropped by Germany in March, Areva boss Luc Oursel said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Rescuers work to save surviving Chinese miners: report Eleven of the 16 miners trapped in a flooded colliery pit in central China are alive and in the process of being rescued, state media reported early Sunday. ... more | .. |
Japan considers buying disputed islands: PM Japan is considering buying a chain of islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with China and Taiwan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Saturday. ... more |
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  ESA-China collaboration takes Earth observation to new heights ESA and China have been cooperating through the Dragon Programme since 2004 to encourage the use of Earth observation in China. Building on the success of the past years, the programme is taking on ... more | .. |
China -- again the villain in US election Barack Obama on Thursday played the anti-China card beloved of US presidential candidates, covering his flank against the more direct Beijing bashing of his Republican foe Mitt Romney. ... more | .. |
EU parliament condemns China forced abortions China's one-child policy has given rise to unacceptable forced abortions, European MPs said Thursday, condemning the case last month of a mother forced to abort late into her pregnancy. ... more | .. |
  China's Three Gorges Dam at full capacity: Xinhua The giant and controversial Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River started Wednesday working at full capacity as the last of its 32 generators went into operation, state news agency Xinhua said. ... more |
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